[jrockway]

I don't think Reddit helps much. I don't use my real name on Reddit anymore, so I have no qualms about making a controversial comment. If it gets too downvoted, I can delete the comment and limit the losses.

It's also super-easy to get comment karma. For example, AskReddit has a pretty much weekly repeating set of questions, and since it's a default subreddit, lots of people vote there. Find last week's top answer and repost it. (I got the highest-voted comment on Reddit once, via AskReddit. A few weeks later, someone reposted my comment and got more upvotes than I did! And more gold!)

If you want to troll on Reddit, you will have no problems doing so. The only thing that makes certain subreddits usable are diligent mods. (Though sometimes they are too diligent. I am banned from AskReddit for apparently posting something that was in the same format as a phone number, which is "personal information". My appeal was ignored.)