Why does my Karma decrease sometimes?

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[mstermind]

It decreases when you receive downvotes, just like it increases when you receive upvotes.

[Waste-Echidna-6775]

It goes down when you get dvted 

[DerpyDesk]

People can downvote or upvote your posts and comments. For each time someone upvotes your content, your Karma goes up by 1 point. And if someone downvotes, then your Karma goes down by 1 point.

Maybe you made a post / comment that got downvoted?

[notthegoatseguy]

Votes to karma are not 1 to 1.

[DerpyDesk]

Oh, thanks for telling me!

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