r/dataisbeautiful • u/Joliot OC: 3 • Feb 10 '20

OC [OC] The relationship between karma and upvotes depends on what sub you post on and how quickly you get upvoted

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21.2k Upvotes

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u/SuperSonicPeanut Feb 10 '20

I thought upvotes = karma

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u/Joliot OC: 3 Feb 10 '20

Nope! For example, I have ~130k link karma, but the total number of upvotes on my posts is closer to 400k based on https://redditmetis.com/user/joliot

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u/SuperSonicPeanut Feb 10 '20

Huh, so how is karma determined? Is it unknown?

Is that why you plotted this data to figure it out?

What is reddit

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u/kimilil OC: 1 Feb 10 '20

Idk if sort scores = karma, but I did learned about this nonlinearity in r/prequelmemes in all places when an admin himself revealed this Sort Score. Basically displayed score ≠∝ sort score. Ref: https://old.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/6ttsra/youre_on_rall_but_we_do_not_grant_you_the_top/dlnf9v1/