- upvote context
- Comments with this emoji on ocean or surfing posts tend to be received positively; also used when something is described as a massive wave of change.
- community use
- Used in r/surfing, r/ocean, r/EarthPorn, r/scuba, and r/climatescience communities.
- subreddit meaning
- In r/surfing it means literal surf conditions; in r/wallstreetbets it refers to a market wave or trend; in r/memes it signals hype overflow.
- karma context
- Appended to comments going viral within a thread to acknowledge the wave of upvotes โ 'riding the karma wave ๐.'