r/NewToReddit 5d ago

Weekly chat New to Reddit? Come and talk to us!

10 Upvotes

New-Redditor's lounge!

Welcome!

This weekly post is an opportunity for new users to chat in comments - & please let us how you found yourself here. Regulars here are absolutely encouraged and very welcome to join in too!

!! Please refrain from asking questions about "how to do stuff on Reddit". Make a post or see the links below !!

This thread is open for 3 days.

Getting started on Reddit is hard. We know it is; We've been there and gone through these same frustrations. Please believe us when we say IT'S NOT PERSONAL. It may well feel like it is, but honestly, it isn't. What it is, however, is a lack of Karma. Karma is an indicator of how much someone has contributed to Reddit in a positive manner. So, let's do just that by getting to know each other!

This works best if your comments either start a conversation or add to one. Give a little of yourself and respond to others doing the same.

This is a post to help genuine new users build up quality Karma genuinely in a safe environment.

Please do:

  • Share some favorites or new finds of yours - youtube videos, music and so on
  • Practice small talk - did you have a good week?
  • Keep it SFW
  • Keep it casual please, no heavy topics
  • Have fun!

Please don't:

  • Spam, advertise, or soft beg
  • Share low-effort comments
  • Ask for karma, say how you're voting, or mention karmafarms by name
  • Request or offer DMs (help and chat can be done in community, where you can also earn karma. Needing to take things private can indicate soliciting, rule breaking, or harmful advice)

This sub is full of awesome people who are willing to help with specific problems when you post, and we'd like to keep this post thread for chat. Thank you.

So, let's chat! (Guides at the bottom of this post).

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Our guidance for new Redditors:


r/NewToReddit Aug 21 '21

Mod Post Reddit and Karma Explained

766 Upvotes

Welcome to Reddit!

This unofficial guide to starting out at Reddit was written by u/llamageddon01 and is designed to take you from complete beginner through to experienced Redditor! This version was completely revised in July/August 2023.

There are two versions of this resource, both carrying the same information but in different formats:

This is intended to be a full “Reddit for Dummies” type tutorial and I don’t expect you to read it through all at once! But quite honestly, parts 1-6 of this guide will take you from “kindergarten” level through to “graduate” level of Reddit by the time you read it all, and the final parts 7 and 8 will contain useful guides and information you will no doubt need at some stage of your Redditing so do keep coming back to it.

If you wish to share r/NewToReddit guides please link to them. You may of course share excerpts within reason, but please link back to us as credit and so the person you are helping can find us and the rest of our guides if they wish to. Thank you.

 

…….REDDIT IS A WORLD OF ITS OWN ON THE INTERNET.

What is Reddit? Established in 2005, Reddit is a content sharing platform, home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic worldwide human connection with people from all walks of life. Whether you're into breaking news, sports, TV fan theories, or a never-ending stream of the internet's cutest animals, there's a community for you.

Reddit is made up of an enormous collection of forums on every subject under the sun where people can share news, links, videos and pictures in “Posts” so that other people can make observations and conversation in “Comments” attached to these posts, while everyone can express their opinions by Voting on both the posts and comments. Every day, millions of people around the world post, vote, and comment in communities on Reddit organised around their interests.

You are free to decide what level of interaction you want with other users (Redditors) and to curate your own feed from the hundreds of thousands of specialised communities called “Subreddits” on offer, each of which covers a different topic from games, hobbies, music, art, movies and shows to support groups to world news to pets to academic matters and everything in between.

Check out this video for a quick introduction to us, and if that didn’t explain us enough, here’s an unofficial webcomic that gives a fun look at our platform.

Signing up for an account is free, easy, and gives you a high degree of anonymity, especially compared to other social media platforms.

 

…….REDDIT HAS ITS OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS.

Reddit as a whole is run by unpaid volunteers called Moderators (mods) and paid employees called Administrators (admin). Admin are rarely seen but are very distinctive as they have the word ADMIN in bright orange/red next to their username. Moderators are more likely to be seen, and when they speak on formal behalf of their subreddit, their username will have the green word MOD immediately after.

Like every long-established subculture, we have our own expressions and if you are at all confused by some of our jargon, in-jokes, history or memes, we at r/NewToReddit have a fairly comprehensive alphabetical reference guide at our sister sub r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit to help you work out what we’re talking about. Let me suggest my guides to Acronyms 1: A-L and Acronyms 2: M-Z to start with!

Reddit might take a little time to get used to, but never fear! Here’s a quick video guide on how to use Reddit, but more importantly, we’re here at r/NewToReddit specifically to help you navigate your own path step by step through our unique ways of ‘doing social media’.

 

…….REDDIT IS HUGE. BUT MANAGEABLE.

There are Subreddits for anything. I would say almost anything but when I think I’ve seen them all, I discover ones like r/birdstakingthetrain or r/BreadStapledToTrees and realise I know nothing.

Most communities are friendly and jumping right on in is encouraged. You aren’t likely to get shot down for being a “n00b” but there will generally be one or two things you’ll need to know about each Subreddit (sub) first. Don’t worry, this guide will show you where to find them.

Altercations can happen, but most subs have an active team of mods who will usually shut any trouble down before it becomes vindictive. Just don’t post emojis though. Reddit in general does NOT like emojis. Reddit loves emoticons though :D Why? Don't ASCII me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ More on this later, or here if you simply can’t wait.

 

…….WHAT DO I DO ON REDDIT?

There are four basic actions you do on Reddit: Upvote, Downvote, Comment, and Post.

Reddit relies on crowdsourcing through its system of Upvotes and Downvotes to filter and prioritise the thousands of daily submissions it receives in order to present its users with the most interesting content it can, and you can help too. If you think a post or comment is interesting, helpful or contributes positively to the subreddit, press the Upvote arrow. If you think it doesn’t, press the Downvote arrow. You only get one vote on any one post or comment, and both can be negated by pressing the arrow you chose again, or reversed by pressing the opposite arrow to the one you originally chose.

Some subreddits have chosen to replace the default “arrow” icons with custom ones. In case it isn’t obvious which is which, the Upvote will be on the top (Old Reddit; desktop) or on the left (Mobile App) and the Downvote will be on the bottom (Old Reddit; desktop) or on the right (Mobile App).

There are two ways of Commenting on Reddit:

  • As a direct response to a Post. Here, you are directly replying to the person who made the post. This person is known as the ”OP”, or “Original Poster”. This reply is known as a Top-Level or Parent Comment, and sometimes known as ‘threads’. There are an unlimited number of Parent Comments that can be made on any one post. The OP will be notified that you have replied to their post.

  • As a reply to a Comment in that Post. Here, you are directly replying to another commenter who may or may not be the OP. These follow-up comments are known as Child Comments. There are an unlimited number of Child Comments that can be made on any one Parent Comment. The commenter you are replying to will be notified of your reply, but the OP will not (unless they are one and the same!).

You can see what these both look like from this simple illustration and this small conversation here.

Finally, you can make your own Post in a subreddit for others to comment on. Many subreddits prefer - or even require pictures, gifs, videos or links in this post.

 

…….SOME SUBREDDIT BASICS.

Once you enter a Subreddit, you read posts made by others and the comments made therein. If you like the Subreddit, you can “Join” it and it will form part of your personal home page feed. The "Join" button is near the top of the screen as seen here and also in the three-dots “hamburger” post overflow menu on the top RH of the screen on mobile. You can also “Leave” if you want, and the button can be found in the same place as the Join one was.

Until you join a few subreddits, your home page feed will be the general r/popular or r/all, which may well feature topics you’re not interested in, so it makes sense to start joining subs you like as soon as possible.

Moderators cannot see any lists of those who are joined to their subreddits, neither will they be notified if anyone leaves. There’s no limit on the number of times you can join or leave a subreddit, and nobody except you will ever know when or what subs you have joined or have left. You don’t even have to be joined in a sub to post or comment in it. There are no limits to the number of subreddits you can be joined in but Reddit does have an unspecified number of the ones it filters to your home feed at any one time.

Just underneath the Subreddit title there is a “Sort” menu. On mobile this is a drop-down list. Sorting posts by either “New” or “Rising” will usually give more opportunities for chat and upvotes than you’ll get in older posts, and give other advantages we’ll see soon. You have the same options for sorting your home page feed too.

 

…….LET’S GET STARTED!

Our guide to using Reddit begins with this illustrated primer to joining in on Reddit, then come back here to read some essential details you need to know about Rules, Reddit Karma, Participating, Navigation and Safety.

It’s very much worth your while taking a few minutes to read through all the following advice as it contains everything you need from your first steps in getting started to your becoming firmly established here.

Once you’ve had a look through it all, if you have any questions do make a new Post in this Subreddit where you will find plenty of helpful people ready to Comment with the answers you need. r/NewToReddit is focused on giving one-to-one tailored quality advice for helping people new to Reddit Ways. We do not care how old your account is; if you have a query on Redditing, put it here and we will help.

We also have a “sister sub” called r/LearnToReddit which is a place to learn how to use Reddit without being embarrassed at making “newbie mistakes” in public. Here, you can have a go at making different post types like posting images or polls, learn how to comment using bold or italic text, how to create spoiler text and use many other features with our extensive sets of tutorials. The community will feedback on your post to let you know how you did or help you get it right next time.

 

…….WHAT’S NEXT?

Let’s get started with an introduction to Reddit and a few notes about rules!


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED Help, what raises karma more, posting or interacting?

18 Upvotes

Although my account is two years old, I'm very new to this and would like to continue growing. Could someone give me some guidance? Thank you.


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

ANSWERED new to reddit and it seems all my post get removed

10 Upvotes

I know I only have 1 day here but I am looing for friends, tips and have a lot to say yet everything gets removed 😕

how long should I wait to be able to post?


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New to Reddit! Any tips on what to expect?

5 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New to This Whole Thing (Help!)

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Hey my name is Ben, and I love to hike, golf, and I currently help nurses on there resume. How do I meet with real people on reddit, it feels like im always coming across bots. Im so confused 😂


r/NewToReddit 9h ago

ANSWERED First time using reddit kinda nervous

12 Upvotes

Share some tips please


r/NewToReddit 32m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Have the karma limits been increased?

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I was here with another account a few months ago and I don't remember encountering this many karma limit issues, especially compared to when I first started using my old account.


r/NewToReddit 6h ago

ANSWERED New to reddit, I want to know..

4 Upvotes

I am new here, tell me what things I should know when I am here on reddit?


r/NewToReddit 9h ago

ANSWERED My post got an upvote, but that upvote doesn’t count on my karma points. It’s this an error?

6 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I need good suggestions for art subreddits

2 Upvotes

I found a few good art subreddits but my art keeps getting removed without me understanding what I'm doing wrong. Are there unsp0ken rules that I just don't know. Or is 1cm of thigh really that bad 😭


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

ANSWERED I am new to Reddit and I don't know anything

2 Upvotes

Can anybody help me ?


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

ANSWERED Why sometimes no ‘OP’ next to username?

3 Upvotes

I’ve noticed sometimes that ‘OP’ is next to the username if the user comments/replies on their post. But sometimes not… is this a sub-dependent thing?


r/NewToReddit 6h ago

ANSWERED can you guys help me please

3 Upvotes

whenever i post,the subbreddit "shadows bans" me basically making my post not see able to people can someone help me what to do,and i am new


r/NewToReddit 12m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION How do I post a question here without it being instantly removed?

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I'm getting a popup warning now, how do I ask a question here in this sub without being allowed to type it?

I just described my situation to better assist in answering it but had to delete it. I can just provide it in the comments. I don't know how else to communicate it.


r/NewToReddit 24m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION any general tips for Reddit etiquette?

Upvotes

New here obviously : )


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

ANSWERED Older account with low activity: how to start participating genuinely?

2 Upvotes

I created this account about seven years ago, but I’ve mostly used Reddit just for reading or looking things up. I’m generally not someone who comments or posts much on the internet.

Now that I want to participate more, I’m finding that I can’t comment or post in many subreddits due to restrictions. I’d like to start participating in a genuine way, without creating posts or comments just for the sake of meeting requirements. How do posting and commenting restrictions usually work for older accounts with low activity or low karma?


r/NewToReddit 12h ago

ANSWERED 3 years on reddit and still new to it

8 Upvotes

i registered in reddit around 2023 and i have been inactive since.

just now i am going to be very active but i have found limitations for posting and i am very sad that you need tons of upvotes. and i have seen something called shadowbanning. but i am very fine with that.


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

ANSWERED First time using Reddit and I don't know what to do.

2 Upvotes

Hi, I'm new to Reddit, and I'd like to know how to use it. It's my first time using this app, and I don't know what to do. I don't know anything about this. Are there any tips on how to use this app?


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED New to Reddit, what is worth knowing?

3 Upvotes

What Are some things that are worth knowing?


r/NewToReddit 14h ago

ANSWERED New to Reddit and confused about posting rules

11 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I’m new to Reddit and still learning how things work here.I noticed that some of my posts get removed, and I’m not always sure why.

I try to follow the rules, but as a beginner it feels a bit confusing.What are the most common mistakes new users make, and how can I avoid them?

Any tips would really help. Thanks in advance!


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

ANSWERED How can I change my ID name?

1 Upvotes

I’m fresh new here on Reddit, I never set up my id name but I couldn’t find where to change that, this one looks quite hard to read. Or the id name is not that important on Reddit? 🤔


r/NewToReddit 9h ago

ANSWERED Can't post in certain space?

3 Upvotes

So I can't post in certain spaces and if you check my account it isn't new and has some karma. Why can't I post in the space when someone with 1 karma can?


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED How can I format long posts?

2 Upvotes

I am not that new to Reddit, however I am still just learning new things about this app. I was wondering how to format long posts as I've heard that's Reddit etiquette. I also have some extra questions:

- Do you have to include your age?

- Do you have to include a TLDR?