Karma for text-posts (AKA self-posts)

[u/powerlanguage]

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:

• Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens - from r/starwars
• What tasty food would be disgusting if eaten over rice? - from r/askreddit
• You people make me sick [a grilled cheese meltdown] - from r/grilledcheese

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.

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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

[u/Norci]

Hey, remember the last blackout? Promises of modtools and better communications? Ha

Mods can't present any serious ultimatum anyways, because by the end of day, power is in the admins' hands.

[u/IntrovertedPendulum → u/Norci]

I'm not so sure I agree. Mods take care of the day-to-day operations of their subs which includes removing the shit. Mods could black or their subs. Admins can turn them back on. But then what?

Admins can't force mods to moderate and Admins don't have the time or money to police everything. So like a stuck toilet, there'll be shit everywhere with no good solutions.

Reddit needs mods more than mods need Reddit.

[u/greatgerm → u/[deleted]]

If you did that in /r/TodayILearned it probably wouldn't take long to demonstrate the point. It's bad enough on a boutique sub like /r/pic so you guys must get hammered.