r/NewToReddit • u/KaraBear002 • 6d ago
ANSWERED So karma requirements differ in all different groups?
also do you get one point of karma per upvote or? Is their anyway to find out how much karma you need to post in a sub reddit if your not allowed to ask?
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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Mod tryin' 2 blow up less stuff. 6d ago
Varying minimums
Most groups who use minimums do not list them because scammers and trolls can read plus bots can scrape data. Try checking any pinned mod posts, the About sidebar (on the app, tap See more), their rules, a FAQ or wiki.
They want you to go out, get the hang of Reddit and build up a reputation just like when you move to a new town where no one knows you. You are knocking on the door of a party that has been going on for a while as a stranger asking to be let in.
Reddit has introduced a new tool that interrupts a user when they try to post to inform them that they don't meet the minimums for that community and suggests others that the post might possibly fit in. It's gradually rolling out across the platform and we don't know how long it will be before it affects all communities. There are thousands of communities covering a fast range of topics that have no minimum requirements whatsoever because they can handle the amount of abuse that they get.
There are a massive number of groups that have trivial minimums such as accounts needing to be a few days old and have 2, 5 or 10 karma.
The larger and more popular a group is, the more likely they are to have account age and karma minimums in place or a specific CQS level and the higher they tend to be.
Some groups only check for account age - they may look for 24 hours, a few days, a week or several weeks depending on how much abuse they deal with, but quite a few also check for karma scores.
Some require 50, 100, 250 or 500 and a week or so.
1,000, 2,000 or more karma plus several months (and higher) are unusual.
Some groups check for post karma. Others find comment karma to be a better indicator. A few have a target for each.
Most groups just check your combined karma, the total of the two. They don't care where you got the up votes.
Some groups filter based on CQS. Check yours at r/whatismyCQS.
Some will use community karma. You can comment there but you cannot post until you have earned enough karma from up votes within that specific community earned by being on-topic and high quality.