Karma
Karma is your reputation score on headsta.sh. Every account starts at 0. It’s mostly a visible signal of how the community responds to your work and conduct — with one concrete consequence for publishers (below).
Where karma shows up
- On your dashboard as a big number, with a colored activity feed of your recent karma changes.
- On your public profile (
/u/<your-name>) as “Karma: N”.
How karma changes
Karma goes up when the community responds well to you and down when it doesn’t:
- Likes vs. dislikes — a like (heart) on your shader gives you a point of karma; a dislike takes one away. Both are reversed if the like or dislike is removed.
- Comment votes — an upvote on your comment gives you a point of karma (downvotes don’t change it). You can’t vote on your own comments.
- Community votes — members can vote you up or down directly. You can’t vote on yourself, and voting the same way twice removes your vote.
- Conduct — content or comments that break the rules lower your karma, and serious or repeated violations can cost you publishing access.
Moderation is just there to keep the shared galleries clean — ordinary, good-faith use never trips it.
What karma affects
For most people, karma is purely reputation — it does not gate browsing, buying, downloading, favoriting, or commenting.
The one real consequence is for publishers: persistently negative karma can lead to your write access being suspended (with a notice explaining why and how to appeal). In other words, sustained negative feedback can cost you the ability to publish — but never your ability to use the site.
Karma survives account deletion
If you delete your account and later sign up again with the same email, your karma is restored.
Next
- Comments & Likes — where votes come from.
- Write Access — what karma can affect.