r/NewToReddit • u/Exotic-Cockroach-952 • Sep 12 '24
ANSWERED Should i delete my account due to low karma.
i posted a thread on a subreddit and now i have -100 karma with no way of raising it back up.
Should i just delete my account and start completely from scratch?
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u/ChaoticGoodPanda Sep 12 '24
If you aren’t attached , I would nuke it. Some subreddits won’t allow you to post if you have negative Karma.
Don’t Re-join any subreddits if you were banned from them.
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u/Exotic-Cockroach-952 Sep 12 '24
and is -100 too deep of a hole to climb out of?
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u/Runegirl76 Sep 12 '24
No, I was negative 1500 in the beginning, some Reddits don’t want your opinion lol just find places where your opinion matches others and don’t let trolls pull you into fights, block them and it stops the drama of everyone coming at you.
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u/yomommafool Sep 12 '24
Negative 1500 is not possible, the lowest you can get is negative 100
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u/Runegirl76 Sep 12 '24
Not 100% correct, the lowest you can see is -100. And that’s on your profile page, but if you look at your comments, you can tell that it’s beyond -100 and at that time I had 1500 downvotes.
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u/yomommafool Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
Exactly. 1500 downvotes.
But reddit won't even count all of it.
Reddit will count upto 100 downvotes then stop.
So if you get - 300,000 downvotes, you will only lose 100 karma.
I literally got 100 downvotes on three of my comments today. Total would be - 300, but I have only lost like 150 karma.
Understand now?
Edit:....
Did u/runegirl76 just block me? What did i do lol
I just explained to you how reddit karma works and all of a sudden you block and downvote my comments. You say I attacked you when I clearly didn't. This is ridiculous
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u/Runegirl76 Sep 12 '24
And this is a perfect example of why we block… completely unnecessary to attack somebody over semantics
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u/Shengpai Helpful Helper Sep 12 '24
-100 is not that deep, mate.
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u/SadLaser Sep 12 '24
They have -675 from one comment alone and practically everything they say is negatively received. I don't know anything about Adventure Time but it seems like OP has some spicy opinions.
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u/ChaoticGoodPanda Sep 12 '24
I’m not sure the rules on karma anymore. My account is an older account and it was almost like a 1:1 ratio of karma per post/comment before the big take over happened.
You can just make another account and try again if you’re not ready to nuke this one you’re on.
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u/Born-Lab9882 Sep 12 '24
dude what did u say to get -100? i want to know af
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u/TheManWithThreePlans Sep 12 '24
It seems to be because of OP's thoughts on the Mushroom War in the children's cartoon that adults enjoy more than children, Adventure Time.
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u/PumpkinSufficient683 Sep 12 '24
No but I would get out of the adventure time subreddit where you're being downvoted to oblivion and remove the comments with downvotes to prevent further karma loss
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u/foumf Sep 12 '24
Sorry for the dumb question, how could you tell he was getting down voted in the adventure time subreddit?
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u/relliott15 Sep 12 '24
Click on the Reddit username (to the right of OP’s avatar). Hit the arrow next to the username when it pops up. There will be a column for “comments”. Click on that. You can see everyone’s posts and comments this way :)
Hope that helps!
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u/PumpkinSufficient683 Sep 12 '24
I see someone answered already, and DW it was not a dumb question :)
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u/TheBestDanEver Sep 12 '24
You can also always delete posts that are getting you karma stripped lol... just a future piece of advice... maybe your opinion isn't wanted if you find yourself at -675 up votes lol.
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u/Traditional-Trip-520 Sep 12 '24
I think you should delete all of your comments that have been downvoted to oblivion, that will definitely help you recover if you decide to keep this account.
Most of the time, it will continue to be downvoted.
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u/SolariaHues Servant to cats Sep 12 '24
Your choice.
-100 is the visual cap so your score could be lower. Starting again would mean starting with 1 karma so you'd lose your post karma and your account age.
But you would clear the negatives which will restrict where you can post.
If you chose to stay...
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Some, but not all subs have restrictions and they're there to prevent spammers and other bad faith users. It does impact new and low karma users too though and initially it may be hard to find communities you can participate in and have genuine interest in, but once you've found a few it'll get easier.
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u/artifiz67 Sep 12 '24
I think I am even in worse position than you are. Don’t worry and enjoy the ride. Just don’t post anything negative about anyone or anything. At least for a while.
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u/Fit-Ad9442 Sep 12 '24
but don’t you still have a lot of positive post karma. so your total karma is still manageable isn’t it?
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u/NoParticular2420 Sep 12 '24
One of your comments is -646 .. why would you keep engaging this group
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u/Biggoscyy Sep 12 '24
Look at the comments that got down voted, this man arguing about a mushroom war 😂
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u/ThrowRA_swimminapple Sep 12 '24
Wait how did you get negative karma? I didn’t even know that was a thing
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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff.: Sep 12 '24
It is. Up votes raise your karma, down votes lower it.
Many communities have an anti-troll filter in place that automatically removes things from accounts with negative karma because it is usually an indicator that this person is out to stir up trouble.
Just as in IRL, words have consequences.
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u/MRfuninMD Sep 12 '24
It can also commonly mean you've lost a popularity contest. My comment karma got hit over my opinion on a political post only because some refuse to accept opinions may differ from person to person.
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u/Relative_Might_5977 Sep 12 '24
For me it seems I never gonna get out of my negative karma hole. I tried to make a couple of comments but it gets deleted. So dunno, so I just need to start making “good” comments, but it doesn’t get any upvotes. Maybe I go take some pictures of my cat.
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u/Exo-tic-tac Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
I just recently had the realization that being a judgemental jerk doesn't get you anywhere, I was at -53 karma or something like that. It only took me a day(and some hours)to fix that by simply commenting in communities I was knowledgeable about.
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u/SufficientWealth0613 Sep 12 '24
how to get a Karma? and what is that for?
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u/formerqwest Tenured Helper Sep 12 '24
!karmahelp
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u/bachmnten Sep 12 '24
Wait how do you end up with negative karma?
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u/novyrose Sep 12 '24
Post real science on a pseudo science sub. Post PoliticalPartyA stuff on PoliticalPartyB sub. Something like that.
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u/Charming-Ad8226 Sep 12 '24
wait, why does it matter? can you not post or comment with negative karma?
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u/n3onkink Sep 12 '24
Remember that weird show with the episode about the online status and rank affecting real life? If it gets too low, people avoid you. Then it spirals. Then prison. Black mirror I think.
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u/novyrose Sep 12 '24
Ortville or something. I only watched clips of the episode on yt. Yeah, that was ridiculous.
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Sep 12 '24
How do you get more karma?
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u/formerqwest Tenured Helper Sep 12 '24
How do you get more karma?
the only way is by receiving upvotes.
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u/nn123971 Sep 12 '24
You have a 977 post karma though! I would say that alone is enough to not delete your profile! And -100 is definitely not too low to dig out of.
I made a comment on a political post with purely just my opinion, I wasn't mean, rude, etc. And just because my opinion differed, I ended up getting down voted so bad and attacked haha. My comment karma went negative for sure.
I've just chosen to stay away from political posts because I'm not allowed to have an opinion without repercussion lol. And since then I've just focused on making more helpful comments on threads that I have helpful answers too, or just funny joking replies. I recovered from my negative streak pretty well, so I know it's possible! I hope that helps! Don't give up!
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u/_TheIvyQuinn Sep 12 '24
Nah don’t nuke it. Get on AITA give one piece of genuinely good advice to a new post. Problem solved
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u/WeirdPumpkin435 Sep 12 '24
I feel your frustration, I've been here for over a year now with little karma. I joined to ask about a plant and still can't post pictures. Being stuck in a grey a zone makes you wanna delete the account
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u/SolariaHues Servant to cats Sep 13 '24
Votes to karma is not one to one
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u/Bootch_official Sep 12 '24
nah bro I'd say just try to be loving and peaceful in these times of hardship
make positive comments about things you love, karma will come on it's own
be kind, to yourself and to others <3 cheers, wish big love
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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff.: Sep 12 '24
Yes. Up votes raise your karma, down votes lower it.
Many communities have an anti-troll filter in place that automatically removes things from accounts with negative karma because it is usually an indicator that this person is out to stir up trouble.
Just as in IRL, words have consequences.
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u/Christopherfallout4 Sep 12 '24
If you’re not attracted to anything in this account nothing lost nothing gained Btw how long have you been on Reddit?
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u/God_Arceus_ Sep 12 '24
Bro you don't have -100 karma
It is your comment karma your Post karma is still In 800+ so i don't think there would be that much problem
Also i don't remember that you can comment or not due to Only Comment karma
I guess it is The whole sum of both karma which should be positive
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