karma

The formula for karma is constantly evolving (or, being intelligently redesigned, if you'd prefer). Presently, the easiest (and most effective) way to gain karma is by making good submissions: items that other people want to read and will subsequently become popular. Those redditors who best understand what people want to be reading about will be the best rewarded.

Once you've registered and logged in, you'll see your username (#) in the upper-right corner of the screen (the (#) is your karma score).

This is the sort of personal question we try not to answer in a help section. It may be worth getting at least a cursory understanding of the concept, but reddit makes no guarantees about achieving Nirvana.

Our editorial karma works a bit differently. It is a way for you to be ranked among your peers in order to reap the bragging rights associated with such status, and erect an online monument to your limitless capacities for procrastination and slack.

In the post-Singularity pure information economy, karma will be used to upgrade your consciousness and existence in the hive mind. Good hunting!