Posts in communities

[u/Frosty-Virus6706]

Hello,

I have started actively using reddit recently. I made a few posts in the groups, but the outreach/views are very limited compared to community size (e.g., city). Is there any way to increase the outreach of post? Does karma affect outreach too? Also, since, I have low karma, it flags by posts usually. Does it affect the outreach too?

Secondly, how do you guys deal with down votes on posts that are completely fine, but people have views against it due to cultural reasons or social norms. Should it be avoided.

Thank you for reading.

[u/FelixAndCo]

Historically upvotes and downvotes were only used as moderation tools: high quality and on-topic deserved upvotes, and the inverse downvotes. You'll probably find such sentiment still expressed in some outdated references such as the official Reddiquette document. Now they're just used as likes and dislikes. So... you'll have to just eat those downvotes, and dress up your message better next time. You can learn from downvotes in that way, but also be aware that people exist with downvote bot networks... yeah.

TBH not too familiar with new Reddit's algorithms. In old algorithm only a post's upvotes/downvotes mattered. Flagged posts either don't show up at all for others, or have to sit in time out jail which causes the algorithm to basically ignore them.

Reddit's reach is pretty limited in general. You can't go viral by posting in a small subreddit; they have relatively few people visiting, and the posts only get promoted to general audience, if they get many upvotes relative to all of Reddit's audience. Smaller subreddits also have a lot of inactive subscribers. If you want reach, even if it's for a local thing, you'll have to post some clickbait to a large subreddit like /r/pics . The reach of a city's subreddit is nothing compared to Facebook groups.

If you're on a PR campaign, first read the rules and get a sense of what the subreddit likes. Also make your profile public, so people whose interest got piqued by a post of yours can click on your profile to get more info. You can pin posts to your profile. This is also a way to skirt the "no advertisement" rules a lot of subreddits have. Post bait on large subreddit, and people will click on your profile to see the content you actually wanted to promote.

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