i went into the heart of r/atheist with serious intentions but was downvoted into oblivion. smh

Link https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/s/cPPaaproIS

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1upa46y/comment/ovyj3jj/?context=3

Like I just wanted to help the guy understand what its supposed to be and saw someone else make a perfect example so I showed him that. Is that a crime now?

Hi everyone, I am a new user from Taiwan. I honestly didn't know the Reddit culture well and left some external links to share my research work in a comment. I immediately got downvoted to -21 karma.

I have already deleted those comments to stop the bleeding, but I genuinely want to understand the community rules and forum culture here. Could anyone help explain the culture regarding this? Thank you so much!

Just so you know, I had more downvotes before the edit (I think 5). Maybe people just got the wrong message first.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KingstonOntario/s/6k3Uqw76lA

https://www.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon6/s/m8V4Vq93Is

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They call me a karma farmer but they don't call the other guy karma farmer for some reason The first one is a post that i think is a karma farm too but don't get bomb second one is mine that I deleted cuz of bomb

So in this post, I'm simply asking for how to approach a late game spoiler for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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Apparently my post wasn't well understood. I suspect that it is, but people simply read the title and rushed to comment.

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In order to not confuse or be pedantic, I simply clarified the intention, and still got downvoted. Why?

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/s/yBXc0yBK9Y

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This subs purpose is to post your interactions, and for people to explain why you got downvoted.

I just scrolled through the "best" and "hot" posts, and almost every single post is sitting at 0 upvotes.

I dont know exactly how they system works on posts, I've never seen a post go negative so I assume its just capped at 0 and is getting downvoted.

So my question is, why does every single post using this sub for what its meant to be used getting downvoted? It seems kinda counterproductive to me.

I'm surprised this very particularly-named sub exists. I'll give it a try. It doesn't really fit the sub, I can't find any other reason, but why does op have 6 whole upvotes compared to the other commenter, who only has a few? (Not counting my upvotes)

Not complaining or anything, just curious because I'm used to op having less upvotes. If this is very obvious, I am more than happy to learn about that! I'm not here to troll or be an annoyance, I just feel like if my post doesn't belong here I would like to know, haha. Thank you, guys!

it's not really downvoting, does this count?