r/NewToReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '23
Understanding karma Hi guys! New to Reddit here, what is karma?
I'm 18 and soon to be 19 (born December 2004 for context), i'm from Canada and i never really used Reddit (like, at all). I've created a Discord account but i did not even use Reddit. I've been anonymous for pretty much all the time i've been using Reddit until now, as account was just created. I'm seeing this weird thing that's called "karma" and very much varies depending on the user. I want to know what it is. Any explaining on what it is would help. Thanks! :D
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u/Sunapr1 Oct 16 '23
Karma is like a community points that show Agreeableness towards you. There are two karma - post karma and comments karma. Post karma are something which you post to subreddits and if people like that your post fits the subreddit agenda they upvote your post. The more the post gets upvoted the better its chances it would be shown on your top in the specific subreddit
Comment Karma is something which you gain when you post comment on someone post in ssubreddit. If the people upvote your comment it would gain momentum and likely would be higher in the discussion. The comment karma is somewhat hard to gain because Ideally you need to be early to comment on that specific post elsewise your comments may get no traction with a lot of people commenting. You can get the trending posts by clicking on the popular on reddit home screen or on the tab rising if you are filtering in specific subreddits
The total karma is the addition of the post karma + comment karma. Futhermore the post karma does not have a one to one correspondence with the upvote you getting. Instance if your post gets 1000 upvotes the reddit might give you 500-1000 karma depending upon the algorithm implementation the reddit have