Comment by llamageddon01 on 23/10/2021 at 14:51 UTC*

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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2

Pinned Posts

No doubt you will have been asked to read, or have even seen “pinned” posts[1] when you enter a subreddit. These are posts that a moderator (or even admin) has fixed to the top of a subreddit page, usually containing essential information on that subreddit. If you see a pinned post, always read it before posting or commenting on a sub. You should know that you will not see pinned posts if you Sort by ‘New’ or ‘Rising’.

1: https://i.redd.it/3vnu3pnh1n191.jpg

As you can see from the screenshot, we have two here on r/NewToReddit: our general guide **Reddit and Karma Explained**[2] and our weekly Chat post. Pinned posts will have a lime green ‘pin’ icon and will show on top when you sort the Subreddit by ‘Hot’ or ‘Top”. Posts pinned in this way are also referred to as “sticky” or “stickied” posts.

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/

**How to pin a post to your profile**

You can also pin posts to your profile page, so that they’ll be the first thing anyone sees on accessing your profile. You can see how this looks on a browser page[3] and here on the app[4]. If you’re an App user, you’ll need to open up your profile page in a web browser to pin posts.

3: https://i.redd.it/k5om95v50n191.jpg

4: https://i.redd.it/b07ng4cf0n191.jpg

On your profile page, at the top should be a list of options “Overview Posts Comments Saved”[5] etc.

5: https://i.redd.it/j3i1aksfawr81.jpg

Choose Posts, and a list of your posts will appear.

On each post, you should see some icons at the bottom of which one of them will be a three dots “hamburger” post overflow menu.

One of the options in there will be “Pin Post to Profile”[6] (mine says “Unpin Post” because the one I chose from the list was already pinned).

6: https://i.redd.it/7lxhn8h7qo191.jpg

Subreddits and profiles alike can only ever have two pinned posts at any one time, but these can be unpinned or re-pinned at will (by the mods of the sub or by you on your profile) and replaced with other posts at any time.

*Because there is a Subreddit for everything:**

As the word “pin” has different associations, I would be remiss in not mentioning r/EnamelPins - a sub to and share Hat Pins, Lapel Pins, Pin Badges etc., r/Pins - including a resource on how to collect, trade, design and make your own lapel pins, r/pinprojects - aka The Craft & Enamel Pins Projects Subreddit, and r/PinCollecting - they really like pins. Meanwhile, talking of “sticky”, r/recipes have the definitive list of best sticky toffee pudding[7] recipes. Oh yeah.

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/recipes/comments/1y8sva/give_me_your_best_sticky_toffee_pudding_recipe/

Comment by llamageddon01 on 23/10/2021 at 14:51 UTC*

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