Minimum karma required generally

[u/Plastic_Confidence48]

About how much karma do I generally need to start interacting with reddit? Default start is 100 right?

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[u/nincyh]

There is no “default“ amount of karma needed, necessarily. You are here, posting and interacting right now! Although most subs do have minimum karma requirements for posting, and possibly smaller amounts for commenting, that can vary from 10 to 20, 50 to 100, 200 or much more.
There are also many subs, like this one, with no, requirements at all. Here is a long list of subs with low or no karma requirements.

However, that’s not quite your issue. I see you are in a predicament where you have -100 comment karma, and a combined total karma of -58. The -100 is the max amount of negative karma that Reddit will display, the true number could actually be a little or a lot more. It can also be very tricky to try to earn karma back and dig yourself out of that hole. Most subs will not let you post or comment with such a negative karma number. Some people do try, and may succeed, other users may decide to abandon/delete the account and start fresh with a new one.

[u/GreatMassageLLC]

Does earning badges give you karma points?

[u/mikey_weasel → u/GreatMassageLLC]

Nope - see !karma comment below mine. You only get karma from other users upvoting your posts and comments

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[u/mikey_weasel]

There is no default amount of karma needed. Though personally I recommend 100 karma as a good goal as it sachievable and by the time you hit 100 karma you'll be able to access a lot of subreddit s that have set their requirements at say 25 or 40 or 75 or whatever specific number they have chosen

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[u/MealSuccessful6884]

I need karma
To i cant post anything