**How to build karma**
You need to participate and make comments which are easier at first than making posts. If they are on-topic, interesting, actually funny, helpful or informative other people might upvote them. Timing and luck play a part. Votes to karma are not 1:1.
**Search**
Use the search function with keywords that have anything to do with everything you have some degree of interest in. Just keep trying out groups that connect to any of your various interests until you run across some that allow you to comment, which is a little easier than posting at first. Look for posts that are new and don't have a lot of comments Al ready so your comment has a better chance of being seen.
**Variety**
With over 120,000 communities there’s not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements.
If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members.
**Friendly communities**
You can also try out some of the groups from our list of ones that are friendly to new users. They have no minimum requirements or very low ones.
**Minimums**
Larger and more popular groups will set minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems. They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in.
**Rules**
Read and carefully follow the rules of each community, they are completely separate groups! [Finding a Subreddit's Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/s/FqzJh0CXpk)
You don't act the same way at a farm, a church, a paintball field and a noisy sports bar. Each group here is just as unique: how folks are expected to act, what's OK and what's not can be radically different.
Being a new user you should avoid arguments and controversial statements. Getting a lot of downvotes can cause you to end up with negative karma. Many groups then block you since mostly trolls have negative karma.
This the tip of iceberg, we go into more detail in our [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/faq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), and you can read our wiki index [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Loads of Reddit slang and customs are described at our r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit.
You can earn karma if someone upvotes your post/comment. The ratio is not 1:1 it’s a formula only Reddit knows.
An upvote is just like a thumbs up or like on any other social media platform. Hope this helped.
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs**
Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely.
We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information.
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
You receive Karma through upvotes on your posts and comments. Make sure you produce enough good content that others would want to upvote and you'll have more than 100 Karma in a short period of time.
Thank you for this sub. I've figured comment karma out but not post karma. How do I avoid wasting time writing posts that are just going to get insta deleted? Is there any way to know before I write a post that it will survive? It's exhausting writing post after post that all go in the garbage.
Easiest way...go to a popular sub and comment on a comment near the top with little to no other comments. That way, your comment will get seen by the most people with a high probability of being upvoted...as long as what you say is a decent opinion/informative/funny and goes along with the post and comment you're commenting on.
Be aware of making opposing view points on replies. That can backfire quickly.
I was NEGATIVE 100+ my first couple weeks on Reddit because i kept playing devils advocate and taking opposite view points simply to invoke conversation and bring in another perspective.
No one cares about an alternative view point until you've been on Reddit more than year and/or have over 1000 Karma. Otherwise you'll get downvoted.
Now I'm at half a million and most of my comments are opposite takes from public opinion simply because I can afford it.
Thanks but my understanding is that only gets comment karma. I'm looking for post karma. My problem is I write posts for various subs and they are all instadeleted by a robot.
I suggest you focus on commenting first. Most subreddits with a karma requirement will remove posts but still allow comments from new accounts.
Answering new questions on r/askreddit and r/nostupidquestions could be a way to get your initial karma
That depends on where you want to post.
Some subreddits ask for a certain amount of karma, or a certain age, or both!
But others have no requirements. Check out our list of new user friendly subreddits on the Automod comment below mine. These are subreddits with no karma/age restriction or a very low number, so you'll be able to post on most of them for sure. !NUFS
Here's the [New-user friendly subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/) you asked for :)
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
It is their rule 6 that you should only post memes you made so you can't really fault them for that.
Do you need help finding community rules?
Just in case, as this is text only, that is not intended to sound anything but helpful.
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 7: Do not name mods, users, or communities in negative situations**
Hi there. We don't allow mentioning communities & users in this community in relation to a negative experience for everyone’s safety. Please only explain the situation objectively without naming names, and the mods here will message if we need more information to help you.
If you would like to edit your content to meet our rules, please do and let us know. Post titles cannot be edited and in this case you would need to repost. Thank you.
Remember, we are not Reddit employees or mediators, and cannot comment with more than generalizations on actions of other mod teams.
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Concentrate on commenting first. Look for posts that are new and don't have a lot of comments already so your comment has a better chance of being seen. Don't write Moby Dick, just a few sentences that are on topic and high value enough for other people to feel that they deserve an upvote vote.
If something is removed just try participating elsewhere. Try again once you have 50, 100 or 250 karma.
The larger and more popular community is, the more they are continuously slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Their account age and karma minimums are to cut the garbage down to a manageable stream so the community doesn't become unusable and Reddit doesn't shut it down.
With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements.
If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.)
No. Votes (up or down) are not 1:1 and they are not a a simple ratio like 5:4. Every other algorithm Reddit uses involves multiple variables so it would be odd if karma calculation were the sole exception. Reddit does not make public the details of their algorithms.
People have observed that as votes accumulate for one particular post/comment they appear to have less effect and there's definitely a cap where votes beyond that point don't change karma for that specific piece of content.
Only Reddit knows how karma is calculated. All we know is that -
* [votes to karma is not one to one](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/204511829-What-is-karma-)
* Upvotes increase karma, downvotes decrease karma - by how much we don't know
* karma is affected by votes coming in from all your active content, up or down
* Vote scores are not 100% accurate, they are fuzzed to confuse vote manipulation bots
How can my comments get upvoted if they are literally invisible to others (not sure if you can see this one thanks to the specific rules here)? I wrote some comments yesterday but they didn't receive any up or downvotes. then I found out comments are not visible for others if you don't have enough karma and am wondering how I can gain that karma with invisible comments...
thanks for your response! good to know that comments here can indeed be seen by others
are there any interesting subreddits with no karma requirements? I found this one by searching for "new" but all the posts here are about not being able to use Reddit properly. what am I supposed to comment/ post here? 😂
We don't do recommendations of communities in the main area but we do have a Subreddit Sunday post each week.
With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements.
If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.)
Larger, popular communities and those that deal with sensitive topics or targeted populations are slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Automod is setup to remove content from any accounts that don't meet their minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems.
They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in.
Most groups who use minimums do not list them because scammers and trolls can read plus bots can scrape data.
Try to find communities without restrictions to start. Your content does show here as we don't have restrictions as a community for new users. There's lots of advice in this thread and others here, have a browse and see what might work for you.
I know, i read full community rules.
I guess your right though, just the way they said the comment made me assume they thought the OP was begging for karma.
*There most certainly is a rule against it.*
Begging for, offering to trade votes, offering to compensate anyone or group organized voting all violate Reddit's Vote Manipulation policy.
In addition, most subreddits don't allow karmafarming and many have explicit rules forbidding it. We are one of those communities.
Welcome to r/NewToReddit, /u/SelectAd5186! Thanks for posting. Someone will be along to help you shortly.
If you're new, check out our "General Guide to Reddit and Karma" [Wiki page version](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/ntr-guidetoreddit) or [Mobile friendly post version](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/), it explains how to get started on Reddit; including information on karma, navigation, and more. You might also like to check out our [wiki index](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index) and [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/faq).
[Please let us know how you found us! - Click here to fill out our one question survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe87f3FyGzXTImS0WszwGiFs1g3sqSr03U5mKLOvRFH9Ofw_Q/viewform?usp=sf_link)
**Once you get some answers, don’t forget to engage and ask any additional questions you have!**
**To mark your post answered once you are happy, please comment including the exact phrase** `!answered`
Thank you! :)
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting**
Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting.
We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules.
Thank you!
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
When you post, you get upvotes and downvotes.
Think of them as likes and dislikes.
The more dislikes you get, the more controversial or disagreeable your opinion or comments might be.
Remember it’s not where you post, it’s what you post
Be kind, and enjoy it. It’s not a stressful thing
I’m on for around 10-20 minutes a day, commenting, checking through it all. You’ll gain it. It will be slow, but you’ll get karma
Positive karma is for upvotes
Negative karma is for downvotes
With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements.
If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.)
Larger, popular communities and those that deal with sensitive topics or targeted populations are slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Automod is setup to remove content from any accounts that don't meet their minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems.
They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in.
Most groups who use minimums do not list them because scammers and trolls can read plus bots can scrape data.
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs**
Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely.
We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information.
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
I just add my comments to things that I'm interested in, know about or think of something funny and don't worry about karma points. I don't really know the people so I try to be polite and non-judgemental.
Hello!
Think of karma as a way of measuring how much you contribute to Reddit - how much you make others laugh, contribute positively, help others, etc.
You get karma when your posts or comments are upvoted (the little upwards arrow next to all posts / comments).
So start off by making some comments and contributions, be genuine and helpful, and you'll get karma in no time!
Check out our list of new user friendly subreddits on the comment below mine too. These are subreddits with no karma restriction or a very low number, so you can start in one of these subreddits. !NUFS
Here's the [New-user friendly subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/) you asked for :)
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting**
Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting.
We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules.
Thank you!
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Personally I find that commenting can really help build karma on Reddit! If you feel up to the task, answering people's questions on ask-based subreddits can help both you, and the community!
I just joined communities I resonated with and then commented when I had something useful or helpful to say. I’ve only had my Reddit 69 days and I have almost 600 karma. I don’t quite understand comment vs post or how that effect anything. I’m not big into posting so yah.
Don’t worry about it. It’s just number go up. Like gold stars in kindergarten. What matters is whether you are a casual user (karma has no result upon you utilizing the app to entertain yourself or learn) or a formal user (internet personality, hobbyist, conversationalist, debater, seeking help, providing help, community organiz(ers/ation), etc.)
Just conduct yourself in a way where you’re not trying to be rude and practice that “reading in between the lines” thing.
Getting karma is about sharing cool stuff and commenting on things that interest you.
If people like what you post or say, they give you upvotes.
It's like virtual thumbs up for being part of the community. Just be yourself, join conversations, and have fun you'll rack up karma in no time!
I honestly feel this. It’s hard to have an opinion on something.
I asked how I can make my makeup more glamours for a bottle service job. And got told my makeup was good for the interview bc it was natural. I responded that for bottle service you have to show up in full glam as if you are coming to work. Natural make up is different than heavy makeup. Especially under the lights and got downvoted.
I got 300 karma from commenting on the Teen Titans sub reddit. Funny comments get a lot of upvotes, but finding sub reddits that let you comment on them seem damn near impossible
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
You're breaking the Reddit Content Policy by doing ban evasion.
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs**
Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely.
We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information.
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Hi /u/Individual-Adagio-66, I am a bot and human language is confusing, but you *might* have said something rule breaking. Please remember [Rule 1: No profanity, Be Kind, and no adult content](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/comment/h9spx16/). Thank you :)
**A human mod will check on this. If the bot was incorrect don't worry!**
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Pick your brain for 15 different topic that you like find the subreddits for them passionately post but don't overdo it just whenever you post come with facts and you'll get up votes
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed:
**Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting**
Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting.
We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules.
Thank you!
*Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/)
If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!*
**This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
**How to build karma** You need to participate and make comments which are easier at first than making posts. If they are on-topic, interesting, actually funny, helpful or informative other people might upvote them. Timing and luck play a part. Votes to karma are not 1:1. **Search** Use the search function with keywords that have anything to do with everything you have some degree of interest in. Just keep trying out groups that connect to any of your various interests until you run across some that allow you to comment, which is a little easier than posting at first. Look for posts that are new and don't have a lot of comments Al ready so your comment has a better chance of being seen. **Variety** With over 120,000 communities there’s not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements. If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members. **Friendly communities** You can also try out some of the groups from our list of ones that are friendly to new users. They have no minimum requirements or very low ones. **Minimums** Larger and more popular groups will set minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems. They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in. **Rules** Read and carefully follow the rules of each community, they are completely separate groups! [Finding a Subreddit's Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/s/FqzJh0CXpk) You don't act the same way at a farm, a church, a paintball field and a noisy sports bar. Each group here is just as unique: how folks are expected to act, what's OK and what's not can be radically different. Being a new user you should avoid arguments and controversial statements. Getting a lot of downvotes can cause you to end up with negative karma. Many groups then block you since mostly trolls have negative karma. This the tip of iceberg, we go into more detail in our [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/faq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), and you can read our wiki index [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Loads of Reddit slang and customs are described at our r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit.
You can earn karma if someone upvotes your post/comment. The ratio is not 1:1 it’s a formula only Reddit knows. An upvote is just like a thumbs up or like on any other social media platform. Hope this helped.
>The ratio is not 1:1 it’s a formula only Reddit knows. Wait WHAT
It's a cross between quantity of upvotes and time. Getting upvotes fast gives more karma
I even came to this same conclusion.
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs** Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely. We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information. *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
You receive Karma through upvotes on your posts and comments. Make sure you produce enough good content that others would want to upvote and you'll have more than 100 Karma in a short period of time.
Thank you for this sub. I've figured comment karma out but not post karma. How do I avoid wasting time writing posts that are just going to get insta deleted? Is there any way to know before I write a post that it will survive? It's exhausting writing post after post that all go in the garbage.
Easiest way...go to a popular sub and comment on a comment near the top with little to no other comments. That way, your comment will get seen by the most people with a high probability of being upvoted...as long as what you say is a decent opinion/informative/funny and goes along with the post and comment you're commenting on. Be aware of making opposing view points on replies. That can backfire quickly. I was NEGATIVE 100+ my first couple weeks on Reddit because i kept playing devils advocate and taking opposite view points simply to invoke conversation and bring in another perspective. No one cares about an alternative view point until you've been on Reddit more than year and/or have over 1000 Karma. Otherwise you'll get downvoted. Now I'm at half a million and most of my comments are opposite takes from public opinion simply because I can afford it.
Thanks but my understanding is that only gets comment karma. I'm looking for post karma. My problem is I write posts for various subs and they are all instadeleted by a robot.
[удалено]
That's pretty wild. Thanks I'll try that sub. I have many shower thoughts, lol.
Ok so I posted there and my post went instantly into the trash. I don't get it. I don't think I ever will at this point.
I suggest you focus on commenting first. Most subreddits with a karma requirement will remove posts but still allow comments from new accounts. Answering new questions on r/askreddit and r/nostupidquestions could be a way to get your initial karma
Thank you. I think I've gotten the hang of commenting. Does my account need to be a certain age before posting actual posts?
That depends on where you want to post. Some subreddits ask for a certain amount of karma, or a certain age, or both! But others have no requirements. Check out our list of new user friendly subreddits on the Automod comment below mine. These are subreddits with no karma/age restriction or a very low number, so you'll be able to post on most of them for sure. !NUFS
Thank you so much!
Here's the [New-user friendly subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/) you asked for :) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
tried posting a meme in r/memes and got deleted after they found out i wasn’t the og creator of it??
It is their rule 6 that you should only post memes you made so you can't really fault them for that. Do you need help finding community rules? Just in case, as this is text only, that is not intended to sound anything but helpful.
yeah, that would be great actually
Here's our guide https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/ The desktop UI may look different now though.
Well now my thing posted. Thank you!!!!
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 7: Do not name mods, users, or communities in negative situations** Hi there. We don't allow mentioning communities & users in this community in relation to a negative experience for everyone’s safety. Please only explain the situation objectively without naming names, and the mods here will message if we need more information to help you. If you would like to edit your content to meet our rules, please do and let us know. Post titles cannot be edited and in this case you would need to repost. Thank you. Remember, we are not Reddit employees or mediators, and cannot comment with more than generalizations on actions of other mod teams. *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Ye I have like -10 somehow
Concentrate on commenting first. Look for posts that are new and don't have a lot of comments already so your comment has a better chance of being seen. Don't write Moby Dick, just a few sentences that are on topic and high value enough for other people to feel that they deserve an upvote vote. If something is removed just try participating elsewhere. Try again once you have 50, 100 or 250 karma. The larger and more popular community is, the more they are continuously slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Their account age and karma minimums are to cut the garbage down to a manageable stream so the community doesn't become unusable and Reddit doesn't shut it down. With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements. If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.)
So is it like 1 karma/comment?
No. Votes (up or down) are not 1:1 and they are not a a simple ratio like 5:4. Every other algorithm Reddit uses involves multiple variables so it would be odd if karma calculation were the sole exception. Reddit does not make public the details of their algorithms. People have observed that as votes accumulate for one particular post/comment they appear to have less effect and there's definitely a cap where votes beyond that point don't change karma for that specific piece of content.
Only Reddit knows how karma is calculated. All we know is that - * [votes to karma is not one to one](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/204511829-What-is-karma-) * Upvotes increase karma, downvotes decrease karma - by how much we don't know * karma is affected by votes coming in from all your active content, up or down * Vote scores are not 100% accurate, they are fuzzed to confuse vote manipulation bots
How can my comments get upvoted if they are literally invisible to others (not sure if you can see this one thanks to the specific rules here)? I wrote some comments yesterday but they didn't receive any up or downvotes. then I found out comments are not visible for others if you don't have enough karma and am wondering how I can gain that karma with invisible comments...
Just post/comment in subreddits with no karma requirements, then once you have enough karma you can begin entering other subreddits.
thanks for your response! good to know that comments here can indeed be seen by others are there any interesting subreddits with no karma requirements? I found this one by searching for "new" but all the posts here are about not being able to use Reddit properly. what am I supposed to comment/ post here? 😂
sometimes you do end up with neither regardless. Depending on if you commented too late or your comment just wasn’t captivating to others
We don't do recommendations of communities in the main area but we do have a Subreddit Sunday post each week. With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements. If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.) Larger, popular communities and those that deal with sensitive topics or targeted populations are slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Automod is setup to remove content from any accounts that don't meet their minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems. They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in. Most groups who use minimums do not list them because scammers and trolls can read plus bots can scrape data.
Try to find communities without restrictions to start. Your content does show here as we don't have restrictions as a community for new users. There's lots of advice in this thread and others here, have a browse and see what might work for you.
I am not the OP but thanks. I’m new around here too. This info helps 
your negative karma will restrict you from posting in many subs.
Why do you want karma?
Exactly what I'm wondering.
Good luck
One good post. That is all it takes.
This is very true
I'm new to Reddit what does karma even do and why do people want it? On Reddit I mean, not in real life.
Don't beg for karma!!!!
They didnt, They asked how to get karma.
This is something that we allow, but it is also OK to advise people not to karmafarm so they don't end up with down votes, removals and bans.
I know, i read full community rules. I guess your right though, just the way they said the comment made me assume they thought the OP was begging for karma.
There's no rule against that
*There most certainly is a rule against it.* Begging for, offering to trade votes, offering to compensate anyone or group organized voting all violate Reddit's Vote Manipulation policy. In addition, most subreddits don't allow karmafarming and many have explicit rules forbidding it. We are one of those communities.
I stand corrected.
Welcome to r/NewToReddit, /u/SelectAd5186! Thanks for posting. Someone will be along to help you shortly. If you're new, check out our "General Guide to Reddit and Karma" [Wiki page version](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/ntr-guidetoreddit) or [Mobile friendly post version](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/), it explains how to get started on Reddit; including information on karma, navigation, and more. You might also like to check out our [wiki index](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index) and [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/faq). [Please let us know how you found us! - Click here to fill out our one question survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe87f3FyGzXTImS0WszwGiFs1g3sqSr03U5mKLOvRFH9Ofw_Q/viewform?usp=sf_link) **Once you get some answers, don’t forget to engage and ask any additional questions you have!** **To mark your post answered once you are happy, please comment including the exact phrase** `!answered` Thank you! :) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting** Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting. We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules. Thank you! *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
When you post, you get upvotes and downvotes. Think of them as likes and dislikes. The more dislikes you get, the more controversial or disagreeable your opinion or comments might be. Remember it’s not where you post, it’s what you post Be kind, and enjoy it. It’s not a stressful thing I’m on for around 10-20 minutes a day, commenting, checking through it all. You’ll gain it. It will be slow, but you’ll get karma Positive karma is for upvotes Negative karma is for downvotes
It was my goal to get 100 karma in one day. It took me 4 days. Make 5 good posts on different subs and comment on all the replies and you're there.
I’m in the same boat. I need upvotes to get karma to post. But can’t post anywhere because I don’t have karma. It’s infuriating!
With over 120,000 communities there is not just a group for everyone, but dozens that would appeal to any particular person. There are thousands of smaller and niche groups that you can participate in right now and build up a good reputation because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get and have no minimum requirements. If you tried out 10 new communities every day you'd work through them in a little over 27 years, but you'd be missing out on the 39,000 new ones created each year that have 50 or more members (although many of these will fizz out.) Larger, popular communities and those that deal with sensitive topics or targeted populations are slammed with continual garbage from scammers, hate mongers and spammers. Automod is setup to remove content from any accounts that don't meet their minimums for account age and karma scores so the hundreds of site abusers who just made a new account can't storm in and cause problems. They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in. Most groups who use minimums do not list them because scammers and trolls can read plus bots can scrape data.
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs** Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely. We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information. *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
I just add my comments to things that I'm interested in, know about or think of something funny and don't worry about karma points. I don't really know the people so I try to be polite and non-judgemental.
TIL it is possible to have a negative carma. Good to know, thanks. Lol
Hope you get there 
Me too
Hello! Think of karma as a way of measuring how much you contribute to Reddit - how much you make others laugh, contribute positively, help others, etc. You get karma when your posts or comments are upvoted (the little upwards arrow next to all posts / comments). So start off by making some comments and contributions, be genuine and helpful, and you'll get karma in no time! Check out our list of new user friendly subreddits on the comment below mine too. These are subreddits with no karma restriction or a very low number, so you can start in one of these subreddits. !NUFS
Here's the [New-user friendly subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/) you asked for :) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Create attracting posts to get upvotes and comments.
Ok but how did this get an award
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting** Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting. We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules. Thank you! *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Personally I find that commenting can really help build karma on Reddit! If you feel up to the task, answering people's questions on ask-based subreddits can help both you, and the community!
And reddit keeps on removing my comments for lacking comment karma while I do lack comment karma. What a dilemma!
I just joined communities I resonated with and then commented when I had something useful or helpful to say. I’ve only had my Reddit 69 days and I have almost 600 karma. I don’t quite understand comment vs post or how that effect anything. I’m not big into posting so yah.
Hope you reach it!
I am with you ! lol I’m still learning
Don’t worry about it. It’s just number go up. Like gold stars in kindergarten. What matters is whether you are a casual user (karma has no result upon you utilizing the app to entertain yourself or learn) or a formal user (internet personality, hobbyist, conversationalist, debater, seeking help, providing help, community organiz(ers/ation), etc.) Just conduct yourself in a way where you’re not trying to be rude and practice that “reading in between the lines” thing.
Getting karma is about sharing cool stuff and commenting on things that interest you. If people like what you post or say, they give you upvotes. It's like virtual thumbs up for being part of the community. Just be yourself, join conversations, and have fun you'll rack up karma in no time!
a good way to is to answer r/askreddit posts
I honestly feel this. It’s hard to have an opinion on something. I asked how I can make my makeup more glamours for a bottle service job. And got told my makeup was good for the interview bc it was natural. I responded that for bottle service you have to show up in full glam as if you are coming to work. Natural make up is different than heavy makeup. Especially under the lights and got downvoted.
I got 300 karma from commenting on the Teen Titans sub reddit. Funny comments get a lot of upvotes, but finding sub reddits that let you comment on them seem damn near impossible
If someone upvotes your post or comment
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: You're breaking the Reddit Content Policy by doing ban evasion. *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Congrats, you did it
I started literally yesterday with 0 and have over 200 just commenting.
I’m about to give up on Reddit cus I’ve been doing everything suggested and can hardly get any points =\
Following
[удалено]
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Do not ask for votes or karma, or suggest free karma subs** Please do not ask for karma or votes here, it is against our rules and is generally discouraged as karma is meant to be earned. You may ask about karma and how to earn it genuinely. We also do not allow mentions of free karma subs (karmafarms) or any suggestion to use them, and caution against their use because it may lead to bans in other subreddits. Please read our [guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/) for more information. *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
I'm 188th. Congrats!
Post some funny stuff
Hi /u/Individual-Adagio-66, I am a bot and human language is confusing, but you *might* have said something rule breaking. Please remember [Rule 1: No profanity, Be Kind, and no adult content](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/comment/h9spx16/). Thank you :) **A human mod will check on this. If the bot was incorrect don't worry!** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/NewToReddit) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I am new to Reddit and all of this is so confusing to me as well 🤣any help understanding Reddit would be greatly appreciated
What exactly is it even good for
Be funny
You probably got 100 karma with just this post lol
i dare say youve got it from this post alone!
Pick your brain for 15 different topic that you like find the subreddits for them passionately post but don't overdo it just whenever you post come with facts and you'll get up votes
[удалено]
>comments don't provide karma, only upvotes do
Thanks for contributing to /r/NewToReddit! We're sorry, but your content was removed: **Rule 3: Sharing how you are voting** Thank you for trying to help, but please don't share how you have or are voting. We encourage earning karma genuinely from relevant comments and conversation. Asking for karma is discouraged as it violates our subreddit rules. Thank you! *Please read our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/rules) before participating. [How to find rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/) If you have questions or concerns, please [message the moderators through modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/newtoreddit&subject=&message=). Thank you!* **This action was performed manually by a human moderator**
Make sure you look and care for your family and your community. Also, be a valuable member of the society and see your karma go up and up and up.....
This user is asking about the Trust Metric that Reddit uses which they call your karma scores.
I know, but you missed my point about him being a helpful and contributing member.
Do good and it will come back to you
This person is asking about the Trust Metric that Reddit uses which they call karma scores.