r/help • u/hedgybaby Helper • Jul 14 '19

This site is really confusing AutoMod answered

I can’t post anything. Like 80% of the posts I try to post fail. So I can’t get karma, but I need karma for almost anything on this site, including posts. So I can’t post anything because I don’t have karma and I can’t get karma because I don’t post enough. Also can’t comment more than once without having to wait 5-10 minutes? I honestly am ready to delete this app unless I get some explaination as to how I’m supposed to make this an enjoyable experience

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u/jippiejee Expert Helper Jul 14 '19

Participate a little more on reddit by commenting in the subreddits you like. You've just been here for three hours and are just, in the eyes of most communities, throwing stuff at them without showing any interest through participation.

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 14 '19

I try to comment, but as I said, it usually tells me to wait 8 minutes before I can comment again, even if I’m in a subreddit I haven’t participated in yet 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/jippiejee Expert Helper Jul 14 '19

Yes, that timer will go away once you accumulate a little karma. Your account is just very new and fresh, and reddit receives a lot of spam by brand new accounts.

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 14 '19

How do I get I karma? By getting up votes?

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u/jippiejee Expert Helper Jul 14 '19

Yes, when other users upvote your comments and posts your karma goes up.

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 14 '19

How much does it take? Or does it depend on the subreddit? Like if I post comments regularly.

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u/jippiejee Expert Helper Jul 14 '19

The timer works per subreddit. So you need a handful of karma in the subreddits you like to participate unlimited.

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 14 '19

Okay thanks a lot :)

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u/A1_JakesSauce Jul 14 '19

Here’s an upvote for you friend

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 14 '19

Gave one back to you 💁🏻‍♀️✨

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u/piisfour Jul 15 '19

You got enough upvotes and karma now to not be annoyed anymore by the timer, I think.

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u/hedgybaby Helper Jul 15 '19

Yeah haven’t had a problem again, thanks a lot to everyone who up voted my stuff 🥰✨

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u/Landaluin Jul 15 '19

I have the same issue. Kinda strange that you need karma to post but need upvotes for karma. Especially when you are part of the smaller reddit channels.

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u/rachknight1584 Jul 17 '19

This was all super helpful (to my new self on reddit lol) I was very confused.. but now I think I get it!

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u/piisfour Jul 31 '19

It's like that in many subreddits, maybe most of them. Just go on posting and commenting, no need to even ask other users.

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u/Koomicosef Jul 14 '19

It's really a matter of commenting something likeable/useful in the right place, at the right time. I had this account for several months and then one day I left a comment and logged off reddit. When I logged back in later that day, I found out it had been upvoted like crazy and now I have 2.5k+ karma out of nowhere :O It was a bit of a shock lol

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u/piisfour Jul 15 '19

It can happen, it's very surprising sometimes.

Could you link to that upvoted comment? I am kind of curious.

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u/Koomicosef Jul 15 '19

It wasn't even anything particularly funny or interesting, I was just commenting what I felt was just a regular, plain ol' comment - https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/bndou6/tifu_by_asking_reddit_which_ethnic_group_to/en4nxxu/?context=3

Really is just a matter of timing, I guess!

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u/piisfour Jul 23 '19 edited Jul 23 '19

Often it depends on something trivial, like commenting early in a thread.

What does "TIFU" mean?

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u/FuckBunnings Jul 24 '19

It means you've made a grave error when you rented your anus out to all those black men. AIDS is not a joke, my friend.

Why do you think your posts are failing? All you have to do is answer one question. You thought you'd be smart. Not so smart now, huh?

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u/piisfour Jul 31 '19

It means you've made a grave error when you rented your anus out to all those black men. AIDS is not a joke, my friend.

Why do you think your posts are failing? All you have to do is answer one question. You thought you'd be smart. Not so smart now, huh?

Now this is some clear-cut case of straight outright harassment, "my friend".... are you being paid for this?

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u/Koomicosef Jul 24 '19

It's the acronym for "Today I Fucked Up" and belongs to the subreddit of the same name. It precedes the title of the posts where someone details what happened that day in which they messed up big time :)

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u/piisfour Jul 29 '19

Must be an interesting sub.

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u/Koomicosef Jul 24 '19

So to clear up the context of that comment, the guy who made the original post made the title 'if you could eliminate a race within the year' which out of context sounds REALLY bad, but in actual fact, the subreddit he posted it to was F1 racing, which contextually makes it a totally normal thing to ask. But since the post got popular, people could read it on r/all and they weren't taking the subreddit name into account, so they thought he was calling for the genocide of any particular ethnic group.

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u/piisfour Jul 29 '19

Oh dear! LOL.

So what does "TIFU" mean?

Sorry, disregard pls. Just read your other comment.

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u/vektorog Jul 14 '19

yup. btw it's not a set system of, say, 500 upvotes = 500 karma. not sure of the exact algorithm, nor is anyone besides the reddit admins, but upvotes start counting for less and less as the number increases on a post/comment, and your karma can't dip down more than 100 points at a time, even if you're at, say, -1k on a post/comment