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> Reddit calling it karma gives it more credit than it deserves.

I remember PhpBB and vBulletin forums having karma plug-ins back in 2005, this isn't something invented by reddit at all

Slashdot had something similar many years earlier

I think they even called it Karma--back in the late 90's. I bet that's where the term originated.

Gee, Slashdot. That brings back memories

Slasdot had karma, Kuro5hin had mojo.