Agree, and although I maintain an open mind on the topic, generally I am not supporting this..BUT appreciate just how much time and effort CHARGIN has put into this (HUGE).
You are asking an exchange to make an adaption to their markets. Are you going to ask all exchanges to do so? Asking one is tough by itself, asking all is even harder and it could even be a reason for exchanges not to add karma in the future. Not asking everyone could lead to confusion, people are idiots after all.
Price is steady at the 2 satoshi btc wall, the ltc markets are the ones that are moving. Btc only follows and offers an opportunity for big investors to by a large sum at once if they want to. With this move you could make the btc market the leading market again, but that can just as easily work against us. Almost no one is willing to sell at 2 satoshi, they might still try to bring the price down from lets say 2100 to 1750.
No more tricks is imho a very good reason not to ask for this change. Behind this proposition lies no added value and investors, both current and future, could see this as a weak move.
How do I feel about this possible move? There is a high reward, a possibility for karma to get back to the volume figures on the btc market where we want to be. Its not difficult for karma development, but we would need help/consent from our exchanges and that might pose some problems. I would say the likelihood of us getting more volume is low, and this move would most likely be viewed as weak, similar though not as bad as lowering our total numbers. I dont see it doing much for us, good nor bad, but if I had to vote it would be a no.