Buzz
Today, Mytour will guide you on how to create Reddit posts and comments that attract upvotes. When other Reddit users (or Redditors) upvote your content, you will earn Karma points. Some subreddits require a certain amount of Karma to participate, while Karma is also simply a point of pride for Redditors.
Steps
First, understand what Karma is. Karma represents the points you receive from upvotes, similar to the 'likes' on Facebook. You'll earn about 1 Karma point for each upvote and lose 1 point for each downvote.
Next, get familiar with the different types of Karma. You can earn various types of Karma depending on the type of post you make:
- Post Karma - When you share an external link or create a text-only post, upvotes will earn you 'post' Karma.
- Comment Karma - When you comment on an existing post or link and receive upvotes, you will earn 'comment' Karma.
Visit large subreddits with over 1 million followers, like r/AskReddit, r/pics, or r/funny. Sort posts by top, rising, or new, and leave comments in these threads. This ensures your comment won't get buried by others who have already participated.
Comment on new posts. One of the easiest ways to make your comment stand out is by leaving insightful or humorous remarks on existing posts. Witty comments tend to earn the most karma, but quirky and random ones are also popular.
- This method may not bring large amounts of karma in one go, but it will steadily increase your points over time, helping you become a dedicated user.
Avoid posting negative or low-quality content. Your links and comments should contribute value to Reddit's community. Posts that don't follow Reddit's common posting guidelines (also known as 'reddiquette') are likely to receive downvotes.
- Avoid violating Reddit's terms of service, as doing so will almost certainly result in downvotes.
- Criticism is fine, as long as it's presented civilly. This principle does not apply to humorous posts, where even mistakes should be made in a respectful manner.
Post relevant content and comment appropriately. Reddit is a community where you can freely discuss any given topic by expanding on it. While well-researched and thoughtful posts may not always earn many upvotes, they show others that you're worth listening to.
- The more people see you as a valuable resource, the larger your audience will grow for future posts, leading to a greater potential for upvotes.
Encourage others to comment on your posts. When you start a conversation, interacting with those who comment will continue the discussion and earn upvotes through your responses. It's crucial to respect others' opinions.
- Disagreeing with someone is perfectly fine (even encouraged), as long as you present your counter-arguments in a respectful and courteous manner.
- Ignore negative or provocative comments, as replying to them (even if you're right) will likely result in downvotes.
Leverage the Karma bomb. A 'Karma bomb' happens when your comment becomes the top post immediately after being posted. If this comment receives a large amount of upvotes, your reply will get the same number of upvotes.
- For this strategy to succeed, you need to assess the potential for a comment to be well-received, which takes time and patience.
- While this strategy can be effective, it is high-risk: if the comment you choose gets a negative reaction and downvotes, you will also be downvoted.
Use creative titles for your links. Since Reddit displays links based on the title you provide, the content of the title will set the tone for the discussion.
- You might consider using humor in your titles (such as wordplay or irony). Funny or unexpected posts often receive upvotes.
Post links to images or videos. Like any social media platform, users love visually engaging multimedia content. Using creative titles or providing information paired with images/videos is a great way to appeal to user preferences and gain upvotes.
Advice
- If you're stuck on post ideas, try reading news from different perspectives or offer your own insights on current events.
- Reddit is largely made up of left-leaning users. While this doesn't stop you from posting about topics you're passionate about, these users will influence the tone of your approach to issues such as gender, sexuality, and religion.
- Get familiar with the site. Redditors often reference past posts, and you might get downvoted if you don't understand their references. For example, Kevin; the phrase 'Today you, tomorrow me' or the 'I don't know what a potato is' meme.
- Be cautious with shadow votes. Some users may be 'shadow banned' (they can post, comment, and vote, but their actions won't show up to others). Reddit intentionally adds some upvote and downvote buttons so these users cannot tell they're shadow banned. Therefore, karma from these users won't be counted.
- Add a 'spoiler' tag before posts discussing movies, books, or multimedia content that may reveal spoilers.
Warning
- Avoid asking for upvotes.
- Always include an NSFW (Not Safe For Work) tag in the title if your post contains sensitive content.
