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ErinyesMusaiMoira · 2025-02-24T21:20:02+00:00

The "popular" subreddits are not likely to be much help with your quest, unless you are very informed about their content or make an exceptionally funny comment.

You're after comment karma, right?

Sort some place like r/relationship_advice by new and provide support and advice. Do it early (that's why you sort by new). Or try r/MadeMeSmile or r/dogs or r/cats

Be early, say something complimentary or nice. Or helpful.

SolariaHues · 2025-02-24T21:29:43+00:00

Most subs don't share their karma requirements, let alone, if they have negative karma filters to prevent trolls.

We cannot share specifics here even if we knew them, rule 5.

Each sub sets their own restrictions so they vary
They can look at different types of karma
Most subs don't share what they are in case it helps the bad faith users they want to stop

You can check their rules and community info but for most it won't say.

Generally, subs with high restrictions could be those that:

are very large
are very active
are about controversial or sensitive topics or often have posts about them
will have a lot of vulnerable users
have previously been a target for spammers, misinformation, etc etc

Those that may have lower restrictions could be those that:

are smaller
are less active
are more niche
are for new users specifically (us!) or a welcoming of them

Focus on commenting. Initially it may be hard to find communities you can participate in (epeically with negative karma) and have genuine interest in, but once you've found a few it'll get easier.

Here is our list of new-user friendly subs you can try

You don't need to engage where you have no interest. There are so many subs (hundreds of thousands and many without high restrictions) there are bound to be somewhere you do have an interest and can engage.

r/findareddit can suggest some subs around your interests, you can try and see if you can participate, it may take a little trial and error. Look for smaller niche subs, as they may be less likely to have high restrictions.

Sort content by 'new' so you're interacting with fresh content.

Downvotes are intended for rule breaking, off topic and non-contributing content. However, downvotes are often inexplicable and do get misused as a method of disagreeing, but you can minimise the risk a little.

General advice to avoid downvotes and negative karma -

avoid potentially controversial or sensitive topics just while your karma is low
always check the community rules
lurk to get a feel for the community and it's culture before posting
choose where to share your content carefully
re-read what you're saying before sending to check your tone, try not to accidentally make people feel defensive or be defensive yourself
remember unless using tone indicators sarcasm etc isn't necessary obvious
Proof read your content
If you're getting a lot of downvotes, you can delete the offending content to prevent more. This does not remove the downvotes though.

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Help, my other account has negative comment karma now, so his comments will be autoremoved in more subreddits. What are some tips at this point to bring back his comment karma into the positive territory again?

Help, my other account has negative comment karma now, so his comments will be autoremoved in more subreddits. What are some tips at this point to bring back his comment karma into the positive territory again?

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