Comment by skyskr4per on 06/07/2020 at 19:40 UTC

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View submission: Karma experiment

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Won't it be an easy way for brand new users with malicious intent to gain enough karma to post into subs that would otherwise restrict them from doing so?

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Comment by thepatientoffret at 06/07/2020 at 20:23 UTC

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Automod: For both the experiment and potential rollout, automod will still be able to reference post and comment as well as combined post+comment karma separately from award karma.

Comment by GaryARefuge at 06/07/2020 at 19:50 UTC

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Yeah, this is the abuse that first came to my mind

Comment by Yay295 at 07/07/2020 at 13:02 UTC

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It already seems pretty easy for them to do that. Most spammers I see only have a single prior post, but it's to /r/aww or something where they can easily get thousands of upvotes.