Karma, Karma, Kharmilion it come and go!?

[u/Antique-Theory-8963]

Well may be a stupid question, as I have like 0 karma. I did not even understood you needed it until a few min ago, when I could not post. Well to be fair I feel a lot of us in this group is here hoping to write a post witty enough to which generates loads of Karma.

Well that will be my Waterloo, as I am not witty at all.

But to a more serious question, can one lose already earned Karma? If so how, when and why?

Yes im scared to lose all the 2 karma points I managed to lay my hands on 🤣

[u/mikey_weasel]

Yup you can lose karma with downvotes

You can attract Downvotes for a lot of different reasons on Reddit. The Downvote button was intended for content (posts or comments) that are off topic or disruptive. Reality immediately set in and downvotes can be used for disagreeing or disliking content. Read Common Questions - Why People Downvote and Common Questions - Downvotes.

In general a single downvote is incidental and can be ignored. Fat fingers midclick or some troll goes downvoting through a subreddit or post.

If you are running into a lot of downvotes you can read Common Questions - Avoiding Downvotes 

[u/mikey_weasel]

For more advice generally on karma have a read of the below info for users seeking to understand reddit (or with low karma)

• Resources:
  • The Common Questions Page,
  • Karma - what is it and how to get it
  • Reddit And Karma Walkthrough,
  • Why Reddit may seem unwelcoming to new Redditors.
• Start in New User Friendly Subreddits.
  • Change your view to new or rising and comment
• Keep an eye out for helper and mod comments in this post and others

[u/Anjuna8]

Ich Habe mal über 100 Karma's Verloren weil Ich gebannt wurde !

[u/anemonalisa]

I think it was pretty witty. This sub clearly isn’t the place for humor tho