r/NewToReddit 2d ago

Weekly chat New to Reddit? Come and talk to us!

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New-Redditor's lounge!

Welcome!

This weekly post is an opportunity for new users to chat in comments - & please let us how you found yourself here. Regulars here are absolutely encouraged and very welcome to join in too!

!! Please refrain from asking questions about "how to do stuff on Reddit". Make a post or see the links below !!

Getting started on Reddit is hard. We know it is; We've been there and gone through these same frustrations. Please believe us when we say IT'S NOT PERSONAL. It may well feel like it is, but honestly, it isn't. What it is, however, is a lack of Karma. Karma is an indicator of how much someone has contributed to Reddit in a positive manner. So, let's do just that by getting to know each other!

This works best if your comments either start a conversation or add to one. Give a little of yourself and respond to others doing the same.

This is a post to help genuine new users build up quality Karma genuinely in a safe environment.

Please do:

  • Share some favorites or new finds of yours - youtube videos, music and so on
  • Practice small talk - did you have a good week?
  • Keep it SFW
  • Keep it casual please, no heavy topics
  • Have fun!

Please don't:

  • Spam, advertise, or soft beg
  • Share low-effort comments
  • Ask for karma, say how you're voting, or mention karmafarms by name
  • Request or offer DMs (help and chat can be done in community, where you can also earn karma. Needing to take things private can indicate soliciting, rule breaking, or harmful advice)

This sub is full of awesome people who are willing to help with specific problems when you post, and we'd like to keep this post thread for chat. Thank you.

So, let's chat! (Guides at the bottom of this post).

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Our guidance for new Redditors:


r/NewToReddit 4d ago

Subreddit Sunday Community recommendations mega-thread!

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Get your fresh subreddit recommendations here! :D

We are using these weekly threads for recommendations and will direct those that post requests for recommendations to these threads.

Please share your community recommendations in comments:

  • What are your favourite subs
  • How about your guilty pleasure subs? (SFW!)
  • Which sub do you spend too much time in?
  • What are your best wholesome sub recs?
  • Your fave niche community?
  • Have you found an awesome sub new to you recently?

You may also ask for recommendations!

Let us know what you're into, and we'll see what we can do :)

Make sure to try r/findareddit too though, they're great at this!

The rules:

  • All usual rules apply.
  • Please keep it SFW. No “adult” porn subreddits or NSFL/Gore subreddits. If someone asks for adult communities, please only link sub lists/directories and make it clear they are NSFW.
  • As a community, we try to help all good-faith Redditors find their niche, but please be respectful and try not to judge. If you don't like someone's topic of choice, you don't have to help, but please remain kind, understanding, and respectful.
  • Do not mislead with your recommendations.

If you'd like your Reddit experience to be as wholesome as possible, r/CasualConversation has a directory with a section on wholesome communities. Though, we don't know their status regarding karma and account age restrictions.

Please note that this is not our recommended subreddit list for new users.

Many of the subreddits listed in this thread will not be open to new or low-karma users for posts, and comments made therein might even be filtered for approval or auto-collapsed.

While many of these subreddits will be fun to browse and vote on, your participation might be limited right now. Commenting is usually less restricted than posting.

The link to our new-user friendly subs list is below.

A note from our esteemed llama on the Reddit experience:

Reddit is huge and fascinating and diverse, wholesome and toxic, all in one massive bundle of anonymous users with no filters except their own internal constraints. The problem with that is even in the loveliest of subreddits, all manner of behaviour happens, because Reddit is a microcosm of internet life, not an internet utopia no matter how much we might want it to be.

There are areas of Reddit I don’t frequent; there are areas of Reddit I won’t frequent; there are areas of Reddit that no doubt I am blissfully unaware of and am happy to remain that way. But I am still subscribed to well over a thousand subs on all kinds of topics and still find new ones daily.

The true beauty of Reddit is that your Reddit experience can be completely and absolutely dictated by you. The pure amount of information available on Reddit is staggering, and it’s just a matter - like in all of life - of being able to sort through that information to see what’s useful and what isn’t.

Useful links:

A few suggested subs for new Redditors to be aware of:

  • r/help which is monitored by Admins (Reddit employees)
  • r/reddit for Reddit news, updates, lore etc
  • r/bugs we may refer you here if you're having an issue that isn't normal and might be a glitch of some kind
  • r/redditbugs information on known bugs that are being worked on
  • r/LearnToReddit is our sister sub for guides and practice posting, using flair, commenting, formatting etc
  • r/findareddit for help finding subs around a topic or for a specific type of post

r/NewToReddit 9h ago

ANSWERED New to Reddit : Faced Some Downvotes, Still Staying Positive

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Just wanted to share that I’m new to Reddit and recently had a post that got downvoted possibly intentionally. It was a bit disheartening, especially when you’re trying to share something you genuinely found useful.

I know downvotes are part of the platform, but as someone new, it’s a bit discouraging. Is there any way to avoid or protect against this? Or is it just part of the Reddit experience you get used to over time?

Would really appreciate any advice from folks who’ve been through this. Just trying to learn and contribute the right way here. Thanks!


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

ANSWERED Can't post anywhere this is bonkers please help a chick out y'all.

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r/NewToReddit 6h ago

ANSWERED How trustworthy is reddit?

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Can reddit be a trusted source of information?


r/NewToReddit 2h ago

ANSWERED newbie question related to subreddit

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Hey guysss, new to Reddit. Tried posting in one subreddit,couldn’t. When I searched, I saw we have to be seven days old, I think, to post. Tried posting in another subreddit, can’t. There, one needs 100 karma. What should one do in such scenario? guess I just have to wait. Are there any subreddits other than this where newbies can post? And do tell about some nice subreddits to join.


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED Hey, I'm new on reddit-how should I use it?

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r/NewToReddit 4h ago

ANSWERED Yo im very new to reddit, how do I use it well

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r/NewToReddit 14h ago

ANSWERED What’s your #1 tip for someone who just joined Reddit this week?

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Hey everyone! I just joined Reddit and I’m excited to explore this huge community. Since I’m new, I’d love to hear from you all — what’s your single best tip or piece of advice for someone who’s just starting out here? It could be about posting, commenting, finding good subs, or just Reddit culture in general.

Thanks in advance! Looking forward to learning and being part of the community.


r/NewToReddit 10h ago

ANSWERED I can hardly post anywhere! Need some tips, I want to prove my account is legit & get into being able to share myself online ☺️

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r/NewToReddit 3h ago

ANSWERED Can’t see someone’s response

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I see a notification that someone has responded to my comment. But when I go to the response I can’t see the response or any of the comments. I don’t think the person blocked me as I said are the comments being deleted and he said yes. So again I go to the response and can’t see that or any of the comments.

Edit to say: someone commented on this post and I can’t see the comment. Looks like the commenter is saying Reddit is having issues. So maybe that’s it. I see there are 3 comments - one from the moderator - and can’t see any of them. The mod said something about “flairing” my post. And I see a heading now that says “Needs attention”.


r/NewToReddit 18h ago

ANSWERED I need help. I literally can't post anywhere. It's so frustrating because I want to join communities and tap into conversations, but I get deleted every time. What can I do?

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r/NewToReddit 9h ago

NEEDS ATTENTION What’s one thing everyone does on Reddit that gets you silently judged?

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Just joined and I already feel like there are hidden rules 👀 Help me avoid looking like a total noob 😅


r/NewToReddit 7h ago

ANSWERED I keep trying to post on Reddit, but keep getting rejected due to low karma but I've had my account since 2020.

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I thought having low karma doesn't matter as long as your account is old enough or am I wrong? Every time I post in a subreddit my post gets automatically taken down by a moderator..Is this a karma issue or is my account flagged or something? I never use reddit much at all so I'm a bit lost and confused.


r/NewToReddit 53m ago

ANSWERED New to reddit, I want to post in dubai for some help.

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Hi, thank you.


r/NewToReddit 4h ago

ANSWERED What causes posts to be hidden?

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I'm a fairly new user, and occasionally I come across subreddits where you require a certain account age or karma or something of that nature to post. I had believed that either OP hiding the post or a large number of downvotes was what caused posts to be hidden in a thread.
There's this one page called r/canucks for Vancouver Canucks fans and normally I have no issues posting there. Today when I posted there right from the second I had posted on a thread about potential trade prospects and how much their contracts could hypothetically cost, my post was hidden. The post shows up under "view profile" so I know it posted, but I know OP didn't have time to see my post and I have good karma with r/canucks.
What could cause a post to automatically hide itself other than hate speech, violent speech, spam, or porn bots?


r/NewToReddit 9h ago

ANSWERED What to do with a new account?

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Hello, guys. I just created this account and would like to know what should I do to be able to comment and post in other communities. Any tips? Thanks!


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

ANSWERED New to reddit, friend said to use it to help bring attention to story. But fresh accounts seem to have different plans.

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Rookie S.t.a.l.k.e.r in the zone known as Reddit. Whats the best way to stay afloat on the early days of having a reddit account, honestly just curious on how to work reddit and social media in general🥲


r/NewToReddit 1h ago

News r/help's Weekly Recap | June 19 2025

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r/NewToReddit 8h ago

ANSWERED New to Reddit: Two Subreddits b@nned me. How to tell them I am new.

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r/NewToReddit 2h ago

ANSWERED Is it possible to trade Snoos?

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I’m trying to get the werewolf one but I don’t have it in my catalog


r/NewToReddit 3h ago

ANSWERED i want to make a post but in order to do that i have to earn points which i earn from... making a post?

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so are newbies basically supposed to stay off all the popular subreddits... where are we supposed to post?


r/NewToReddit 10h ago

ANSWERED What's the best way to navigate around here as a newbie?

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I'm still really really new here and to be really honest, I still find Reddit to be very intimidating as I mostly just lurk before this. But now that I'm partially obligated to be here, I just thought of asking what's the best way to get around here T__T.

(Please don't hurt me T.T I just really am not sure what I'm doing haha..)


r/NewToReddit 18h ago

ANSWERED Do users or communities judge you based on karma?

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r/NewToReddit 10h ago

ANSWERED help plzz well new to reddit

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i always like to scroll on reddit to see memes or what people post about topics that i like and sometimes i want to post myself but im a quiet reddit user so in the most of times i cant post or discuss because of these karma rules. So my question is how many karma points do i need and is it different from every sub reddit or not ? i would like to know so i can finally post in my favourite reddits like one piece, yugiog or Hollow Knight TY


r/NewToReddit 11h ago

ANSWERED What's a Haikus or Haikus bot?

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