They don't just do it to conservatives, they do it to the progressives as well. Never realizing they are being lead into it by conservative-Democrats.

I dont think it would be focused on any one group of people aside from new people, though social scores in general are a worrying concept, could you share which reddit you found the minimum requirements in? I was worried just the other day of karma and then just thankful I didnt live in China where such a thing matters, I wonder if Reddit plans to protest the Chinese at all, they seem to be trying to get along with them at the moment, a lot of things they are involved in that should draw legitimate worry, though not trying to take this post too far off your topic, social scores just scare me.

Its a good way of getting rid of spam bots