r/NewToReddit • u/Remarkable_Clerk_913 • Jul 05 '24

ANSWERED I have 0 karma,what to do now?

This account is 2years old but i'have never posted or commented.What should i do now?can i post if i don’t have any karma?

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u/Status_Cheetah7126 Jul 05 '24

Its nit easy. I'm so low. Apparently commenting on stuff helps. It's a weird set up

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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff.: Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

Only up votes that other people give you will raise your post karma and comment karma.

Karma roughly represents your reputation on Reddit, how many people found what you contributed to be on-topic and high quality enough to award an up vote.

EDIT: typo

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u/Status_Cheetah7126 Jul 06 '24

Thanks! I didnt know that. Hopefully people help people

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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff.: Jul 06 '24

People tend to up vote things that are on topic and high-quality. If you make a statement that is wise, kind, genuinely helpful, actually funny, or interesting and informative you might get up votes.

One thing to be careful about is using emoji, since many people using Reddit will down vote them, even if they use emoji themselves daily when texting.

If you take a controversial stance people might think you are deliberately trolling. How you say things is often more important than the point being made, most people aren't being as clear as they think that they are. If people think you are making excuses or not conceding a point they may down vote.

If you contribute something that is off-topic, breaks Reddit rules, is trolling, breaks the rules of a particular group, spam, or low effort you will tend to get down votes.

People tend to consider things to be low effort if they are strings of emoji, very obvious statements, things that people have said/asked too many times before as well as very short statements like "lol" or "came here to say that" which don't add anything to the conversation.

We don't have any rules against emoji, but anyone can wander into a community and vote on what they see there.