The staff and committee have been involved in discussions regarding forum karma for a while now. It was decided that for karma to remain relevant, action needed to be taken on certain threads where karma was being received via farming rather than for quality content.
An admin tool was created to strip karma gains (and block future karma) on the 'Travel thread' and 'Plushie thread', this tool can also be used on other threads in the future when required.
Committee poll (94% in favour)
Sorry to those who feel this is unfair, but I think most can agree this is the correct course of action to ensure karma has some purpose, and only given to those who bring quality content to Torn's forums.
Thanks.