~ I thought about being able to see the post that was rewarded with karma. that way we know what kind of posts are considered to have quality or are considered spam.
You don't really need an example of what a high quality post and what a spam or low value is.
For the people who are still curious, just answer these questions before posting:
1. Is my post adding value to the topic?
2. Is my answer already given by other members?
I consider repeating/recycling answers of others as spam. If it's already been discussed fully or if the answer was already given, you do not need to post in that thread.
I believe Zed0x is right. I also often give -karma for necro-bumping old topics with useless comment or otherwise repeating the same answers over and over again, mainly in the beginners "basic questions..." sub-sections. This is where you see it at it's worst, like a place to hide out and reply crap to a dozen old topics.
I doubt we are the only members who give -karma for this either, as it's annoying, as other users find too. I'm not saying it's right or wrong to do this, this is ultimately up to karma issuers to decide, but I can understand the desire to curate the content that is posted here with positive and negative karma.
Better than bumping a 3 year old 25 page thread, try engaging in discussion in a new topics that get's posted. Better yet, create your own.
that way I can give negative karma to posts that don't match the content I asked in this thread. but I didn't do that because I asked all the members who wanted to answer my question in this thread.
True, you or someone else could if you feel
slightly off-topic discussion is deserving of it, I wouldn't be offended if you did either. it's up to you to decide what is good quality and what is poor quality, no one else. I get -1 regularly enough I notice for my opinions, but this hasn't stopped me yet

Even though 3 years from now there are still those who answer, I still won't give negative karma because they give their aspirations. I really appreciate them. as long as it's appropriate, it doesn't matter. because many threads are universal, all can reply indefinitely.
Not all of the comments are bad, but most are. This is why I don't appreciate them, I don't think they bring any value to to forum or others. People wanting answers to simple questions aren't going to read pages worth of reptitive replies, even if on the 4th or 5th page there's a good comment.
Sometimes it's about where you post your quality comment. If it's in a poor quality thread (long spam thread), it's pretty pointless if you ask me. The only ones who will read it will be mods, who may or may not give -karma karma if its a shitpost. Even if a good or unique comment it's value that will go unnoticed by all.
As I've said before elsewhere, most seem to know when to give +karma (good quality) but most don't seem to know when to use -karma (poor quality). I don't necessariy see -karma as a punishment unless someone is on less than 0, it's merely a form of content curation.
To return to your original point, the above is why I don't believe in knowing who gives +/- karma. If abuse is happening, users can appeal in court and are usually successful in having karma issuance taken away from abusers. It only serves to reduce the ability to give -karma anonymously, when enough isn't given out already imo.
Only a couple of years ago spammers, plagiarists shitposters and the like could be on +X karma at best, even if most were on -X or -XX. This year and last it seems many are on +XX karma, much less likely -X anymore, rarely -XX. If things don't
change for the better, they will probably get to +XXX and at best be as low as +X, not even -X.
Having the transparency behind -karma issuance wouldn't help this problem imo.
With regards to megaspam thread, better to lock them so we can create new topic for fresh discussion.
True. Maybe when you become a mod of beginners section you can have a look at this.
Too many spam threads to lock it seems, users continue to find old ones to post in
