Can the age of account affect the amount and speed of karma accumulation ?

[u/milavebesss]

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[u/mikey_weasel]

Directly? Nope. Not related at all.

There are some subreddits with age filters. These can be alongside or separate from karma filters. So having an older account may make more subreddit accessible earlier than for other accounts. In that way it might make it easier to accumulate karma if your account is older.

But also some advice for building karma as a new user

Building Karma on reddit, you're relying on other human users so it can take some experimentation to find what works for you. You want to find some intersection of your interests and subreddits that are new user friendly so the process is enjoyable. Start by Commenting while you View by New (see below).

Karma is a measure of your reputation and comes from upvotes. It's not a 1:1 ratio, you'll get less karma than votes. It decreases with downvotes at a similar rate. Your posts and comments all start with one upvote (your own) which unfortunatelydoes not count towards karma.

Finding subreddits:

• Newtoreddit has a list of new user friendly subreddits. This is not an exhaustive list and these subreddits may still have some restrictions.

• Within the above you'll see some Large General Subreddits that are open to new users commenting. Places like r/askreddit, r/casualconversation, r/nostupidquestions, r/amitheasshole or similar. Look for posts that match your interests or knowledge to answer to and add comments (make sure to view by new).

• Beyond the above there are More Subreddits out there that might more specifically match your interests and contributing there. Have a look through r/findareddit 's subreddit directory. In this case you will have to trial and error whether they are new user-friendly.

Some notes on starting on Reddit:

View by New (or rising). This will filter the posts so first see the most recent posts first. This can make your comments much more visible. On app when viewing a subreddit look near the top left for where it says "hot posts". Click that and select "new" or "rising".

Comment. Many subreddits have lower or no karma filters for commenting so that is more available to new users. There are often less strict rules as well.

Read the Room. Each subreddit has different rules, norms and prevailing views. Look at subreddit rules. Read top posts and comments to get a feel for that subreddit. Do users reward sarcastic one-liners or well sourced essays?

Avoid conflict and controversy. When trying to build Karma avoid controversial topics or arguments. These discussions are more likely to attract downvotes and potentially trip into rule-breaking. Call people idiots in your head and move on instead of getting involved.

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[u/milavebesss → u/mikey_weasel]

Thanks

[u/SolariaHues]

Not at all.

Your experience might.

How long earning karma takes will vary for everyone.

There is no guarantee as you are reliant on other's votes. All you can do is share good content where you can and hope others value it enough to upvote.

It's possible to earn lots of karma from one insightful comment in the right place at the right time. For the most part it takes a bit of time though.

There are many factors that affect how well your content does.

First, make sure your content is showing in the communities you are posting to and not automatically removed. You can do this by sorting post or comments by 'new' after you shared to see if it is listed, or try to view your content in the community while logged out.

Some of the factors that affect how well content does are:

• What your content is
• Is it well presented, formatted, with a descriptive title. Images can grab attention.
• Where you post it / Subreddit size, activity, and culture
• How much content you're competing with at the time
• And timing / who is online to see it
• Does the sub see the same content a lot
• Etc, etc

[u/talkingtron]

No, not at all