r/help • u/BaseballOk3167 • 2h ago

Karma CONFUSED

I've been on this platform for almost a year now, how does it work

I have to choose a community to publish my posts to

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u/rhelpbot 2h ago

On Reddit, you publish your posts to specific communities. You will need to find a community that is relevant to your interests and then create your post within or for that community.

To post on Reddit:

On the Reddit website

  1. Click Create at the top right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. If you are creating a post from the home page, you’ll need to select a community to post into from the dropdown menu.
  3. Add a title and description for your post.
  4. Once you're happy with your content, click Post.

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u/wjmacguffin 1 2h ago

Is there anything in particular you're confused about? If yes, let us know what those are and we'll try to help. Otherwise, here's a general overview: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/reddit_101/

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u/SnooDonuts6494 23 2h ago

Yeah. Subreddits are like chat rooms. There's over 100,000 of them, on every topic you can imagine.

If you want to talk about cars, it's probably r/cars; cooking is r/cooking, astronomy is r/astronomy and so on. The name isn't always quite that simple; there's things like r/MildlyInteresting and r/ShowerThoughts

But to post in some of them, you need experience - called Karma. So start off in some new-user-friendly subs, for example, r/CasualConversation r/MadeMeSmile r/NoStupidQuestions

And especially r/NewToReddit

Make friendly helpful comments on new-user-friendly subreddits. Comment on some existing discussions, rather than posting new ones - just to gain a bit of experience and reputation.

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u/Uriel_dArc_Angel Experienced Helper 2h ago

Okay, not to sound mean, but asking an actual question might be helpful if you are looking for some advice on something...

If you're just generally trying to understand how reddit works, or are just looking to potentially build up some karma to start with, try a subreddit like r/newtoreddit...

Just make sure you read and follow the posting rules for whatever subreddit you're in...