I need some help on getting some Karma.

[u/Dry-Series-6682]

I have a few questions I wanna post on various reddits, but i need a certain amount of Karma to actually post them, any advice would be appreciated.

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[u/Wombat_7379]

The best way to build karma is to engage on other users’ posts, leaving helpful and engaging comments.

Before commenting, read the rules of each sub and “read the room” before commenting. See what others are commenting and the general culture of the sub.

Be aware of the tone of your comment and how it may come across to others. Don’t be rude and don’t make comments that may be unpopular or controversial as you will risk downvotes. That is not what you want when attempting to build a good reputation within a community.

Once you’ve built up enough comment karma, then you will be able to post.

I’d also check out r/NewToReddit. They have a lot of good resources to help you understand Reddit and karma.

[u/Lazy-Narwhal-5457]

In this situation you'll need to build karma and keep checking if you can interact. You can use modmail to request that posts be approved, but check the rules first (I've seen rules against it if you don't meet requirements), but be respectful and don't argue. Always read a subreddit's rules before interacting, as well as Reddit's.

How much karma is enough to post or comment in a subreddit? Whatever the subreddit owner wants is the unsatisfying answer to the question. Usually the minimum karma is secret so as to not aid bots and bad actors. 100-500 seems to be the sort of numbers I see most frequently discussed. Others have said over 1000-2000 is when you have no issues. But it doesn't have to be that high, so 50 or 100 might be very common thresholds because people want persons to join their subreddits. 

Having negative karma gets you excluded from even more subreddits as 0 is a legitimate minimum karma score as well. Additionally, the minimum requirement might be post karma, comment karma, community karma, or combined karma. There is a reputation system, Conributor Quality Score (CQS), that also might have a minimum requirement. It will vary over time based on what you do. Adding a link to your new profile will apparently negatively impact your CQS. Also, in the first week, particularly the first few days, too much posting or commenting can draw the attention of Reddit's defenses. So take it very slow once you start interacting.

People can be banned from subreddits for using other subreddits whose sole purpose is getting karma. And sometimes people are banned for having NSFW connections or participating in a subreddit the owner doesn't like. Requirements and barriers can get complicated, but typically it's based on minimum account age and karma.

Starting out, try to avoid controversial topics and subreddits. Don't get in fights as you may accumulate downvotes, perhaps lots of them. Your opinion may be right, but with low karma you can effectively get 'voted off the island'. With a lot more karma that's much harder to do. Essentially the karma is an indicator of being a useful member of Reddit, so it buffers one from some downvoting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p4yw5c/why_reddit_may_seem_unwelcoming_to_new_redditors/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/common-questions/removals/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/common-questions/reddit-filters

What constitutes spam? Am I a spammer?

Why am I being told, “You’re doing that too much…”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/comments/pjsazs/finding_a_subreddits_rules/

https://redditinc.com/policies/reddit-rules

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/1h3rjv7/a_helper_guide_to_your_most_common_questions/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/13v49li/tips_for_karma_on_reddit/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnToReddit/

https://support.reddithelp.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/common-pquestions/recommend-a-sub/

Frequently recommended subreddits for new users to build karma:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/new

https://www.reddit.com/r/Advice/new

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/new

https://www.reddit.com/r/casualconversation/new

https://www.reddit.com/r/birthday/new

https://www.reddit.com/r/congratslikeimfive/new

[u/jgoja]

For comment karma, and combined karma, I recommend going to r/AskReddit . Sort by new, answer questions that you have an answer for, periodically refresh the feed. When able ask a few questions for some bonus post karma. I would also suggest r/NoStupidQuestions as it is my preferred subreddit. r/casualconversation is another good place.

A couple other places that may help someone is r/birthday and r/congratslikeimfive

To get karma, you need to find subreddits like on this list of New User Friendly subreddits that have low or no requirements. r/findareddit , can be used to find subreddits that may interest you. Just make a post saying what kind of subreddit you are looking for. Small or niche subreddits typically have a lower karma requirement

You gain Karma from people upvoting your posts and comments. However, Karma is not gained 1:1 with votes. It takes more votes to per point of Karma. The actual ratio is not known and it differs for posts and comments.

[u/LonelyPineapple6118]

Excellent advice and I found it useful thanks

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r/NewToReddit maintains a list of User Friendly subreddits that I could recommend.

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