karma farm
To attempt to increase an account's Reddit karma as quickly as possible, in order to…To attempt to increase an account's Reddit karma as quickly as possible, in order to increase its apparent legitimacy from the perspective of other users.
» Karma farming refers to the practice of making posts and comments specifically designed to garner a lot of upvotes in social networks.
Кармадрочерством называют поведение, когда в соцсетях специально пишут такие посты и комментарии, чтобы собрать побольше лайков. — Ooneykcall
Ooneykcall · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo attempt to increase an account's Reddit karma as quickly as possible, in order to increase its apparent legitimacy from the perspective of other users.
Examples
2 sentencesKarma farming refers to the practice of making posts and comments specifically designed to garner a lot of upvotes in social networks.
ruКармадрочерством называют поведение, когда в соцсетях специально пишут такие посты и комментарии, чтобы собрать побольше лайков. — Ooneykcall
Criticizing the US is one of the easiest karma farming techniques on Reddit.
ruКритика США – один из легчайших способов набить себе карму на Реддите. — Ooneykcall
Origin
From karma + farm (systematically manipulating others into giving a particular response).From karma + farm (systematically manipulating others into giving a particular response).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
karma farms, karma farming, karma farmed, karma farmed| Base form | karma farm · to karma farm |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | karma farms |
| Present participle | karma farming |
| Past simple | karma farmed |
| Past participle | karma farmed |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.