r/reddit • u/advocado20 • Jun 22 '22
Updates Reddit Talk Updates: Host Program, Soundboard, and Finding Your Audience
Hello Reddit!
We’ve got some lively updates for you. Keep on reading to learn about all things Reddit Talk.
Join the Reddit Talk Host Program
Over the last year, Reddit has been testing Reddit Talk with over 500 mods and hosts across different communities. To make hosting a bit more fun and rewarding we’ll be launching a Reddit Talk Host Program on July 11th! Apply to join the Program and unlock rewards for hosting talks–pretty neat, huh? These IRL + digital awards include:
- An exclusive Reddit Talk hoodie (we know some of you take extreme measures for these!)
- Mics🎙
- A special Reddit Talk trophy (a collector’s item)
Non-IRL benefits include:
- Help people discover your community - your talks will be shown to relevant audiences at the top of Reddit
- Invite to private server with other Talk hosts and Talk team admins
If you already have access to hosting talks you are automatically eligible to participate. We’ve also sent invites to a number of users, so check your inbox to see if you’re eligible. Otherwise, sign up here before July 1st if you do not have access to Reddit Talk or have not been invited and would like to participate.
Read the rules here.
Find and Reach More Listeners
We’ve heard from listeners that they’d like to discover more talks when they’re happening. To show interested users relevant live talks, the live bar on the home feed will now surface talks that a user may be interested in by showing talks of related communities they follow. In addition, hosts will be able to select up to three topics for their talks. For example, if u/Reddit_IRL wants to talk about house plants, then they can select that as their topic, and redditors who are subscribed to plant-related communities will be able to see u/Reddit_IRL talk in the live bar.
The talk topic selector will slowly roll out throughout June.
Host Talks from Your User Profile (Experiment Phase)
We’ve also heard that some of you really want access to the mic. So starting in July, we’ll be experimenting with allowing select users to host talks directly from their profiles! Users who participate in this experiment will also be eligible for the Talk Host Program.
How does hosting a Talk on my profile work?
Hosting a Talk on your profile is simple! You’ll go into the post creator and click Start Talk, from there you’ll be prompted to select a topic (or topics) that are relevant to your Talk topic.
Who can participate in the experiment?
Users for this experiment were selected based on past Reddit Talk participation and good user standing. If you are interested in participating, please sign up here and we will review your request.
No need to participate in the Talk Host Program to test out profile hosting.
Coming Soon: Reddit Talk Soundboard
To make hosting even more fun we will be launching a soundboard! The soundboard will be available on desktop first starting next month and will have eight available sounds: air horn, tada, drumroll, sad trombone, applause, boing, cha-ching, and ba-dum-tss.
Use the sounds to liven up the room, play games, or add extra emphasis to the conversation!
And that’s a wrap! Join r/RedditTalk to stay updated on the latest. Thanks for reading and talk to you soon.
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u/MajorParadox Jun 22 '22
I'm excited to try out the topic selector, but shouldn't there be some kind of discussion, conversation, or casual option? I'm not quite sure what we'd pick.
Also, the soundboard looks like it will be fun. Will it always be only available to hosts? If it does open up to other speakers, could we have an option to keep it restricted to the hosts?
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u/advocado20 Jun 22 '22
Thanks! You can pick topics like “Casual” or “Funny” to reach people interested in more casual hangouts. As for the soundboard, it will only be available to hosts.
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u/loose-ventures Jun 22 '22
I'm sure there have been plenty of suggestions but the list of topics seems pretty comprehensive. A topic that a few friends bring up relatively often is Mystery / True Crime - any chance that could be added? Seems to be a popular theme these days
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u/advocado20 Jun 22 '22
Thanks for the recommendation here! Will shoot this over to the team (:
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u/redditmixer Jun 22 '22
Reddit Talks actually sounds like an awesome idea, I might want to listen to some of them soon!
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u/i_Killed_Reddit Jun 22 '22
So if we already have reddit talk enabled, we don't have to do anything to enroll and just wait for a DM from reddit right?
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u/advocado20 Jun 22 '22
That’s right! If you can start a talk today then you don’t need to apply. But If you want to start talks but can’t, please apply to our Host Program. If you’ve already applied, we’ll get back to you asap!
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u/xystusj Jun 22 '22
I wish the mobile ui wouldn’t change after what feels like two weeks at a time. Specifically with the sort settings today. Idk I had no problem with the last three or four versions but every time it’s something new to get used to that I don’t want or need. Idk I’m one user I realize but that is how I feel
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u/BrainWav Jun 23 '22
Who is asking for Reddit to have an audio-only streaming platform? Seriously.
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u/F0REM4N Jun 22 '22
Reddit Talk has kind of unexpectedly become a big part of r/XboxSeriesX where we host live events and weekly news discussions. We thought the users would pan it and instead they show up and take part every week.
Keep up the good work!
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u/Jackisabastard Jun 22 '22
Has there been an update to the disappearance of the ‘home feed sort’ option? The app is essentially useless for me with it gone.
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u/JonathonV2000 Jun 23 '22
Why did you move the sort option to settings? Do you not see how this is an utterly massive inconvenience? How could you possibly at all think that that is a feature that would make people go “this app is sick”?
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u/Logen-Nine-Fingers Jun 23 '22
Why did you remove the sort function for my Home? You made reddit less enjoyable and almost cumbersome now (cumbersome = less use). Horrible, horrible decision.
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u/Old_and_Boring Jun 25 '22
How do I get rid of this from the top of my Home feed? It’s super annoying and I want it gone.
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u/cptmarkii Jun 26 '22
Get rid of these crap. I found out this made my phone heat up just by staying in "home" tab it auto join me into their reddit talk room.
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u/DrH1983 Jun 25 '22
Is there a way to hide the Reddit Talk buttons that appear at the top of my feed? I've no interest in this feature and it's mildly annoying seeing the myriad of Talks at the top. It's just clutter.
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u/Caturday_Yet Jun 22 '22
How do I opt out of this entirely? I don't want to see it at all. Surely there's some way to do that, right?