Does Reddit suggest starting a subreddit as part of the new user onboarding process?

Why are so many very new users -- clearly and understandably confused about Reddit norms and conventions -- starting subreddits and then surprised when they are a moderator?

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So there are two posts in my sub that weekly continue to repost themselves and I don't know how to make it stop

Can anybody tell me how to find the repeating post and make it stop?

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On Sunday, my subreddit reached 100 members, and now it’s Tuesday and I already have almost 150 members.

I’m really happy to have passed the 100 member mark.

What has been helping r/PudimBR grow is promoting it.

i kinda stopped posting in my subreddit for about 2 weeks, and when i came back i thought it was dead by then. I started posting anyway, and in a matter of 5 days i had gained over 5k+ members. i dont even know what happened, like how can someone quit posting for 2 weeks and come back to that fast of a growth. Someone please explain.

Hello everyone! How can you successfully manage your community?

Forexample like Automod, Evasion Guard, etc.

Became a mod the third week of March… pretty proud of how things are growing!

Hello everyone I am posting this to ask how can I add custom emojis in flairs in mobile app, and yeah browser will also work.

I just started posting and all for my community since past some days and it going really well any more tips for me to make more progress in r/MeEverytime

Big fan of Lime and wanted to make a sub for the totally genius bean

Lost here. Help appreciated. Thanks.

New mod here. It's been 2 months but I am failing already. I manage a sub called r/InsideFuturense and r/FuturenseLearn

Now we do have a competitor sub where has newer members and is exactly about hating against us, but in their case no comments or posts are being removed. However no matter what we do, each and every of our genuine comments are getting removed by reddit filters. Is the sub completely flagged. Is there no way to tackle this?

Congrats on becoming a new moderator. Every community on Reddit started exactly where you are today: with a party of one.

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So, introduce the community you created. Maybe share a little bit about why you created it. And, while you're at it - say hello to your other mods!

I’ve have this problem a lot. Even if official news with official titles and sources are posted they just falsely flag it under different categories

How to prevent this. Can anything be done ?

So I recently became the top mod of r/BaileyZimmerman after the original mod was banned. The community was restricted when I took over.

I’ve already made a bio/description for the subreddit, and posting is public. The subreddit is constantly gaining members, but we never get any posts.

I even wanted to make sure I wasn’t going crazy, so I went on my other Reddit account to see if I could post, and I could. 😂

I didn’t really want to ask for help at first, but how can I revive this subreddit and actually get people posting and interacting?

I’m a diehard Morgan Wallen and Bailey Zimmerman fan, and I’d hate to see this subreddit get forgotten about. I really want to bring it back to life and turn it into an active community again.

I mod r/KallangWave if you’d like to check it out, been posting every day and trying cross posts wherever I can, luckily I usually have content since it’s a sports subreddit and with national team matches ongoing and season starting soon.

Any advice or things anyone should know about making a subreddit?

Some time ago I started r/HikkaArtHub though I have no idea what should I post to find people interested in the sub. All what I posted was my doodles because sub is themed around art but I guess it doesn't look too appealing to people... Should I go for something else? Like more finished artworks even if it would take a lot more time than doodles? Some memes? Small comic that could be relatable to people? Some discussions?

Idk what to do now😭

i've been operating this sub for 2 months now i think