Internet points

Internet points are a virtual score given to users on some social media platforms in exchange for their contributions. They are used by basement dwellers to boost their fragile egos and to feel above others. On Reddit, they are known as "karma points".

	“	Welcome to the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter	„
	—Drew Carrey: Whose Line Is It Anyways

How it works

Usually, one upvote by a user provides one Internet point.

On Reddit, there were formerly two separate kinds of Internet point counters: "link karma" "comment karma". "Link karma" was later renamed to "post karma", given that "self posts" (text posts) were added later. Only link posts existed in the beginning of Reddit. On the new Reddit user interface, both of these scores are merged into one score.

On the Stack Overflow network, Internet points unlock features such as commenting and editing others' answers.

Incidents

In July 2014, one of the most popular Redditors, UniDan, got his account suspended. He thought he wouldn't get caught giving himself Internet points from alternative accounts.

In 2020, the user with the highest Karma score, Gallowboob, left the platform. He claimed he left due to "harrassment" (which is ambiguous anyway), but the actual reason is probably that he realized he is a basement dweller. It can be assumed that Gallowboob spent over 10000 hours infront of the computer screen. Big name on the 'net, nobody in real life. As of December 2023, his most recent comments only get single-digit upvotes. Looks like no one actually cares about him that much.

Mods And PTSD

It used to be, to have PTSD you had to be a soldier who watched his Battle Buddie step on a land mine and leave behind a bloddy mess that could only be cleaned up with a sponge and mailed home to his family in a Ziploc bag so they can have something to bury.

Now, In this day with Boomers, Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha picking on these weak willed mods, viral topics, posters thinking that they have ownership of a topic they started and all the mean - mean posters calling moderators out and harassing them because they got banned and lost 10 years worth of internet points because they posted a pic of a girl they claim they weren't aware of her actual age because she looked so grown up. Their defense being, "Sure she was missing her 2 front teeth. I thought she was a Hill Billy".

Because of all these mean, modern posters populating boards - moderators are claiming that they're developing psychological trauma that can only be explained as being equal to the PTSD that a soldier feels because every time they log in, they feel that someone may reach through their computer screen and play Choke A Bitch with them.

Pretty much only useful for getting a medical Marijuana license after paying $300 for it, most legitimate professionals would laugh these mods sorry asses out of their office because they're doing what we've been saying all along and taking the internets way to seriously.

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