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The restrictions that 'low karma' confers would lead to what you describe, yes. Having unconventional reports be dismissed merely because of the 'low karma' of the report author would be highly disappointing too. Yes! Not only are the reports dismissed, the reports from said users aren't even allow...

This brings me to another element of BoardGameArena's policies that encourage abuse: the use of the word "karma." Having "low Karma" implies that someone has done something wrong and is therefore deserving of negative outcomes/treatment. It suggests, as you have indicated, that t...

I was recently verbally abused in a racist/vulgar way in the BoardGameArena chat during gameplay. When I tried to report this abuse, I discovered that my "Karma score" was too low to report abuse. I emailed BoardGameArena detailing the incident. They expressed no concern about the abuse, c...