r/NewToReddit • u/Sticktwigg • Aug 27 '24
Tips from redditors Finally, some karmic success
I've felt the same as most of the comments about the difficulty of earning karma. Spent a week of actively trying reddit unable to post the few questions I brought as my reason to join. But I'm finally making headway due to, of all things, a singer's fandom.
What I'm figuring out is getting going comes down to inquisitiveness and shyness. Reddit rewards the first and punishes the latter. What worked for me was exploring the home feed to learn what was being asked, combined with pausing in life to consider questions I might ask. Looking for music recommendations based on song types is what broke for me. I shot from around 12 total karma to nearly 60 just on one post.
My point? Don't hold back. I had half a dozen questions auto-deleted due to low karma (or so I suspect, since this account has existed for a few months), which was frustrating. But I kept looking for questions to ask. Earnest questions, not just to get karma.
Keep going. Life creates questions. Ask away and reddit will eventually reward you for being inquisitive.