I've noticed people downvote posts they disagree with. And as a consequence you lose karma. My understanding is karma is meant to reflect contributions to the thread, not personal opinions. I always aim for thoughtful, balanced and, usually, positive posts. But despite that, I've learned to avoid certain topics.

Is there a way around this? Or am I kidding myself?

Anyone else get banned for joking? Not even dark humor, just joking?

I said “you can have both… you just make sure they never meet” in reference to a question of would you rather have a gf or a goon buddy.

What’s the big deal?

Its always been this way and im not sure what im doing wrong. Ive had a bunch of accounts over the years and I always end up deleting and not really using reddit for posts and just lurk for any answers I need. Im not shy. I just feel like im wasting my time. We have both made some significant lifestyle changes recently and it'd be nice to have strangers to ask things about but I dont even really get made fun of if I post a picture of myself like I expected.

It's a genuine question. I'm not an active reddit user, I only sometimes use it to ask some questions to people who know better than me, and I don't seem to understand certain dynamics.

I for example asked a question on the payday 2 subreddit because I wasn't familiar with some game mechanics.

Basically a user nicely told me the alarm started because I could only eliminate 4 enemies in stealth mode and I asked "Then what's the point of having 5 body bags?" and it straight got 20 downvotes.

It's not that I'm upset about it but I just don't get why.

Was the question asked in a not nice manner? Did I sound ungrateful for the other user's answer? Did I get downvoted because I made an ignorant question with a obvious answer?

I'm just curious about what reddit users tend to value the most when they upvote or downvote a comment or a post.

Edit: here's the link of the comment https://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist/s/iYMdkPYlhM

i made a post titled “Primetime Opinions” and hecka people were getting mad that i added a discussion to r/A24 to the point where it got removed within half an hour 😭 is this normal or are A24 commenters just really harsh/easily angered? i got a TON of downvotes within that timeframe too

https://www.reddit.com/r/foxholegame/s/88kFoNGFz2

Basically, both these posts in the screenshot call out the vague rules of the subreddit, but my post is the one to get all the down votes.

I would assume it's because mine is more wordy whereas the one by Maine is a bit simpler. But I'm not really sure.

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/s/A4HK4hzuO5

THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE? IT'S ALL MY POSTS AND COMMENTS? WTF

https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1wi5otc/comment/pa8548p/?screen_view_count=4

I asked a question, people helped, and I replied with thanks. I don't see anything wrong here.

I'm normally not bothered if I'm downvoted for a joke or the like as I'm aware that not everyone has the same taste in everything. I am, however, baffled by the above.

Thank you.

This post was in reference to the Lindsay Clancy holdout juror, which another juror doxxed and revealed to be black

I just said "9/11 was a global tragedy" (my eyes as in the ramifications, causing multiple wars, tightening censorship et cetera).

https://www.reddit.com/r/13or30/comments/1w7ojtz/comment/p7y949p

I swear if this is like r/mysteriousdownvoting as if you cant have too low of downvotes

I violated no rule in my comment. My guess is the moderator banned me because they juts don't agree? what does "using an alt" mean?

https://www.reddit.com/r/lolgrindr/s/cyJV3V1pSU

To me, my bottom comment just points out that sexual coercion is wrong which I thought was widely accepted as true. EMD please.

Like it's obvious an adult should not date minors, especially highschoolers, it's Logical.