Backhand Index Pointing Down: Light Skin Tone on Reddit

What it signals here

upvote context

Placed in comments to direct upvotes and attention toward a particularly insightful or hilarious reply below.

community use

Used to highlight a nested reply in a thread that deserves more visibility than its position suggests.

subreddit meaning

In meme subreddits, stacked to point to punchlines or setups in comment chains.

karma context

Karma farmers use it to point to a comment they believe will earn them or another user significant upvotes.

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