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View submission: Reddit and Karma Explained
Have I told you that there are subreddits for anything? Have you got a favourite music genre or artist? There is a sub for that, I almost guarantee. There are subs for most popular video games that cater for all levels of skill. There will be a sub for your country and for your home town. For your favourite sport and team. For your favourite tv show, YouTube channel, movie and movie genre. For all kinds of fandoms, franchises, books, comics, crafts and hobbies, type of pet or other animal, type of food, or your beverage of choice. In fact, for just about anything you find of interest! And r/memes. Oh yes, do we have memes.
Reddit has its serious side too. There are many support groups for illnesses and personal issues great and small. Advice groups for particular problems. Parenting subreddits on all manner of issues from fertility to homeschooling and more. Age-related groups to find others your age or to ask questions to those of other generations than you.
There are many politically minded subreddits, ones to discuss world events and current affairs, even a variety of conspiracy theories. Interested in law or policing? Finance, cryptocurrency or the stock market? We have subs for you too.
For those of an academic bent, there are subreddits on world history, linguistic, mathematical or philosophical matters, technological advancements and scientific breakthroughs, and for the more metaphysically minded, subreddits for speculation about the development of humanity, along with ones concerned with religious, spiritual and supernatural beliefs of all varieties from the ‘new-age’ to the traditional.
And we have porn. Lots of porn. Which leads me onto….
NSFW is an acronym meaning “Not Safe For Work”. It basically means if you’re at work or in company, you probably shouldn’t open it. On Reddit, you must be 18+ to view this adult-oriented content. You cannot enter a sub (or a Redditor’s profile) marked NSFW without going through a warning screen first. SFW is the opposite, meaning that despite appearances the content of the link is “Safe For Work”. NSFW usually denotes profanity or nudity, but also content much more extreme. Be warned that sometimes people will link things more suited for an NSFL warning, so you’ll need to use your judgment carefully before clicking through.
The acronym “NSFL”, meaning “Not Safe For Life” denotes dangerous practices ahead which are not easy viewing. One huge step above NSFW, this type of post is usually very disturbing, extreme, highly offensive or contains gore. Click a link marked NSFL with extreme caution, or, preferably, don’t click it at all. Currently, there is no official demarcation on Reddit between NSFW and NSFL.
Your profile will be marked as NSFW should you interact with an NSFW sub. NSFW subreddits and profiles are not allowed to use Reddit's native image and video uploader, and must host videos elsewhere and make link posts. NSFW videos do not have sound; it is disabled automatically. If a picture is uploaded and the post is marked NSFW, it will automatically have the blur feature applied[1] regardless of the actual content[2].
1: https://i.redd.it/1lzq9pk3z0z81.jpg
2: https://i.redd.it/w1xejl3li0z81.jpg
At https://www.reddit.com/settings/feed[3] you can choose to see NSFW content or not, and if you choose to see it, you can also choose to blur it with safe browsing mode. In the browser it is called "Safe Browsing Mode" and is on the Feed Settings page. On mobile, tap your avatar top left, settings at the bottom[4], then you can toggle NSFW content on or off and toggle the blur too.
3: https://www.reddit.com/settings/feed
4: https://i.redd.it/ox0xqepzzvt81.jpg
On the iOS app, NSFW settings can be found in your **device settings** page after selecting the Reddit app, and NOT the Reddit app itself. You'll want to enable "Show NSFW Content (18+)" and disable "Blur NSFW Images".
Alternatively, the settings on Old Reddit https://old.reddit.com/prefs/[5] (mobile users will have to paste that link into a browser) allow you to select not to have image previews/thumbnails show and you can turn autoplay off for videos. Turn on the option “I am over eighteen years old and willing to view adult content”, scroll down to the bottom, and click the “Save Options” button. Turn on the option “include not safe for work (NSFW) search results in searches”, scroll down to the bottom, and click the “Save Options” button.
5: https://old.reddit.com/prefs/
On mobile, the bottom of your profile page has a selection of tabs[6], the second of which is called “Communities”. This is a recent addition[7] and contains lots of lists and suggestions of subreddits Reddit thinks you might like.[8]
6: https://i.redd.it/0b7cgn3jq5ib1.jpg
8: https://i.redd.it/j6kfgxq8r5ib1.png
Whatever you’re interested in, put your key word in the search bar and it will show you relevant comments and communities to join. Reddit’s native search engine wasn’t the best[9], but has gotten a lot better in recent months[10] and a comprehensive guide to using the Reddit search syntax can be found at: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/search[11].
9: https://www.redditinc.com/blog/the-search-for-better-search-at-reddit
11: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/search
On desktop, next to the "Sort By" drop down below the comment box, you'll see the search bar that reads "Search comments." Mobile is a bit different: When you're on a post, click the magnifying glass icon in the top bar and search there.
You can use Google (other search engines are, of course, available) employing modifiers to search for specific stuff. For instance, searching "site:reddit.com + [topic]" in Google is an easy way to find subreddits and content across Reddit overall. Google Search Help[12] will show you how to refine your searches in general, as will this list of advanced Google Search Operators[13]. There’s more detailed help in the my guide to Searching[14] too.
12: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en
13: https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
14: https://www.reddit.com/r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit/comments/110naaa/searching/
15: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/comment/jvfes44/
Comment by llamageddon01 at 09/08/2023 at 11:21 UTC*
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r/findareddit is the premier subreddit for finding other subreddits! Having trouble finding the subreddit or community you need? Post what you're looking for here and someone can suggest a community for you. Before submitting a request however, please use their guides first, found here:
Their Directory Of Subreddits at https://www.reddit.com/r/findareddit/wiki/directory
Other resources to find subreddits include:
1: https://www.reddit.com/user/banned_accounts/m/newsubs/
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoverReddit/wiki/index
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocationReddits/wiki/index
4: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/comment/jw58vs0/
Comment by llamageddon01 at 14/08/2023 at 14:42 UTC*
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Not every Subreddit is what it appears to be. There are many subs with misleading or ambiguous titles which you might like but pass right on by because of their names. Here’s an introduction to the Reddit Phenomenon of…
Reddit has many subs with misleading titles that are:
There are many more of these to be found throughout Reddit. All will have their different origin stories, sometimes in their Sidebar.
A link to another subreddit is often helpfully posted in a comment when the subject under discussion would fit there too. For instance, if you saw a cat sat on a glass table in r/cats, you’d comment r/catsonglass. But in the same way, you will also find links posted to subreddits that don’t exist; i.e. r/catsonglasslookinglikederps. These are fake subreddits generated by someone putting the prefix r/ before a random word or phrase to turn it into a link for comic effect. Welcome to the meta world of Fake Subreddits!
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubsIFellFor/comments/15fyws7/looks_surprisingly_convincing/
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/subsithoughtifellfor/comments/15i0d87/he_went_as_far_as_to_create_it/
Reddit being, well, Reddit have also turned the tradition of commenting subreddit titles into a meta-realm all of its very own:
Despite the name these subs are non-sexual in nature (unless they’re mocking NSFW content, of course). Circlejerk[3] subs exist in a strange world of mock self-hatred where fans of a particular thing also like to ridicule said thing. These will have a variety of prefixes and suffixes including:
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit/comments/110mmcg/circlejerk/
There are shitpost, circlejerk or meme subs for almost every topic on Reddit. Just don’t take them too seriously.
There’s a large number of subs which have the word “fuck” in their title but have nothing to do with sexual matters. These include r/interestingasfuck, r/FairytaleasFuck and r/NatureIsFuckingLit which are not just SFW but as wholesome as fuck - just like r/wholesomeasfuck.
In the same way, many subs have the word “porn” in their titles, such as r/AbandonedPorn which is not for lost nudie magazine collections but for beautiful photos of places, houses and objects left for nature to reclaim. Subreddits like this with the "porn" suffix are focused on collecting media of the best or highest quality and not in the slightest bit NSFW.
There is also a whole network of former Porn subs[4] now repurposed to be all about cats (e.g. r/GirlsWithHugePussies and r/wetpussy).
Of course, there is also porn on Reddit. This is the internet; there is always porn. Have fun sorting out “porn” from *porn*. Don’t forget, you do have an NSFW filter as you read in part 6 of this guide.
Talking of which, let’s go on to part 7 with some notes on keeping safe on Reddit.
