Karma

Karma also Known as Reddit Karma is a way to tell who makes good or bad contributions to the website.
== How to get karma? ==
Users can get karma in a number of ways
Posts 	Up and down votes on your post
Comments	Up and down votes on your comment/reply
Awards 	Awardee and Awarded
== Downsides to the Karma system ==
Since Karma is removed when your post gets downvoted, this encourages Redditors to stay confined within an echo chamber with no opposing viewpoints.