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Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.
This is expressly not what downvotes are for according to official reddiquette.
Think before you downvote and take a moment to ensure you’re downvoting someone because they are not contributing to the community dialogue or discussion.
Ok but… Who cares? I’m not a youtuber trying to get upvotes and subscriptions for an algorithm so I can get more ad revenue, why would I care about my karma score?
Many subreddits require up to 100 karma to post in them, so your first few weeks using Reddit would be a grind for karma until you reach a comfortable threshold.
when upvote, karma go up, when downvote karma go down, stupid system, downvotes are meant to represent disagreement, not always as something negative
This is expressly not what downvotes are for according to official reddiquette.
Ok but… Who cares? I’m not a youtuber trying to get upvotes and subscriptions for an algorithm so I can get more ad revenue, why would I care about my karma score?
Many subreddits require up to 100 karma to post in them, so your first few weeks using Reddit would be a grind for karma until you reach a comfortable threshold.
that’s exactly what i meant, maybe i typed it incorrectly
Because homo sapiens like amassing trinkets for trade with other tribe (with extra steps)
Down votes are for off topic discussion not disagreement. They’re specifically meant to not be used for disagreement.