I think I should share it...seems like a lot of friends don't really know how aff works...

And by commenting, if I'm not wrong, we can only gain about 20 points/day/an account.

Source: http://www.asianfanfics.com/page/faq#karma1

Q: What is karma for?

A: Karma can be used to purchase particular features such as advertising, story transfers(50 points/a story) to other accounts, or a username change (500 points each time) on Asianfanfics. You will also need at least 25 karma points to gain the ability to vote up stories. Think of it as AFF currency. The primary purpose of karma gain is to provide an incentive for users to interact with others. 

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Q: Why isn't my karma going up? How do I increase it?

A: You can increase your karma by

• Commenting on a story (not your own)-1 point/day 
• Commenting on a blog (not your own)-1 point/day
• When you comment more than once on a story per day, you will still only receive 1 point max 
• When a story you wrote gains a new subscriber-1 point (sub then unsub then sub only get the author 1 point/ a day)
• When a story you wrote gains a vote-5 points/an upvote/a day (if I upvote more than one story of yours on a day, you only gain 5 points, no more no less...upvote then cancel upvote works as sub then unsub)

To curb behavior that goes against the spirit of why the karma system was instituted, karma will now only increase if the comments made are on different stories within a 24 hour timeframe. When 24 hours have passed since first commenting on a story, comment karma can be gained from the same stories once again. 

For example, to gain 10 points, you'll need to comment on 10 different stories in the same 24 hour time period. After 24 hours, you can comment on those stories again for karma. Maximum limits are also in place in 24 hour time intervals. The same restrictions are in place for blogs. 

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Q: Why was the karma system invented?

A: Back when Asianfanfics was a smaller site, stories were rarely commented on and people didn't talk much. I thought up the karma system to give an incentive to users to at least be more sociable with each other. I even used the term "karma" to symbolize the hope that when people say good things to each other, the others say good things back. The system worked to some extent so I started giving more and more benefits to gaining karma points. 

Asianfanfics is much bigger now and there certainly doesn't seem to be a lack of user activity anymore compared to the ghost town we once were. But it turned out later on that some users have an obsessive need to gain karma even back when karma was just meaningless points with few benefits. 

Now with the introduction of the new advertising feature, I'm seeing new levels of karma farming that no longer serve the spirit of why the karma point system was invented which is why the FAQ was updated to reflect the new restrictions on karma increases. 

Remember, if you are making genuine comments on stories about its content and quality and not some inane banter that the author might not care about, then you deserve the points that you earn. 

Edit 14th July 2018: some of the features have changed though I don't know which. Find out for yourself :3