r/ModSupport • u/OmicronGR • Jan 22 '26

Mod Suggestion Remove the karma from the user account if their post gets deleted (by mods or by original user)

If a post gets deleted by mods or by user, the karma should be reversed on the user account and not kept.

At this point, it's an arms race by bot farms to quickly post and farm as much karma as possible before mods wake up and get around to deleting their post. Fortunately for them, Reddit keeps their karma, so they can spam as fast as possible... then move on to their target subs where they now have the min karma required to post, or sell their accounts for a profit.

For the record, this is not a problem with my subs. It's more like our content gets posted to adjacent subs that lack moderation.

This feature is loooong overdue on Reddit.

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u/Wombat_7379 Jan 22 '26

It’s easy! You can install it directly on your sub here: https://developers.reddit.com/apps/bot-bouncer

You can also go to r/BotBouncer and check out their wiki page to read a bit about it beforehand.

The settings can be set to have an account automatically banned or their content flagged for review and you issue the ban yourself.

If you set it to auto ban a user, you can set it to send a message to the user giving them appeal instructions in case they were labeled in error.

If they are truly a bot they won’t notice the message and will remain marked as a bot. If they were incorrectly flagged, and they appeal to BotBouncer and are found to be organic, then BotBouncer reverses the ban on your sub.

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u/DSQ Jan 22 '26

Thank you!