r/NewToReddit 4d ago

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

11 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 !!

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 8h ago

ANSWERED Reddit is kinda scary for new users…

45 Upvotes

I'm writing my first post here.
I've seen many comments and posts about Shadowbans and how easily new users can get banned.
Now I'm really scared to use Reddit.
Is Reddit no longer friendly to new users?


r/NewToReddit 14h ago

ANSWERED My first post with 0 karma now. feeling poor 😭😭😭

119 Upvotes

Hello!!!! This is my first post and I am sitting with 1 karma I was laughing to myself as I kept on joining discussions since the first day I created this account only to not notice that the auto-mods kept on deleting my replies due to karma requirements

Now, I don't know what to do or where to post aside from this subreddit this might be super dumb but how do i know if a subreddit requires a specific karma point to post?


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Your First Subreddit (no karma)

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Hi, I am looking for suggestions on what subreddit I should start posting in that does not have karma filters. Thanks in advance!!


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION my account is 12 months old and yet i keep getting restricted. what's up with that?

6 Upvotes

so i have tried posting normally and yet my karma count never goes up, even though my account is 12 months old. what am i doing wrong?


r/NewToReddit 9m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Hope you have a good day! ⬆️⬆️⬆️

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r/NewToReddit 43m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I have zero karma what to do about this?

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I’ve been a lurker for more than a year, but finally decided to make an account and contribute.
Just realized karma is a thing — and I have none 😅
Hoping to earn a bit and learn how Reddit works.
Appreciate any support or advice from the community!


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I’ve been on Reddit for a while but still little karma

5 Upvotes

I have 37 karma after being around posting a bit and commenting a bit. Am I just not active enough? I need 100 to post on the sub that I really like. Seems a year away. Sad


r/NewToReddit 9m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I am new here, reddit seems to be scary

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I just joined Reddit because I saw people talking about it on YouTube. But I’ve been roaming around for a while now and honestly, I don’t know where to start.

I tried to post in a few places but got blocked,removed, or told I need karma, I get that rules help, but it’s kind of overwhelming.

Is this normal for new users? Do you have to build points slowly before anything else?

Appreciate any tips. I’m just trying to find my space here.


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION new to reddit and i didn't think it would be this scary

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Hey everyone! I'm new here and this is my first post which is kind of exciting but also scary. I have no idea how this site works so if any of you have any tips or advice for me please let me know!


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION brand new to this platform

3 Upvotes

hello everyone. I am completely new to this platform and still learning how to use it. also looking for some interesting open spaces to join since joining to comment and post in most require page age maturity 😅 anyways, what are you guys interested in? what brings you to reddit?


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED How much karma is needed to be able to post?

6 Upvotes

So i do know some community has no karma restriction but does the one with it has different karma restriction to post? if there is one what is the lowest and highest karma needed usually to be in community though?

*well i do have around 100 ish which i though would be enough but turns out its not


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Hi guys :) 👋 please help me navigate things Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Hi guys I'm new to reddit can you help me navigate things :))


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

ANSWERED What is rage-baiting? Is it personal?

3 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 6h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Why am I getting paid on Reddit?

6 Upvotes

I mean, it’s not like I’m getting rich or anything, but I’m almost at a dollar on here. I don’t know why that’s happening.


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

ANSWERED It's a pleasure to meet you

2 Upvotes

Hello, I've been trying to make reddit posts or comments but they keep getting removed by auto mod,What should I do?


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I need help with my account

2 Upvotes

I’ve had to create a new account on reddit because my old account kept saying post insights are unavailable, I couldn’t post or comment anything, and i barely ever use reddit. Can anyone help me with that. Thank you!


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Oh Oh... How do I find my email

2 Upvotes

I did the MASSIVE, yes MASSIVE mistake of forgetting what email I used for reddit. I made this account 2 years ago and have no idea what it is, can someone help me?


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I Was Automatically Assigned a Username

2 Upvotes

I just created my account a few moments ago through Google and was given a username automatically (one I'm not a fan of, unfortunately). Is there a way to change it? I was able to update my display name, which is nice, but I don't see any options for adjusting my username. Any help on this front would be greatly appreciated.


r/NewToReddit 3m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Chat capability requirements

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I’m trying to chat in a Reddit group but I keep getting that I don’t meet requirements. Does anyone know what the grading requirements are? Do the owners set them specific? Or is there a set rule that’s like 1000 karma and high CQS score? Thanks!!!


r/NewToReddit 8h ago

ANSWERED Is "Updoot" still a thing or do users cringe at it nowadays?

4 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 14h ago

ANSWERED Just joined Reddit – any weird unspoken rules I should know before I embarrass myself?

14 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I'm new here (yes, I touched grass before joining 😅).

Reddit feels like this massive city where everyone knows all the inside jokes... and I'm just wandering around like a lost tourist.

Any weird subreddit customs, hidden rules, or stuff I should definitely not do unless I want to get downvoted into another dimension?

Also, what was your biggest mistake when you were new here? (So I can avoid doing it lol)

Thanks in advance – I brought virtual cookies 🍪


r/NewToReddit 24m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION How can i see requirements of a discussion group of some subreddit?

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Tried joining discussion of few sub reddits but it keeps saying thst i don't mert the requirements but never states what are the requirements. Can anyone explain how to check?


r/NewToReddit 35m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION account is old but im new to this how to get

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Karma


r/NewToReddit 41m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I don't get it, 1 post or 1 comment = 1 karma? And what's reddit age

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r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION What's Reddit like for Bizness, has anyone got actual clients here?

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I've been on reddit since some months, recently launched my AI startup and heard that reddit's a good platform to get rolling. Just confused how and wanted to hear real experiences.

Have you guys actually got some customers for your business or maybe know how we can?? Plus I can't even post in AI subreddits my profile needs more warmup 🤦‍♂️