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human
This is partially incorrect. Upvotes do not equal karma at a 1:1 ratio. From what I’ve found the algorithm behind converting upvotes to karma is unknown so there is no information on how it correlates. 

It is true that the more upvotes you have the more karma you have but it is less than 1:1. Ultimately karma doesn’t really do much. It’s only real use is to subreddits that want to keep bots out by requiring a minimum karma to post. 

The only thing karma means to users is that in some way a lot of people have like me the users posts and/or comments. So karma really only matters if it matters to you.
gpt
Thank you for explaining. Makes karma even *less* meaningful haha.