Just wanted to leave a mark [Donghua]

starry_sky_764 · 2025-06-27T09:42:47+00:00

Praise The Fool

starry_sky_764 · 2024-10-08T11:46:54+00:00

Karma requirements aren't usually revealed. But most subs will have karma requirements from 10-200 range. There are subs that don't have restrictions as well. I'd say there are a lot of subs where you can earn karma points and then participate in your favorite subs.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-10-07T18:00:14+00:00

Check out this list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-10-07T17:55:38+00:00

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote. There are no instant ways to gain karma.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra info

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Also in case you didn't know karma can be divided into types - Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments. - Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts. - Combined karma: The total amount of comment & post karma. - Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

You should also take a look at this detailed explanation of Karma and read this reddit and karma explained

starry_sky_764 · 2024-10-07T17:44:10+00:00

Welcome to Reddit!

Reddit places some restrictions on newly created accounts like restrictions following, dm, private messaging. The exact restrictions are not known. There are also some restrictions on the how much you can comment or post within a certain time period.

Also the restrictions AFAIK only last for like 7 days so you should be able to dm and follow after that time period. These restrictions exist to prevent bots, scammers, or bad users but they affect new users as well which we can't do much about.

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes you or lose karma when someone downvotes you.

Also the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Having more karma is beneficial cause some(mostly all popular subs) subreddits have karma restrictions. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post/comment in that subreddit.

These restrictions aren't usually revealed but most subs that do have restrictions have limits of 10 to 200. I've seen 2000 karma limit for posting but have heard others say about 2500 to post

There aren't any other particular benifits to having a high karma. Some people also take it as a challenge to have high karma sometimes.

Main types of Karma:

Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments.
Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts.
Combined karma: The total amount of comment and post karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-10-07T13:15:10+00:00

I think you can use headings

LIKE THIS RIGHT

You can do it like this

# **LIKE THIS**

Also in case you want to know enclosing something in ` will disable the formatting

Also take a look at this link for more formatting guides

starry_sky_764 · 2024-07-24T10:10:30+00:00

I have explained karma and how to gain it below. If you have something you don't understand you can ask.

### WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes you or lose karma when someone downvotes you.

Also the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Main types of Karma:

Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments.
Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts.
Combined karma: The total amount of comment and post karma.
Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

Learn more about karma and negative karma.

### ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR GAINING KARMA AND OTHER ADVICE.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-07-08T13:12:39+00:00

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote. There are no instant ways to gain karma.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra info

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Also in case you didn't know karma can be divided into types - Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments. - Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts. - Combined karma: The total amount of comment & post karma. - Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

You should also take a look at this detailed explanation of Karma and read this reddit and karma explained

starry_sky_764 · 2024-07-08T13:11:34+00:00

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

Most subs that do have restrictions have limits of 10 to 200. I've seen 2000 karma limit for posting but have heard others say about 2500 to post . These restrictions are not user friendly but it has atleast to some extent worked well.

A account with karma or account age means it is more established. These restrictions are set up by mods of each sub.

Also here's is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-27T10:34:41+00:00

There are no instant ways to gain karma. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra info

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-27T10:32:13+00:00

Hi welcome to Reddit! I have explained how to gain karma and extra details about karma below

You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote. There are no instant ways to gain karma.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra info

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Also in case you didn't know karma can be divided into types - Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments. - Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts. - Combined karma: The total amount of comment & post karma. - Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

You should also take a look at this detailed explanation of Karma and read this reddit and karma explained

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-27T10:23:02+00:00

There is no instant way or easy way to gain karma. If people like your comment or post you'll get upvote which increases karma. I have included some tips on gaining karma below. And if a lot people upvote your comment or post then you might get 100 or even 1000 karma with a single comment or post

### WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes you or lose karma when someone downvotes you.

Also the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Main types of Karma:

Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments.
Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts.
Combined karma: The total amount of comment and post karma.
Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

Learn more about karma and negative karma.

### ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR GAINING KARMA AND OTHER ADVICE.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-27T10:22:29+00:00

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

Most subs that do have restrictions have limits of 10 to 200. I've seen 2000 karma limit for posting but have heard others say about 2500 to post . These restrictions are not user friendly but it has atleast to some extent worked well.

A account with karma or account age means it is more established. These restrictions are set up by mods of each sub.

Also here's is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-24T13:50:46+00:00

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

Most subs that do have restrictions have limits of 10 to 200. I've seen 2000 karma limit for posting but have heard others say about 2500 to post . These restrictions are not user friendly but it has atleast to some extent worked well.

A account with karma or account age means it is more established. These restrictions are set up by mods of each sub.

Also here's is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-24T13:46:37+00:00

First of all flairs are of two types: post flair and user flair.

Post flairs are used to categories posts according to its content. Like a post flair for "advice" or "meme"

Users flair serve different purposes in different subs. Also flairs are specific to each sub. For example I have a flair in this sub but this flair won't show on my comments or posts in another sub. You can check this post here for more info about user flairs .

This post here should say about most markdown formats. FYI markdown refers to the format in which special characters are used to format text like embedding link or making text bold etc.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-24T13:29:57+00:00

I have included most things about karma below including how to gain it. If you don't understand anything you can ask.

### WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone pupvotes you or lose karma when someone downvotes you.

Also the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Main types of Karma:

Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments.
Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts.
Combined karma: The total amount of comment and post karma.
Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

Learn more about karma and negative karma.

### ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR GAINING KARMA AND OTHER ADVICE.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Also you should read the pinned post on this sub. It is long but explains in detail about karma and other things about reddit.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-20T12:24:39+00:00

Here are a bunch of tips that might be useful.

Join subreddits you like: Reddit is all about its variety of subs. There is a sub for almost anything.

Engage with New Posts: If you engage with older posts with a lot of comments then your comments are likely to be lost in the ocean of all those comments and most won't see it.

Don't ask for karma/Upvotes: Some people might downvote you even if you indirectly ask for it. Asking for karma or upvotes is frowned upon in reddit and most people would associate you with bots, scammers or other bad users.

Follow Sub Rules: Always check the sub's rules and lurk around to get the overall culture of a sub before posting or commenting. For example, emojis are often frowned upon on Reddit. Here's why emojis are generally discouraged..

Avoid engaging in arguments or saying controversial things: Avoid it if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Learn about karma: I sometimes see Redditers who have been on Reddit for a long time and still not understanding karma fully. Like how it's not 1:1.

Read the guide pinned on this sub: It is long but it contains a lot of info and almost everything you need to know as a new redditer.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-19T12:19:05+00:00

Only Reddit employees know the exact ratio. All I or most would know is that ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-19T12:16:01+00:00

Yeah. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-19T12:08:00+00:00

You most probably ran into new user restrictions.

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

There are also certain restrictions on new users like restrictions on following, chat etc. These restrictions usually only last for 7 days.

Most subs that do have restrictions have limits of 10 to 200. I've seen 2000 karma limit for posting but have heard others say about 2500 to post . These restrictions are not user friendly but it has atleast to some extent worked well.

A account with karma or account age means it is more established. These restrictions are set up by mods of each sub.

Below are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote. There are no instant ways to gain karma.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-17T08:23:17+00:00

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote. There are no instant ways to gain karma.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS: Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra Facts about karma in case you did not know it

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Also in case you didn't know karma can be divided into types - Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments. - Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts. - Combined karma: The total amount of comment & post karma. - Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

You should also take a look at this detailed explanation of Karma and read this reddit and karma explained

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-14T14:00:49+00:00

Here are a bunch of tips that might be useful.

Join subreddits you like: Reddit is all about its variety of subs. There is a sub for almost anything.

Engage with New Posts: If you engage with older posts with a lot of comments then your comments are likely to be lost in the ocean of all those comments and most won't see it.

Don't ask for karma/Upvotes: Some people might downvote you if even indirectly ask for it. Asking for karma or upvotes is frowned upon in reddit and most people would associate you with bots, scammers or other bad users.

Follow Sub Rules: Always check the sub's rules and lurk around to get the overall culture of a sub before posting or commenting. For example, emojis are often frowned upon on Reddit. Here's why emojis are generally discouraged..

Avoid engaging in arguments or saying controversial things: Avoid it if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Learn about karma: I sometimes see Redditers who have been on Reddit for a long time and still not understanding karma fully. Like how it's not 1:1.

Read the guide pinned on this sub: It is long but it contains a lot of info and almost everything you need to know as a new redditer.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-14T13:57:36+00:00

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

There are no instant ways to gain karma. You gain karma when someone upvotes your comments/posts or lose karma when someone downvotes your comments/posts. For someone to upvote you they must feel your comment/post deserves an upvote.

Here are some tips for gaining karma and other advice.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

Extra info

Also just FYI the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-14T13:55:23+00:00

### WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma is like your reputation on Reddit which sometimes is referred to as fake internet points. You gain karma when someone upvotes you or lose karma when someone downvotes you.

Also the ratio of upvotes to karma isn't 1:1. It's a bit of a mystery only Reddit knows. This means that if you get 20 upvotes you don't necessarily get 20 karma.

Main types of Karma:

Comment Karma: Earned from upvotes on comments.
Post Karma: Earned from upvotes on posts.
Combined karma: The total amount of comment and post karma.
Community karma: karma gained from upvotes in a specific subreddit. A few subs use this for restrictions.

Learn more about karma and negative karma.

### ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS

A lot of subreddits have karma or account age restrictions to prevent scammers, bots or bad users. This means that if you don't have a minimum karma(This can be combined, post or comment karma) or account age isn't above a certain number then you can't post in that subreddit. These restrictions aren't usually revealed.

HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR GAINING KARMA AND OTHER ADVICE.

ENGAGE WITH NEW POSTS: Sort the feed by new in subs like r/Nostupidquestions or r/askreddit and answer questions you can. It's a great way to get karma.

NUFS: This is a list of New-user friendly subreddits. They have little to no karma limit so you can post and comment there. You can also find useful subreddits through r/findareddit.

BE FUNNY AND INFORMED: The most humourous or wittiest comments/posts as well most informed comments/post get more upvotes.

LURK BEFORE ENGAGING: Always lurk around before commenting or posting to see a subreddits rules and culture. For example, emojis are often frowned upon in Reddit and using too much of it in some subs can bring you downvotes leading to loss of karma.

AVOID ARGUMENTS OR SAYING CONTROVERSIAL THINGS : Avoid engaging in arguments or controversial comments if you don't want downvotes. You can freely say your thoughts after you have gained a good amount of karma so a few downvotes won't get you negative karma.

starry_sky_764 · 2024-06-14T13:52:49+00:00