Karma on forums tend to be related to how a person flags posts as spam, or if they act like a jerk to get temp banned or something. I can't imagine that that system would really be needed here. Especially since it seems the English side of Dan's forum has become the legacy afterthought.
I still have the picture of the treaty signed by the old gang (from the Orbiter Solar Nations roleplay that we did) I also talked to Krytom by chance on skype very briefly back when I was still in the Navy. Nowadays I actually mostly hang out on a forum belonging to an indie game developer group called Black Chicken Studios. It reminds me a bit of this forum in that there's a small community of posters from around the world.
I'd tell you about how life here has been, but then it would turn into a massive political rant, and unlike 10 years ago, I'm far, far more jaded and bitter over the state of the world. If I didn't have faith in God, I probably wouldn't have any hope for the future about the way things are turning out. My frustration is probably at a peak.