What Does 'Karma Farming' Mean?

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FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Social MediaCLUSTER: Reddit Reputation Economy

Deliberately posting content specifically calculated to rack up karma — reposting proven-popular content, chasing easy-agreement topics — rather than posting for any other reason.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That post is pure karma farming, a repost from three years ago with the title changed."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named once Reddit's karma system became prominent enough that gaming it directly became a recognizable, named strategy rather than an incidental side effect of posting.

FIRST SEEN

2010

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Social Media)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang

Related To:Karma Karma Bait

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN刷Karma →日本語 ja-JPカルマファーミング →한국어 ko-KR카르마 파밍 →Español es-ESkarma farming →Português pt-BRkarma farming →Français fr-FRkarma farming →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

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CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2010

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