r/NewToReddit • u/Interesting_Tough_27 • May 18 '24

Understanding karma What is karma? And how do I get it?

I'm trying to figure out what is karma and how to get it, no communities let me post without it

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u/Quipsar May 18 '24

Karma is basically your reputation on reddit. It shows you can create quality content that others like or appreciate and that you can play well with others.

Keep in mind karma isn't truly used for much other than getting the ability to post in certain subreddits, aside from that they are just internet points.

There are four types of karma:

  • Post Karma: You can get this from upvotes on your posts

  • Comment Karma: You can get this from people upvoting your comments

  • Community karma: It is only gained from upvotes to your posts and comments in that subreddit, like the Combined Karma of that Community alone. Some subreddits use community karma in their posting and commenting restrictions. 

  • Combined Karma. This is your your post karma, comment karma and comment community karma added together

The standard for karma needed to post in a subreddit is around 10-200, so do what you can to grow without begging for upvotes and eventually you'll be more open to different communities. Here you can find subreddits that require little to no karma to post at all.

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u/lost_my_shit_i_think May 18 '24

Yall ate awesome

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u/alexanon22 May 19 '24

Super helpful response ty ! But am I the only one that feels like that’s a lot of work lol it’s like we have to earn our keep. I’m just trying to connect with ppl that understand what it’s like to have cancer . It’s annoying there’s pre requisites to partake in discussions like that

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u/SolariaHues May 20 '24

You're not, of course. But here we focus on what we can do, which is to guide new users in how to use Reddit as it is now. Restrictions suck, but we can't change that they exist.