In 2005, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian launched a simple link-sharing site.
Reddit can be daunting at firstit ismassiveand its norms and expectations aren’t like other social networks.
What is Reddit?
Users can post pictures, text, videos, and links for other users to engage with and judge.
(In theory.)
Choose a username and password.
Dont sweat the first account too much either way.
Reddit accounts can be created with any email address, so you might have a bunch of them.
Once you’ve picked a name, you’ll be guided through a series of questions about your interests.
This is so Reddit can populate a homepage with forums/communities/subreddits you might be interested in.
Don’t worry about these choices too muchyou can change all of it at any time.
(More on karma below.)
I said I likedBaldur’s Gate 3, so Reddit suggested r/DnD, a Dungeons and Dragons subreddit.
Note the “Join” button.
Hit it and you’re a member of that subreddit.
If youre no longer interested in a subreddit you joined, no worries.
All subreddit URLs begin with a lowercase r followed by a slash, then the name of the subreddit.
Each subreddit was created by a Reddit user and is moderated by Reddit users.
Creators and mods of subreddits set up their own rules.
“Popular” and “All” are very similar.
Both are designed for new users or people who aren’t logged in.
“All” filters out most NSFW content, but leaves most everything else.
you might use these to choose more communities to follow.
There has always been debate on Reddit about the meaning of votes.
But users tend to use the up arrow as an “I agree” button instead.
Here’s how:
Read the rules of the subreddit you want to post to.
poke the “create” button at the top right of reddit’s homepage.
Click “select a community.”
This list is populated by the subreddits you’ve joined.
Choose the content punch in.
Add relevant tags (if the sub you’re posting to has them).
Fill in the description or commentary on the content you’re posting.
How does Reddit karma work?
What is reddit karma used for?
What is “Reddiquette?”
Reddiquette is the catch-all description of the Reddit community’s ever-shifting values.
