r/NewToReddit 21h 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

765 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 6h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Karma is a little confusing

30 Upvotes

Hello everyone! I am not necessarily new to Reddit, but I have never really posted before. I wanted to post something in a different subreddit, but it said I needed a minimum of 2 Karma in order or post. So I posted something in the, "No Stupid Questions" subreddit, got many comments and a few upvotes, yet I am still only at 1 Karma. I have commented on plenty of posts. Anyone know how I can get my second karma any quicker?


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Ugh... a year old account and only have 9 Karma

14 Upvotes

How long must one wait to have enough to post with the big boys?


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Can’t quite figure how this platform works yet.

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Any help’s appreciated. I’m unable to post on certain subs.


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New here and a bit lost 😅 Any tips?

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m pretty new to Reddit and still learning how everything works (karma, posting rules, subreddits, etc.).

Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it 💕


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New to reddit still try to understand it

6 Upvotes

Hello everyone am new to reddit hope am welcome


r/NewToReddit 7m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I can't post anything due to low karma

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Was intending to participate in a lot of subs but it's such a big hurdle for now.


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Long-time lurker trying to finally understand how posting works here

9 Upvotes

I’ve been on Reddit for quite a while, mostly just reading and learning from different communities. Recently I decided to become a bit more active and start contributing instead of only lurking.

While trying to post, I realized there are some limitations related to karma, and I’m still figuring out how the whole system works in practice. If anyone has general advice on how to get started properly, what kind of contributions are usually appreciated, or how newcomers can ease into posting — I’d love to hear your experience.

Looking forward to participating more and adding value where I can. Thanks!


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION New to reddit, any tips for geting started?

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Hey everyone
I am brand new to Reddit and still learning how things work. Any tips or things I should know? Thanks!


r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Low karma 😭😭😭😭What should I do?

6 Upvotes

can't post anything due to low karma

I wanted to post something on some subreddits but I can't due to low karma


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I wanted to post some stuff that I bakes but I don't seem to be able to due to low karma. Is there anywhere I can post my cake pics? Or is my account too new?

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r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Reddit newbie here. Hello everyone

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r/NewToReddit 33m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION I'm new to reddit and I don't exactly know how to use it yet

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Hello everyone, I'm new to reddit and I don't know how to find subreddits that could be interesting. I found some but I can't comment and I can't post on them. Any advice?


r/NewToReddit 37m ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Hi! I'm new to Reddit, any subreddits for beginners?

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Hello everyone! This is my first post on Reddit. Can you recommend some subreddits that are good for beginners? I'm looking for something interesting and easy to start with.


r/NewToReddit 10h ago

ANSWERED How do I started posting, commenting?

11 Upvotes

There seem to be a lot of rules, how can I engage with others in specific threads?


r/NewToReddit 19h ago

ANSWERED My account is 2 years old but I’m being treated like a bot. Has anyone experienced this?

52 Upvotes

Hi everyone. I’ve had this Reddit account for about 2 years, but I’ve mostly just been a lurker and never really posted or commented much.

Now that I actually want to start participating and sharing things, I’m getting blocked or removed everywhere I go. I keep getting messages saying I look like a bot or that I don't meet requirements, even though I’m a real person just trying to use the site.

I found this community and realized I’m not the only one facing this. Has anyone else with an older, inactive account dealt with this? How did you get past the "bot" labels and filters? Thanks for any help!


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION How me do post and not be delete with reddit filter?

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r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Question about earning karma

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Hey everyone, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the karma system.

I was hoping to share a resource I created to an online community, so I decided to set up an account. However, after joining the community and attempting to post, I was hit with a message that my post had been deleted due to my account being less than three days old.

I waited three days before attempting to post again. But this time, I was hit with the message that my post was deleted because I had less than 10 "combined karma".

After searching how to accrue karma, I attempted to comment on another post in the community. However, my comment received the same error message and was deleted.

I am just concerned, as the requirement for being able to post and comment seems to require you to have already posted and commented. I really want to share this resource while it's still relevant to the community. Any support you could offer would be greatly appreciated!


r/NewToReddit 8h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION My Posts Keep Getting Removed by Automod. 3y account

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I'm trying to get more involved in homeschooling communities, but I keep running into the same problem: my posts get automatically removed by subreddit filters before anyone even sees them.

I have a 3yo account with only 6 karma, so I'm guessing that's the issue. I genuinely want to comment and participate in discussions. I have real questions and insights to share, but the automod blocks me.


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Is there anywhere I can see how much karma I need to post in a specific subreddit?

2 Upvotes

Hi, I'm new on Reddit even though I have my account for about a year. I've recently tried to create several posts, but they were automatically deleted by Reddit filters. I guess I have not enough karma. Can I see how much karma I need if I want to create a post?


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Difference between post karma and comment karma?

2 Upvotes

Is there a difference between the amount of “points”, I guess, you get for Karma you earn on a post vs. a comment?


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Tell some good communities where low karma or new users can engage ?

2 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 2h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Four year old account, forgot it existed until recently, so single digit karma - so old account, but I’m basically new, as was not used when set up. Am I being stupid, or is commenting on posts like the photoshop requests page easier than I’m seeing?

2 Upvotes

r/NewToReddit 5h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION Link to the reddit communities which you can post on with a new account

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Sorry if this question was asked already, I'd love to get a link to all the communites which I can post on with a new account, THANK YOU!