r/NewToReddit 2d ago

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

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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

762 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 4h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Got my first warning on Reddit

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Ive been on reddit for a while but never started posting or interacting until lately. Is reddit strict on dark humor? Thats what i got a warning about but i thought that if anything resdit would be the best place for that. So confused


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Is there a standard way to "read the rules" in groups?

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I am trying to post to a group because I need legal advice. It is telling me I cannot do so until I confirm I've read the rules of the group and it is easy to confirm, but for the life of me I cannot find where there is an obvious way to do that.


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New Reddit user here! Any tips for getting started?

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

I've been using Reddit for about 15 days now, and I'm really enjoying it. I love how many helpful discussions and knowledgeable people there are.

I'm still learning how Reddit works, especially things like karma, posting etiquette, and how to become an active member of the community. Right now I've mostly been reading posts and leaving a few comments while I figure everything out.

For those who've been on Reddit for a while, what are some things you wish you knew when you first joined? Any general tips or best practices for new users would be really appreciated.

Thanks! Looking forward to learning more and becoming a good contributor.


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED Signed up to reddit after so long time

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used to just see webresults, signed in today, i remember last time when i signed deleted my account in rage because all comments posts used to get deleted by low karma lol


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION first time using Reddit , how to get started?

9 Upvotes

Hey everyone it’s my first time using this app, what do you recommend to do for a new user? can I just post in subreddits do I need to wait a few days?


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Newbie looking for advice from the veteran redditors here

8 Upvotes

2 weeks in, I am already loving it here, as a few fellow redditors suggested, I've been following communities/subs that interest me and anything fascinating, trying to understand the vibe around the subs, and appreciating the ones who genuinely contribute to the sub. Those tips have helped me a lot. Recently, I was told to avoid posting or commenting on anything controversial. I always intend to keep it clean and simple, nothing complicated at all though, with so much happening around the internet. My question to the seasoned Redditors, what is controversial? as per Redditors' terms (yes, I’ve been reading the sub rules and redditiques and following them well), what are a few unsaid rules around what is controversial and non-controversial, how does a newbie like me get to know about them here so that I can know how it works here and decide for myself.


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION If you refresh your feed by mistake, is there a way to “undo”?

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r/NewToReddit 16m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New to reddit, what should I do?

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Hello, just create this account for not long. This is my first post. Glad to hear any recommendations!


r/NewToReddit 19m ago

ANSWERED Got see today that my karma can decrease also can anyone explain me how?

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Just posted a post and I don't it got many comments but idk how my karma got decreased. I just don't know


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED How to add my reddit profile picture?

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How can I change my profile picture? Can someone please help?


r/NewToReddit 8h ago

ANSWERED New to actually using reddit. whats the one thing you actually new when you started?

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Hi everyone !

I've had this account for a few months, but I've mostly been lurking. I'm only just starting to participate in discussions and learning how Reddit really works.

I've already discovered that many communities have karma requirements, so I'm trying to build my account the right way instead of spamming posts.

I'd love to hear from more experienced Reddit users

What's one mistake every new Redditor makes

Any etiquette that's not obvious at first

Any tips for finding great communities to participate in ?

What is Reddit really about ?

I'm mostly interested in becoming part of communities rather than just collecting karma.

Thanks in advance!


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED So what are the basic guidelines for Reddit

10 Upvotes

Im really starting here, but I know this platform for some time. It looks still just as mysterious as before to me. Hope to learn the very basic soon


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION My post karma is increasing but my total karma isn't increasing why?

3 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Is the web version of reddit different in any way?

6 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 8h ago

ANSWERED New to reddit I would like to get started how ?

11 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED Is there any method to increase my CQS score without spending much time on Reddit, since i have a job and family to manage?

7 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 8h ago

ANSWERED New to reddit from another platform whats your advice ?

7 Upvotes

Im new to reddit coming here because friend told that this is the best platform to communicate, How to figure out Reddit faster, because it is completely different from what I am used to


r/NewToReddit 41m ago

ANSWERED What are neet reddit features only a select few know?

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r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION How often do you cross-post?

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Each subreddit has different rules, and if you cross-post to a subreddit that violates those rules, your post will definitely be deleted. How do you handle this?


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION What are some Reddit features that are easy to miss if you're new?

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Hey i'm a first time reddit user and i'm still getting a hang of the platform. what are some features that are a must-know?


r/NewToReddit 12h ago

ANSWERED Been on Reddit for 7 years and 180 karma what should I do?

14 Upvotes

I have always been just a lurker and never commented on anything. Now when I try to post in groups I can't due to karma!


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION How to check karma in Reddit

2 Upvotes

Good morning. I am in the iOS app. How do I check the karma levels? Thank you very much.


r/NewToReddit 11h ago

ANSWERED how to participate in Reddit official sub if my post removed by filters?

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Hey, I'm not actually new, this I'm my other account I created specifically to participate in Reddit official sub community. [I don't want to mix personal account with business account]

This is the only community I interested because I want to learn specifically ads etc.

I made that account specifically for business but posts removed and idk why my CQS is lowest atm is that normal? [I only made one reply and tried to make a post that was removed instantly]

Also I know I may participate in other subs BUT I don't want to play a fool myself because I need only one sub that I named above, I want to participate organic

The issue is that I don't want to use my personal account for this type of participation I don't know what I should do in that situation, maybe someone know the solution I'm bit confused 😕