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gguirao
07/03/20 3:30:56 AM
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So, after years of reading about it and lurking on a few forums, I decided to create a Reddit account last week. Eve though I've logged in daily for the past several days, my karma remains low and any posts or replies I make get removed. How do I raise my karma so I can participate in the forums?

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Foppe
07/03/20 3:31:42 AM
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Aint karma earned by upvotes?

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The_Creep_2020
07/03/20 3:32:19 AM
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You need to download more RAM

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Rika_Furude
07/03/20 3:34:08 AM
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Find niche boards regarding your interests, hobbies or work and post there first to build karma

Some subreddits, instead of a karma limit, require your account be a certain age before you can comment

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gguirao
07/03/20 3:35:31 AM
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According to the site's "Help" section, there's post karma and comment karma. The site removes my comments after informing me that I don't have enough of the second kind.

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Rika_Furude
07/03/20 3:36:52 AM
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rules are enforced by the subreddits and each subreddit has different rules. Read those instead

The site admins only get involved if you post something super illegal (like even piracy is fine on some subreddits). Or if you critisize china or something

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Brilliant
07/03/20 3:43:46 AM
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That sounds like an objectively awful system.

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DocileOrangeCup
07/03/20 3:49:07 AM
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The_Creep_2020
07/03/20 3:52:00 AM
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DocileOrangeCup posted...
find popular comments and reply to them with shit like "take my upvote" and "this".
Or, find a brand new post and reply with a nonsequitur in the form of a memetic phrase.

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Brilliant
07/03/20 3:54:40 AM
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Eh, I only want video game answers, and you can still find most of them here so it doesn't really matter to me,

Still, some of their subs are useful for indie games that don't have a large enough userbase to be helpful here.

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KookyCouture
07/03/20 6:49:35 AM
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I still find it very confusing myself, just checked and I have 1 post karma and 100 comment karma, I don't know how post karma is raised? I just posted on subs I was interested in a bit and also askreddit, sort by new on that and throw in posts here and there and you might get upvotes idk
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pegusus123456
07/03/20 7:05:59 AM
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KookyCouture posted...
I still find it very confusing myself, just checked and I have 1 post karma and 100 comment karma, I don't know how post karma is raised? I just posted on subs I was interested in a bit and also askreddit, sort by new on that and throw in posts here and there and you might get upvotes idk
Posts are the reddit equivalent of topics. Having 1 post karma just means you've made one "topic" that received no upvotes.

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SH_expert44
07/03/20 7:11:21 AM
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Got any political opinions?

If the answer is "Yes but they are not extreme left", then reddit may not be right for you.

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pinky0926
07/03/20 7:12:07 AM
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You just have to participate a little.

For your own sanity, here's my seasoned reddit veteran advice

  • everyone is a liar, a bullshitter and a goober
  • Don't believe anything you read
  • Just assume everyone you talk to is either 14 or a 32 year old manchild
  • Don't think that upvotes = someone is right and downvotes = someone is incorrect
  • Reddit as an entirety is lame, but things get better on the smaller subreddits, somewhat
  • Just chill and use it to look at funny or interesting stuff occasionally

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SamWincester
07/03/20 7:14:49 AM
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mattymad posted...
Brilliant posted...
That sounds like an objectively awful system.

It didn't used to be this way. Sub-reddits started getting super enforcey over their own arbitrary rules to be the 'better' sub-reddit.

So now a ton of them have karma/account age restrictions. Only the Karma system was meant to be used for "Yes, this person is on topic" or "No, this person is trolling/off topic" - instead it slowly evolved in to "Agree" and "Disagree", so it's a hive minded echo chamber - that if you don't play along, you don't get to play at all.

Seems like it would be better if they eliminated the downvotes and relied on upvotes and strict moderation.
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pegusus123456
07/03/20 7:16:16 AM
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SH_expert44 posted...
Got any political opinions?

If the answer is "Yes but they are not extreme left", then reddit may not be right for you.
And yet it's the right-wing subreddits that immediately ban anyone who disagrees with them.

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pinky0926
07/03/20 7:17:38 AM
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SamWincester posted...
Seems like it would be better if they eliminated the downvotes and relied on upvotes and strict moderation.

That would also be terrible. Checked out youtube comments lately?

To be honest the upvote downvote system only works when 1) people are honest and 2) you're just using it to help aggregate popular content. It doesn't help with moderating quality conversation.

Even then it has problems.

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SH_expert44
07/03/20 7:17:42 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
And yet it's the right-wing subreddits that immediately ban anyone who disagrees with them.
For the 4 seconds they stay up before AHS brigades them?

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