Why a 100k-karma account can still look suspicious

A big karma number feels reassuring, but on its own it tells you surprisingly little. Here's what we look at instead.

Karma can be spiked

A single viral post can add tens of thousands of karma in a day. That doesn't make an account trustworthy - it makes it lucky.

History is harder to fake

We weigh how an account earned its karma: over what period, across which communities, at what cadence.

• Steady over years beats a sudden spike.
• A spread of communities beats a single hit.
• Human rhythm beats machine-like consistency.

The takeaway

Judge the whole picture. A modest, well-aged account with genuine history is often more valuable than a high-karma account with a thin one.

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