aya. on one side i believe being not in the spotlight helps increase the price , on the other hand being on the spot light helps distribute (decentralize) the coin by having anyone that missed out to buy cheap
yes and no. yes as everyone who knows is mining and keeping the coin, and no very little new people are spreading out the coin as its easy to gloss over one more alt coin if its not at the top of the pack.
Karma has a very good probability of run within 48 hours.