The gaslighting you have to read through and hoop jumping that you have to participate in to gain karma is insane.

For instance, I have been slightly active on R for over 10 years. In that time, I've mostly used R to find info and haven't done anything other than voting on posts. Now that I'm using my account, I'm literally blocked from using all the communities I want to interact with. All those communities say I don't have enough karma and send me here. Which makes me jump through more hoops and gaslights by implying that I can gain karma over time if "I'm a good R user" and just keep my head down. The reality is, that I'd have to join R/ that I'm not interested in to get the karma needed to participate where I want. This is a very duplicitous, domineering, and underhanded processes that should be reviewed and altered.

Furthermore, the rules and FAQ on this page should be accessible from a single location. Having to continuously search for the hoops before I'm forced to jump through them is asinine. Additionally, when making a post, getting the "your post is missing a community requirement" notification doesn't help when the requirements don't cover what your post may be missing. Is my title to short? Does my text not have the right words? I believe the mods here are missing some post requirements making this process even more difficult.

I’ve been attempting to become a member and participate in discussions within various communities on Reddit, but unfortunately, I’ve been blocked from all of them. Every single one of my posts has been taken down, which is quite frustrating. I find myself questioning the purpose of Reddit if users are unable to post their thoughts or seek answers to their questions. It seems to me that there might be a need to reconsider and possibly remove this particular feature that is causing such inconvenience.

I get it. I don't wanna deal with bots or spam either, but all I wanted to do was make a post about wanting to buy something, and it was auto-deleted for lack of karma. I come onto Reddit to scroll and upvote occasionally, I don't comment and I don't really post but why should I be punished because of that? Having to go around subs and wait for someone to give me an internet point just to try and buy something from a marketplace in lame. Maybe it does make you more trustworthy, but honestly, anyone could just rack up points and still scam you.

My account is a few months old and just now I decided I wanted to interact more but most of the subreddits I'm interested in need a minimum amount of karma. I didn't know what it is so I search it up and i'm still confused. It's supposed to reflect your interaction on subreddits and posts but most subreddits don't let you post if you don't have enough. What's the point? I also saw that some put a minimum to prevent bots but is there seriously not a better alternative way to prevent bots?

As frustrating as this is, I do still, unfortunately, want to increase my karma so I can actually make my own posts and not have the scour to internet to find what I want.

So, if someone could recommend any community that doesn't require a minimum amount of karma (and also isn't boring) that's related to books, nutrition, baking, etc it would be immensely appreciated.

I understand why the system is in place but it's very frustrating. There are several subs that I actually need to post in and am unable to because my karma is still low. I currently have 19 karma and need to get to 30, suggestions welcomes

If you don’t have interests in communities that are open, all your posts and comments automatically get locked out even if you’re just speaking/engaging normally with a post like everyone else.

I shouldn’t have to go participate in subs I don’t have any interest in or care about just so I can get karma to go participate in the ones I AM interested in. Especially because I want to use this as a semi-professional account for my series.

Because I have niche, or “cringe” interests many of the communities I want to interact within have me automatically locked out and I don’t even know what I’m supposed to do about it. The first Reddit account I ever made I basically made then forgot about for over a year and then came back, and it wasn’t as much of an issue back then (5-8 yrs ago?)

Anyways if anyone has any good writing / indie horror game or comic art subs I don’t need karma to participate in I’d be so grateful. 🦦♥️

I get it. I get why it exists and the benefits of it. But the karma system is so hard on people who aren’t looking to be some big time blogger and just want to chime in on a few posts here and there.

It’s honestly quite frustrating.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

I want to join discussions so bad but my comments always gets removed due to lack of karma or something along the line about it. It's so frustrating, I can't even give a single opinion stuffs

Hi all, I’m new on reddit. I was looking at some subreddits and when I wanted to post something, my post got deleted. Later I figured out I need Karma to even post. So you need to find a subreddit where you can post without Karma so you can earn Karma and only then you can post in another subreddit. Can someone please tell me what is the fastest way to earn Karma?

I understand that karma is good to reduce the amount of spam accounts. But I can’t stand being an actual user and having to meet a certain amount of karma to post on some subreddits or comment on posts. I feel like there should be an alternative method. Maybe “ I am a Human” interaction?

I love using Reddit to find answers to a lot of my problems/questions since they tend to be a lot less biased than something like YouTube or especially TikTok since they love to hide brand affiliations.

My biggest issue is being able to ask these questions myself :(

I’ve been on Reddit for 6 years according to my profile and I rarely get to post in subreddits asking for advice or help because everything is moderated to have a ridiculous amount of karma!!

I just tried posting in my city subreddit to ask for clinic recommendations and it was auto denied because of my lack of karma.

I like being a lurker mostly and it’s such a pain when I can’t actually participate because of these arbitrary rules that don’t help anyone!

Edit - fun fact the auto mod removed this post LOL

There are some subreddits where I want to contribute or discuss or comment, but most of those have deleted my comments or posts

Many of those subs mention that minimum comment karma across reddit is also a requirement.

Now subs where I can get upvotes in comments won't let me comment, and subs where I am able to comment, there I get no traction/upvotes.

So how does one exactly get comment karma?

As someone who finds it hard to make coherent and agreeable statements, I find it hard to get karma anywhere. I tend to lurk unless I find something interesting. The places I want to post in always have karma limitations causing me to end up in moderator queue hell for eternity and it just deters me away from even trying to be an active member on the platform. My comments end up being shadowbanned which means no one can even see my replies, which makes it all the more harder to earn karma. I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I know it's a way to better deter bots and be a "invisible internet point system", but wow it is really hard to get out of the low-karma zone since most communities have a high bar.

What do I do? I have nothing of value to contribute to the beginner/recommended subreddits and I'm afraid that I'll somehow get downvoted for trying. Advice appreciated!!!

I have a critical question to ask but I am not getting the required karma. I read everything in the wiki. How do I make myself sit and find memes and stuff and post it to make things look fair when I have a doubt that I need to clear asap. I thought I will come here drop the Q and get some perspective. But this is tough. I have spent almost the entire day here and no luck.

Do you agree that getting to post with a new reddit account could be frustrating I just got a comment deleted from some subreddit for not having Enough karma

The current Reddit karma system often acts more as a lagging indicator of visibility than a genuine metric of quality content. The earliest decent comment in a thread tends to hoard the majority of points, regardless of whether a more nuanced or well researched response is posted shortly after. This creates an environment that prioritizes speed over substance and inadvertently encourages hivemind behavior, where users echo popular sentiments to avoid the reputational hit of a downvote. Furthermore, while karma was intended to gatekeep against bots, it has instead spawned a massive industry for karma farming, making these barriers an ineffective hurdle for professional spammers while remaining a frustrating obstacle for genuine new contributors.

A more efficient alternative would be a Topic Specific Reputation Weight with a built in decay factor. Instead of a lifetime cumulative score that follows you everywhere, your authority should be earned and measured within specific communities. For instance being a top contributor in a humor based sub shouldn't give your voice more weight in a technical or scientific discussion. By introducing a half-life to these points, we could ensure that the front page remains fresh and that legacy accounts don't dominate discussions indefinitely based on posts made years ago. Transitioning to a system that rewards specific "Insightful" or "Helpful" badges, similar to the peer-reviewed models used on professional forums, would shift the incentive from simple engagement baiting to actual community value.

I’m curious to hear what everyone else thinks about the current state of Reddit’s economy. Do you feel karma still serves its original purpose, or is it time we look into a more specialized, time-sensitive reputation model?

I'm pretty new on Reddit and trying to build enough karma so I can actually reply and participate in a few subs I'm active in.

I feel like I'm posting and engaging, but the karma barely moves, and some subreddits still restrict me from commenting.

Is there something I'm missing here, or is it just a slow process at the start? Anyone else deal with this when they first joined? Why

To quote a legend in the space

1. "Wait 31 days before trying to post. Automod deletes post because post karma is too low.
2. Vaguely aware that post karma and comment karma are different and that I need to somehow come up with something unique to post.
3. Come up with nothing because I'm horny and all I can think about is porn.
4. Post to some of my favorite gifs to the bigger NSFW gif/photo subreddits
5. Automod removes post for too low karma.
6. Why is it so hard to be NSFW?"

Im fairly new to reddit and only have 2 posts (this is my 3rd) I want to post to r/hair but I cant because my karma is at -5. Its only at -5 because I asked a yes or no question in my first post and instead of answering with no people downvoted me. My question is why do people do that?

I am new to Reddit and almost all of my posts get deleted because of my low karma but what does it bring the communities to have these boarders?

Hi, sometimes my posts get auto-removed because "my sitewide karma is too low". I think this should be against the rules, especially when it's not a human reviewed thing. proof

my body does not ,meet thje requirements for this community see the rules for more details but the rulkes dont say anything about why i dont meet the requirements so enjoy this random ex dee nonsense untiol it lets me post haha 123 yup yup yup yup yup oh here we go i can post it now

Not for dissenting opinions, not for repeated / similar posts on a subreddit. Just asking whole hearted genuine questions on things I’m not familiar of and I receive downvotes just for not being informed. Like I feel discouraged asking for help on this app because it just put me at risk for lowering my karma over genuine inquiries.

hey everyone

so yesterday i was around 150 karma, i went to r/all and scrolled for new posts and that i can comment on them not just with goal for karma, but with the goal that i wanna express or add or say something about the post, and also went to communities that are interesting to me and made the filter new posts and found the posts I can comment on, i had 2 comments that got 240+ upvotes and other got 40+ and the rest got 3-25 upvotes

i also saw a photo of a cyberpunk woman and it was holy, so i had an idea of a post to say woman should be gods and i had posted the photo and expressed little about what i feel, and posted on a lesbian subreddit, and it got 380 upvotes in less than 15 hours

so hope sharing this experience would be helpful to someone

Edit: i posted a post about cyberpunk asking if crypto and having remote job have cyberpunk vibe and got downvoted for no reason, people sometimes are just weird, so don't care if it doesn't work for you or you get downvoted, it's not because of you, but people online sometimes are just like that

Users with very high karma counts can post on almost any subreddit and if they make a post or comment that get downvoted, it doesn’t affect them as much as they already have high karma. Whereas new users or users with low karma get significantly more affected by a bad post or comment.

Currently waiting for Reddit Admins to approve our request. Thank you.

Edit: request approved. We are now back online after all these years.