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How to use Reddit for total beginners
I always want to keep you in the know. You may have heard of Reddit but never really got into using it. Unlike other social media sites, Reddit is more group- or topic-focused.
Think of it as various rooms of people sharing and talking about one particular topic. About 73.1 million folks use it daily, and there are 2.2 million groups you can check out. If you’re totally new to Reddit, here’s everything you need to know.
Reddit, set … go!
Reddit looks and feels like an old-school forum or message board: Members, or Redditors, can create and post to individual forums called subreddits.
Posts have comment threads attached where others can weigh in. You’ll see little arrows on posts and comments, too — these are upvotes and downvotes. That’s the crowd-based ranking system Redditors use to weed out spam and promote the good stuff.
You don’t need an account to browse …
But it’s free and come with a few perks. For one, you can post or respond to others’ threads and earn karma, a points system based on how many upvotes your post or reply gets.
You can also subscribe to subreddits to get the latest posts on your Reddit homepage — look for that big Join button.
Bonus: Lurking is when you only go on Reddit to read posts, not say anything yourself.
💡 Privacy tip: Don’t use identifying traits in your screenname! Reddit accounts are anonymous by default. If you include clues like your city or nickname, it’s easier than you might think for people to ID you.
Lingo to know
Don’t let the acronyms scare you. Here are some of the most common ones on Reddit:
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Internet forums are an excellent resource for information on just about any topic. You just have to know where to look.
You’ve probably heard of Reddit, which bills itself as “the front page of the internet.” It’s one of the most popular sites in the world. Anybody can sign up for an account and post information, images and videos. Want to know more? Tap or click here for our beginner’s guide to Reddit.
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r/f**kyourheadlights: It’s the subreddit behind a national movement to make car headlights less bright. Headlight brightness has doubled since 2015 after manufacturers made the switch to super-bright LEDs. This is wild: The standards for acceptable headlight brightness haven’t been updated since 1986. Speaking of headlights, need a smile? Look at this.
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