This is one reason I'm not a big fan of these sorts of karma systems. It's like when social media sites try to re-order the news instead of just showing it in chronological order. This post was popular, so maybe you'll like it too. Just a bit irritating. I think I prefer more traditional forums where the new posts are at the end.

> It suppresses opinions that are not widely accepted

There definitely is a type of person that revels in negative karma/points/whatever for their "controversial" "opinions".