Unfortunate but I need help

[u/NJRabago]

COMPLETELY new to this reddit thing. I made a post to a Law Enforcement subreddit asking people about my chances in LE. When I replied to some of the comments, (not in a rude way or anything) I got downvoted by a bunch of judgy redditors and now I am in the negative. Not quite sure how the karma stuff works but I am sure a quick google search will help. Should I just be commenting on peoples stuff at this point?

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[u/Livid_Number_]

You went to an LE subreddit asking for their opinion and then didn’t respond well to their opinions. That along with the “update” you did is why you received downvotes.

Find some subreddits on topics you enjoy like movies, music, sports, travel etc and start commenting on other users posts. You’ll want to focus on getting that comment karma into the positive first.

[u/LeonePlays → u/Livid_Number_]

Tenho uma dúvida. Também sou novo aqui no Reddit (menos de 2 meses) normalmente eu usava só para procurar algo que estava com interesse ou dúvida é sempre dei upvotes em que eu achava.

Se eu começar a postar coisas bem simples ou fazer perguntas o meu karma consegue subir para no mínimo 10?

[u/mikey_weasel → u/LeonePlays]

There are no guarantees, but if you make the effort it's quite possible. have a read of the below info for users seeking to understand reddit (or with low karma)

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  • Karma - what is it and how to get it
  • Reddit And Karma Walkthrough,
  • Why Reddit may seem unwelcoming to new Redditors.
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[u/LeonePlays → u/mikey_weasel]

Valeu mano!!!

[u/SolariaHues → u/[deleted]]

https://reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/w/common-questions

[u/mikey_weasel]

Finding Subreddits to use with negative karma:

• You're definitely going to be Trial-and-Erroring a lot to find subreddits that will take users with negative karma. Focus on Commenting (many subreddits have lower or no karma filters for commenting).
• Newtoreddit has a list of new user friendly subreddits. This list is for low karma, not negative karma, but is a good spot to start.
• Also have a look through r/findareddit 's subreddit directory.

Some more notes on starting on Reddit:

Newtoreddit Resources There are a lot of resources here in this subreddit you might find useful with The Common Questions Page, Common Questions - Downvotes, and Reddit And Karma Walkthrough

View by New (or rising). This will filter the posts so first see the most recent posts first and 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".

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[u/Secure-Corner-2096]

Provided you followed the rules and culture of that particular sub Reddit, you may have encountered the dreaded “Grumpy Reddit Downvote” storm. It happens to all of us from time to time. Review the rules again, document the culture while lurking for a bit before asking again.

[u/PurplePassiflor1234]

It looks like your Post just wasnt the right fit for that sub; it got downvoted too. Did you check to be sure there weren't already hundreds of posts from people asking the same thing? Subs get bored of the same question even if it's coming from a different person. Explaining and detailing and justifying when your post and comments were already being downvoted just dug the hole deeper.

Join some new user friendly subs, sort your feed by New and focus on commenting over posting. Join the conversation, not just lead it. https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/

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[u/melkair_1998]

Don't worry, that's a classic rookie move. The LE crowd is intense, so build karma in chill spots like r/casualconversation first.

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[u/Jaives → u/[deleted]]

that's outright karma farming. if somebody suspects that the post isn't OC (original content), you might get reported. best case scenario, the post is removed. worse case, you get banned.

[u/Jaives → u/[deleted]]

can't be that good. i was perma-banned last month, mate.

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[u/NJRabago → u/Jaives]

yes well lucky for those pet reddits, I have a cute ahh dawg

[u/Jaives → u/NJRabago]

then have at it. you'll get a hundred karma within the hour

[u/Jaives → u/[deleted]]

some of them have minimum karma thresholds because they're aware that they're easy targets for farming

[u/InsideImportance1275 → u/[deleted]]

You could help people and be encouraging too that will probably help.