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View submission: A Guide to Reddit Lingo
- A General Note Before Proceeding:
When you go to make a Post (‘Create Post’ pencil on paper icon or the ‘+’ tab bottom centre on mobile) from the front page of a Subreddit, you are given 5 options: Link, Image, Video, Text, and Poll. You can either upload your own image from your device or use Imgur’s “share” link (more on this below). The option you choose will then talk you through the steps. Please note that some communities don't have image posting enabled, and those options will be greyed out.
- Using Imgur
Reddit's image hosting is a bit weird at times. Sometimes you can directly upload your image through the "image" tab in the uploader, but other times you're required to use the "link" tab and use that to upload your image to the sub. Most people use Imgur for this as it’s preferred by Reddit. It’s easy to use and you don’t need an account there. Just head on over to https://imgur.com[1], upload your photo and post it as "hidden". Then copy the link and paste it into the "link" tab of the upload section of the post and voilà, your image will be uploaded!
- Other Tutorials
This is a simple explanation[2] of how to post pictures on Reddit. There’s another one here too[3]. There are also a number of guides on Quora[4] and Google led me to this YouTube video[5] which is short but to the point.
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/SolariaHues/comments/j56axm/how_to_share_images_on_reddit/
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/7az5gp/posting_images/
4: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-add-a-picture-to-a-post-on-Reddit
5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5hrXIiRSeY
- Image Gallery
To post an Image Gallery on Reddit, all you have to do is visit the community you want to post in, and then follow the steps below:
1. Tap on the “Create Post” button, and select the ‘Image Post’ option from the tabs.
2. Select up to 20 images or GIFs, and rearrange to your liking.
3. Include a post title, add an optional caption (up to 180 characters), or URL, for each image or GIF.
4. Tap ‘post.’
Note: You can also apply a ‘Spoiler’ or ‘Not Safe For Work’ tag to Image Galleries if you need to. Again, Image Galleries may not be available in all communities.
- Other Media
For GIFs/MP4s people use https://gfycat.com/upload[6] and will make a link post to the URL of what they uploaded.
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