HungryKoala

That’s the way to go, the number doesn’t matter at all.

Many apps display them as “comment score” and “post score”. And the Lemmy API let’s you request that data, so it’s stored.

Well karma is just called “points” here, I don’t think that’s enough of a difference

Idk why? I like it to see the clock on the always on display, but you can also change it so you just have a small red pixels lit up, to mirror the “notification led style”. You can style the aod like you want on Android

Yes, everyone can see it they do not even need to be logged in to the instance.

On Samsung phones your whole screen flashes in a custom color and and animation, and after that you have your always on display. So they are no longer needed with OLED screens that can display it themselves