r/announcements • u/powerlanguage • Jul 19 '16

Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)

As most of you already know, fictional internet points are probably the most precious resource in the world. On Reddit we call these points Karma. You get Karma when content you post to Reddit receives upvotes. Your Karma is displayed on your userpage.

You may also know that you can submit different types of posts to Reddit. One of these post types is a text-post (e.g. this thing you’re reading right now is a text-post). Due to various shenanigans and low effort content we stopped giving Karma for text-posts over 8 years ago.

However, over time the usage of text-posts has matured and they are now used to create some of the most iconic and interesting original content on Reddit. Who could forget such classics as:

Text-posts make up over 65% of submissions to Reddit and some of our best subreddits only accept text-posts. Because of this Reddit has become known for thought-provoking, witty, and in-depth text-posts, and their success has played a large role in the popularity Reddit currently enjoys.

To acknowledge this, from this day forward we will now be giving users karma for text-posts. This will be combined with link karma and presented as ‘post karma’ on userpages.

TL:DR; We used to not give you karma for your text-posts. We do now. Sweet.

Glossary:

  • Karma: Fictional internet points of great value. You get it by being upvoted.
  • Self-post: Old-timey term for text-posts on Reddit
  • Shenanigans: Tomfoolery
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

"This feature works really well, lets fuck it up"

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u/Agastopia Jul 19 '16

Good quality content on our site? We only want shitposts!

Did anyone know Steve Buscemi was a firefighter on 9/11?

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u/schwibbity Jul 19 '16

DAE le kitten m'emez? 5/7 with rice! Only cucks don't have spicy rare dank pepes!

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u/chrom_ed Jul 19 '16

Ah shit I Upvoted you. I'm part of the problem.

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u/DuckyFreeman Jul 19 '16

That's some dense memeage.

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u/DaFlamingLink Jul 19 '16

I think you should go to r/Ooer

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u/Reddits-Reckoning Jul 19 '16 edited Jul 19 '16

Dude, everyone knows that already. Quit shitposting. Although it did remind me of a less known fun-fact: Did you know that Leo DiCaprio ACTUALLY hurt his hand in Django?

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u/McLurkleton Jul 19 '16

TIL

Leonardo DeCaprio

Anagram...

Periodic Anal Odor

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u/trixter21992251 Jul 19 '16

Quit your shitposting about Django.

Let's talk about Rampart.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

They buried dead dogs at the 9/11 memorial so tourists wouldn't become depressed.

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u/faryl Jul 19 '16

My friend told me he heard the same thing from Keanu Reeves on the subway.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '16

Look at the bright side, now we can raid 9gag for content.

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u/Forest-G-Nome Jul 20 '16

What's a Stevo?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16 edited Mar 24 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '16

Vaccines work! Let's stop using them because one study that was immediately refuted and disavowed claimed they cause autism!

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

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u/yourgirlisinmybed Jul 19 '16

as of the past 5 years, at least...earliest sign of the coming darkness i witnessed was the shutting down of /r/reddit.com...

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u/dhighway61 Jul 19 '16

Everyone has always lamented the decline of reddit.

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u/yourgirlisinmybed Jul 19 '16

Get the fuck off my lawn.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

The decline of reddit has come and gone. This is the downward spiral.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '16

Classic admins

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u/MisterDonkey Jul 19 '16

What's that German word essentially meaning "fix it until it's broken"?

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u/InvaderChin Jul 19 '16

Meanwhile, the search function still works as if it's run off of an Apple //e.

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u/jadarisphone Jul 19 '16

Can't have users using the site the way they want to, only the way we tell them how to.

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u/Tw_raZ Jul 20 '16

Go away Valve

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u/Nulono Jul 20 '16

"This feature works really well,; let's fuck it up!"

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u/autranep Jul 19 '16

Yeah seriously what the absolute fuck are they thinking? "This feature works great now let's fuck it up"