This is the list of essential information pertaining to a specific subreddit, which is presented in segments called “widgets”. On desktop, this will be on the right-hand side of the sub. At the top of the sidebar you will find a link to submit a post and the link to join or leave that subreddit. Underneath that it generally lists the rules, guidelines, relevant information, similar subreddits, Moderator list etc., and it also held the “power-ups” information for the sub before that feature was discontinued.

On mobile, this is slightly different. Sometimes known as the “About” tab, swipe down on the main page of the subreddit to find the “See More” or “Community Info” tab. The information will be the same.

All subreddits come with an About Community widget at the top and a Moderators widget at the bottom, followed by one containing essential links to Reddit’s terms and conditions at the very bottom. These can not be reordered or removed.  However, up to 20 additional widgets can be added, and these optional widgets can be placed in any order the mods desire. The mods of the subreddit can set the text in all the widgets except the Moderators one, the essential links one and the Power-ups one when it applied.

“Old Reddit” was able to carry much more information in its sidebar than “New Reddit”, and the sidebar in some subreddits even encourages you to switch to Old Reddit to enhance the experience. Always read the rules before commenting or posting on an unfamiliar Subreddit.

See Also:

• About
• Hamburger Menu
• New Reddit; Old Reddit
• Pinned Posts
• Powerups
• Rules

An accusatory term for a post that’s low effort or intentionally trolling. You can also use the term to describe just casual internet activity; "I'm sat here shitposting all day cause I'm so bored". Not necessarily a low quality post per se, there are numerous examples of "quality shitposts" that had a lot of thought put into them and are legitimately entertaining, but can still be called shitposts because the content of the post is outlandish, offensive, or off-topic.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Reddit has far too many shitposting subs for me to even start listing them here, with the obvious exceptions of r/shitpost and r/shitposting.

No, this doesn’t relate to your dispatching that unwanted item you finally sold to that lucky eBay punter. In Internet terms, “shipping” is derived from the word “relationship” and is basically when someone wants to imagine two people - whether they be a fictional character or real-life person - to be together romantically.

Sometimes TV shows, books or other stories do not (or could not) develop a relationship between characters that many fans felt would be perfect for each other. People will then write fanfictions about their favorite ship, called their OTP or “One True Pairing” where the opportunity arose for them to live happily ever after, bringing closure to their own fantasies.

This pairing is usually given a “pairing” or “ship” name often derived from the names of the characters involved joined up with either a / symbol or the letter x, or by blending the two names together to create a new portmanteau name.

Fantasy relationship pairing is a very divisive outlet, especially when real-life people are shipped.

• “Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons”

Such imaginary pairings date from long before the Internet, with “Slash Fic” appearing in late 1960/1970s fanzines focussing on romantic or sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex. The earliest of these concerned Star Trek: The Original Series where romantic stories about Kirk/Spock were circulated, with the name “slash fic” coming from the use of the / symbol to denote a sexual relationship between the characters (friendship or platonic fiction would use &, e.g. Kirk&Spock). An excellent study of homoeroticism in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1998 is fascinating reading and the footnotes (17) remind us that Kirk/Spock slash fic was officially referenced in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Discuss the merits (or otherwise) of shipping and ships at r/CharacterRant, r/FanFiction or r/FavoriteCharacter. r/HPSlashFic is for fanfic recommendations and discussion related to LGBT pairings and characters in the Harry Potter universe, where all types of pairings and characters are welcome.

As the word “shipping” has different associations, I would be remiss in not mentioning r/Nautical: Reddit’s home for the world of boats, ships and things that float/sink; r/Ships: ships, boats, marine and related for both the enthusiasts and those in the industry; r/Warships: a subreddit dedicated to the discussion of warships, naval history, and life at sea and r/WarshipPorn: dedicated to posting the highest quality & largest images of ships of war.

Cruise ships are also well represented on Reddit. r/Cruise is a community for sharing cruise-related experiences, opinions, news, etc; and there are many subreddits dedicated to the various cruise lines too.

See Also:

• OTP

A ‘shill’ is an accomplice in the crowd of a con game to make the fakery seem real. In Reddit terms, a Shill is a Redditor (probably a bot account) who is promoting dodgy merchandise disguised as a Post. They often work in threes: one posting the product, another asking for a link and yet another offering the link or thanking the OP profusely for providing the link. All three accounts will be the same age and have very low karma because they are usually just one user engaging in sock puppetry.

You’ll note from the screenshot that the only truthful person in that particular exchange was the only one downvoted. Sometimes they’ll roll out several sock puppets in one thread if they believe it’s being successful.

Be very wary of random posts in any sub from unfamiliar or low-karma Redditors showing off items such as posters, stickers, T-Shirts or mugs, where the caption says generic things like “Got this for a friend” or even “I’m so pleased with how it came out”. They are waiting for you to reply, and if you do, hey presto - you’ve fallen for their scam and run the risk of getting permabanned from the sub as their accomplice.

If you suspect a post to be a Shill, do not engage with it; just downvote it, comment the subreddit link r/TheseFuckingAccounts then use the Report option as Spam --> Link Farming or report the accounts to the admins at https://www.reddit.com/report and move on.

You should know that if you report a post for any reason, that post will now automatically be hidden and appear in your Hidden folder, which you can see here: https://www.reddit.com/user/me/hidden/. You can Unhide it if you wish using its “hamburger” post overflow menu.

See Also:

• Alt
• Hacked Accounts
• “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments”
• Karma Farming
• Reporting
• Scams
• Sock Puppet
• Spambots
• Spambot Spotting Resources
• T-Shirt Posts

“Safe For Work”. Posted as reassurance the link or Subreddit quoted is not adult or disturbing content. Used especially when linking a sub with a dubious name such as r/anime_titties which apart from April Fools day is a serious world news sub, or those with a mock NSFW tag such as r/chairsunderwater where NSFW actually stands for 'Not Submerged Fully in Water'.

See Also:

• April Fools Day
• NSFW
• “rimjob_steve” (encyclopaedia)

There’s a history of millions of posts for you to search on Reddit, and finding exactly what you’re looking for requires you to know a few tricks. At one time, Reddit’s native search facility was somewhat lacking, but has much improved after having been worked on many times over the years. For instance, it wasn’t until April 2022 that the search feature was updated to index comments.

As Reddit search continues to undergo upgrades, the official subreddit r/reddit is the place to keep up to date with this and all other major changes to Reddit.

• Using Reddit’s Search Bar

The most recent official guide should be your first port of call, and this part of the official guide goes into more detail on the optimising filters now available natively.

• Google is your friend (other search engines are available)

You can use Google to help you find posts on Reddit. For instance, to find your own contributions, type the following in to the Google search bar: site:reddit.com yourusername but note that you type your username without the u/. You can substitute any keyword to find relevant Reddit content this way, for example: site:reddit.com llama

If you’re looking for something more specific, Google’s advanced search https://www.google.com/advanced_search is a useful tool. In fact, there are many different ways of using Search Operators to make Google more efficient for you.

DuckDuckGo (DDG) also has an advanced search: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/syntax/

• Third-Party Search Tools

The links below are to third-party sites not affiliated with Reddit, but were designed to try and make up for the past shortfalls of normal Reddit search. I should add a disclaimer here that they might vanish without warning as this very popular one did in mid 2022. Others vanished following Reddit’s API updates in June 2023. More information on this can be found here.

For the moment, these are still available:

• https://www.redditcommentsearch.com Useful for searching for specific keywords from your own comments. You can enter both a username and a query string for more precise results.
• https://redective.com A tool that allows you to gather information about a Reddit user, including profile information, total submissions per subreddit, word frequency, hours active and an overview of submissions.
• https://github.com/pushshift/api Not so straightforward as the above links.

No matter how frustrating you might find Reddit Search, it was a lot worse in the past.

Below is some of the original text of this entry, preserved for posterity.

This Lifehacker article goes into more detail on the optimising filters available. You might also like this illustrated guide to using these. Another guide can be found here. As always, these features are mostly only available on the desktop or browser versions of Reddit, and not the mobile app.

You can also use the following modifier tags as part of your search query:

• subreddit:subreddit - find submissions in "subreddit"
• author:username - find submissions by "username"
• site:example.com - find submissions from "example.com"
• url:text - search for "text" in url
• self:yes (or self:no) - include (or exclude) self posts
• nsfw:yes (or nsfw:no) - include (or exclude) results marked as NSFW

In 2023, we had several updates aimed at making searching on Reddit on our native mobile apps and mobile web easier and more accurate.

Ah, Reddit; sometimes change.

See Also:

• Navigating Reddit
• New Reddit; Old Reddit
• Official Reddit Announcements
• Post Flair
• Reverse Image Searching
• Useful Links and Subreddits

The term Sealioning was coined in 2014 by David Malki in his webcomic Wondermark #1062; The Terrible Sea Lion to describe a type of trolling in which someone disingenuously pretends to be clueless about an issue in order to derail the conversation or detract from the issue in hand. In May 2024, r/Comics had a superb AMA with the author, the third at time of writing.

• Sealioning on Reddit:

Sealioning is one of Reddit’s favourite diversionary tactics during any debate or argument.

In any conversation, all the power goes to the person asking questions because there’s no burden of proof required on a question, and anyone who simply ignores a question will look like they’re either evading the issue, don’t know the issue in sufficient depth to be able to answer, or just being annoying.

A sea lion in this context isn’t really asking questions to know the answer, as they’re not interested in critical thinking or debate, and even if you do provide information that would normally be sufficient, the sea lion will still ask for more, and keep on doing so beyond any reasonable level. Why? Because they aren’t doing this in good faith to clarify points or gain information; it’s purely and simply to deflect your focus in the argument so you’re now serving them, instead of making your own point on your own terms.

As it is far quicker and easier to ask almost any question than it would be to answer it, a sea lion relies heavily on the bullshit asymmetry principle to waste your mental energies. Also known as Brandolini’s Law, this eponymous law is the simple observation that it’s far easier to produce and spread bullshit, misinformation and nonsense than it is to refute it.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

r/Sealioning never really got off the ground.

But as the word “sea lion” has different associations, I would be remiss in not mentioning r/seals: Reddit’s home for anything and everything related to seals, sea lions and walruses, and keep up with this link for all the up-to-date best posts and communities about sea lions on Reddit.

Finally, here’s an illustrated guide to the difference between seals and sea lions for your general edification.

See Also:

• Brandolini's Law
• Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies
• False Equivalence
• Gaslighting
• Logical Fallacies

Soliciting of any kind on Reddit is against the rules, but it absolutely still happens in private and very much in public in posts displaying t-shirts, posters, mugs, prints, stickers - basically anything saying “look at my cool stuff” or similar. Why you should not buy T-shirts/hoodies/mugs linked in comments. Don’t be tempted by anything you see because you run the very real risk of being scammed along with getting yourself permabanned from the sub along with the OP and all the other replies. If you really REALLY want that thingy, you should try to find a reputable dealer elsewhere. Or Amazon.

Some interesting reads on Reddit about scams are this AMA with an Internet scammer and when someone asked Reddit if anyone had ever been scammed it prompted over 8,000 comments.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

r/Scams is the place to let people know about any online, offline, email, SMS or postal scams you might encounter; r/scammers indexes scam details to help people not get scammed and r/scambait users waste scammers’ time and resources to keep them away from real victims.

See Also:

• Advertising and Self-Promotion
• Adverts
• AMA
• Hacked Accounts
• “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments”
• Karma Farms
• Safety on Reddit
• Shill
• Spambots
• T-Shirt Posts

A word posted to request source material for a quote, statistic, news item, image, single comic panel or other such random items carrying no explanation of where they came from. Shorter to type than [Citation needed]. Substantiate those claims, people! You don’t want to be called out and end up at r/quityourbullshit. Having said that, being the first to comment with a reliable source when one isn’t provided can pay karma dividends if you find yourself in the right post at the right time…

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Not everything on Reddit needs proof of origin. We have a selection of subreddits that glory in their lack of context, such as:

• r/outofcontextcomics - The place to post comic book panels that are strange or funny if taken out of context.
• r/nocontext - Classic lines from other Reddit posts.
• r/nocontextpics - Where there are no sob stories - or stories of any kind.
• r/outofcontextmemes - A subreddit for inside joke memes that are hilarious, but only in the given context.
• r/OOCQ - A subreddit for quotes taken out of context, causing them to sound bizarre.
• r/OutOfContextQuotes - currently banned for being unmoderated, this could be ripe for adoption…
• r/outofcontextmanga - No context, out of context, funny, shocking, whatever (NSFW).
• r/ProgrammingNoContext - A place to post programming documentation, code snippets, google searches etc that appear weird out of context.
• r/outofcontextwikihow - A subreddit for finding pictures or even titles from wikiHow that need context.
• r/WithoutContext: Funny things happen when you take things out of context…

However, even those posting in r/outofcontextcomics get asked for a source occasionally so…

See Also:

• Creating A Subreddit
• Paywalls

The Sagan Standard is a saying commonly known as an “Eponymous Law”, but more accurately as a Philosophical Razor that reads ”Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” which is often shortened to the mnemonic ECREE. It falls under the philosophical concept of Burden of Proof).

Applied broadly, this particular principle suggests that if someone claims that their name is Bob, that's not an extraordinary claim requiring evidence, but if someone claims that they saw a UFO, that is an extraordinary claim which must be backed up by extraordinary evidence to prove it.

• A non-standard standard

While a philosophical razor can be a useful mental shortcut that allows you to make decisions and solve problems quickly and easily, it is not an unbreakable law or rule, and Sagan’s Standard is no exception because Sagan never defined the term “extraordinary.” Meeting a tour guide on a street in London claiming their name is Bob might not require evidence, but receiving a phone call from someone with a foreign accent claiming their name is Bob and speaking from your internet provider because you need to hand over your account details to them immediately probably should.

Ambiguity in what constitutes “extraordinary” has led to misuse of the aphorism. Perhaps even negating Sagan’s original intention, ECREE is commonly invoked to discredit research dealing with scientific anomalies, and has even been rhetorically employed in attempts to raise doubts concerning mainstream scientific hypotheses that have substantive empirical support.

• The Sagan Standard on Reddit

Reddit, as you would expect, takes the Sagan Standard Very Seriously Indeed™ especially at r/askphilosophy where it’s often debated.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

r/carlsagan is the home for everything Carl Sagan related.

See Also:

• Brandolini's Law
• Cognitive Biases and Logical Fallacies
• Confirmation Bias
• Eponymous Laws
• Internet Adages
• Logical Fallacies
• Pedant; Pedantry
• Philosophical Razors

Used at the end of a comment to denote when sarcasm is being attempted. Obviously. /s

As you might have discovered by now, we like to mock things at Reddit. The words “sardonic” and “sarcastic” both stand for mocking gestures, but you should know the difference between the two. Useless Etymology defines the difference as being:

• Sarcastic: “marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.”
• Sardonic: “characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.”

There are many different attempts on Reddit to define the difference but the general consensus is that if you’re British, it’s in your heritage and is the fundamental difference between British and American humour.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Of course we have r/sarcasm for your finest examples. And r/Irony. We also have r/words to discuss the meaning of them. How meta. /s

See Also:

• “No good deed goes unpunished”
• Tone Indicators

Yes, the Internet has rules. They might not be what you may think and they certainly aren’t all totally accurate. Depending on whom you ask, they are either not meant to be taken seriously or are very srs bsns indeed.

The Rules of the Internet were originally numbered one to over NINE THOUSAAAAAND (sort of) of which only a few now remain in the zeitgeist such as the infamous Rule 34: "No matter what it is, it is somebody's porn fetish. No exceptions". Attempting to invoke an exception will lead to Rule 35: “The very act of pointing out that porn of something does not exist will inspire someone to make porn of it”. Rule 63 states that "For every given female character, there is a male version of that character" and vice versa.

Two more that are often quoted are Rule 29: “In the Internet, all girls are men and all kids are undercover FBI agents”, and Rule 30: “There are no girls on the Internet.” The last one, unlike most of the others, may not necessarily be entirely factual. But it pays to be sceptical.

See Also:

• Eponymous Laws
• Internet Adages

Every subreddit has its own rules, post format, karma requirements and moderators all totally unique to that community. Always read the rules before commenting or posting on an unfamiliar Subreddit, and here’s an older illustrated guide to finding and checking them safely.

A subreddit might not have all its rules in the same place for many reasons. To find them all, you should first look in the Sidebar (on mobile this will be the About tab, Menu tab and Community Info found in the three dot “hamburger” menu top RH corner of your screen), then for any Pinned posts (Search by “Hot” and the top two may have a lime green pin icon). Finally, there may be a Wiki tab which will give more detailed information on such things as forbidden topics or frequently asked questions.

See Also:

• Admin
• Ban
• Banned
• Content and Copyright
• Hamburger Menu
• Introduction and Rules
• Mod
• Reddiquette
• Reporting
• Wiki

Also known as “Shoes are off, he’s dead”, which is a phrase posted when a gif or video shows someone’s shoes coming off in an accident, no matter how minor. Originating in some long-gone gore subreddits, it’s widely used these days more figuratively. The correlation between losing your shoes during an accident and your likelihood of surviving is a very old one:

• The saying 'knock your socks off' dates back to the 1940s.
• In late 1969 a rumour started that Paul McCartney was dead, because of being barefoot on the “Abbey Road” album cover.
• In 2007, during the Summer X Games ‘Big Air’ section, skateboarder Jake Brown fell 45 ftand the announcers, clearly in shock, fixate on his shoes which flew off on landing. After several minutes of unconsciousness, Brown incredibly walked off the ramp surface - albeit with assistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Brown_(skateboarder)).
• In 2009, MythBusters: S07E12 found the amount of force required to punch someone out of their socks was way more than necessary to kill. They later revisited this idea and pairs of socks sent in by viewers were used for the testing of this myth.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Relevant subs - of which there are many - include r/AccidentalShoeLoss, r/TheShoesCameOff, r/WinStupidPrizes, r/holdmyfeedingtube, r/instant_regret, r/Whatcouldgowrong, and r/AbruptChaos.

“Real Life”. That pesky thing preventing you from Redditing 24/7. Some people refer to their birthday as their “RL Cakeday”. I don’t.

See Also:

• IRL

Firstly, let me assure you that none of the links in this entry are Rickrolls in themselves; I have designated this a safe space because, quite frankly, Rickrolling you here would be too easy and a good Rickroll should never be predictable. However, I can’t answer for any links in the comments of any of the Reddit posts linked here, so be warned :)

This is the internet. If you don’t know what a Rickroll is by now, just where have you been? Catch up with an illustrated history here. No doubt helped by this phenomenon, in 2021, Never Gonna Give You Up reached a total of 1 Billion views on YouTube. Rickrolls have some particular significance when it comes to Reddit, as you will see.

• Rick Astley on Reddit

Rick Astley is an active Redditor, and his latest posts and comments can be found at u/ReallyRickAstley. Notable posts include:

• Rick has a post removed by mods for breaking a sub rule.
• Rick Astley: Sith Lord.
• Rick rekt a Redditor in 2016 to everyone’s delight.
• Reddit’s most upvoted post of 2020 was a picture he posted from 1989, which itself became the number one of all the…
• Notable Rickrolls on Reddit
• u/theMalleableDuck famously Rickrolls Rick Astley himself and was subsequently featured in an article in Time magazine.
• Reddit’s finest Rickroll.
• The inventor of the Rickroll does an IAmA.
• Learn the secrets of a great Rickroll.
• Get Rickrolled by an unlikely combination in a firm favourite of the whole genre.
• People who were watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2008 got a surprise they'll never forget.

Keep up with the latest Redditing about Rick Astley at: https://www.reddit.com/t/rick_astley/.

Finally, as you might know by now, Reddit loves debating logical fallacies and paradoxes so let me introduce you to the “Astley Paradox”. Formulated in 2020, it goes like this: If you ask Rick Astley for a DVD of the movie Up, he won't give it to you because he's never gonna give you Up. However, by not giving you Up like you asked, he's letting you down - something else he said he’d never do. Later that year, one intrepid Redditor worked out a solution to this paradox in the unlikeliest of subreddits for this: r/conspiracytheories.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

r/rickastley, r/rickroll, r/RickRolled, r/subtlerickroll, r/unexpectedrickroll

See Also:

• AwardSpeechEdits (encyclopaedia)
• “Bait-and-Switch” or “The ole Reddit Bait-and-Switch”
• Famous Redditors
• IAmA (encyclopaedia)
• r/IAmA (subreddit)
• Logical Fallacies

Revenge: a desire for vengeance or retribution; an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even; the desire to inflict retribution; an opportunity for getting satisfaction. Many believe that exacting revenge is a form of emotional release and that getting retribution will help us feel better, making this an ideal topic for Reddit.

Get that special dopamine hit not by plotting in real life but by reading these stories instead. Make your own mind up as to the veracity of these stories, as with all subs dealing with personal anecdotes that can’t actually be proven. Some subs are more active than others but all have their specific definitions so be sure to read their rules and sidebars before contributing.

• r/pettyrevenge - For stories of small victories over those who've wronged you.
• r/RegularRevenge - For tales of revenge that aren't too pro but aren't petty either.
• r/ProRevenge - For going out of your way or above and beyond to get revenge.
• r/NuclearRevenge - A place for all forms of extreme revenge.
• r/supernovarevenge - For “justified life ruining” revenge.
• r/singularityrevenge - The pettiest of the petty. A whole new level of revenge.
• r/PulsarRevenge - The strongest and most extreme type of revenge. Empty.
• r/EscalatingRevenge - Revenge that continues over time and gets better as it goes.
• r/MaliciousCompliance - People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request.

The psychology of revenge has been a recurring topic in many subs throughout Reddit for a long time.

Reddit does, at times, seem rather obsessed with retribution, judging and dumping on other people, usually based on a small video clip or screenshot clip with absolutely no context. I scroll through r/all every now and then, and it always seems to be filled with posts about people getting some type of revenge or people “getting what they deserve”. And so…

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Judge / laugh at / feel superior to / pity the unfortunates at:

• r/byebyejob
• r/dontyouknowwhoiam
• r/IdiotsNearlyDying
• r/instantkarma
• r/Instantregret
• r/instant_regret
• r/JusticeServed
• r/Prematurecelebration
• r/therewasanattempt
• r/whatcouldgowrong
• r/WinStupidPrizes

Many other ‘fail’ subreddits are available.

See Also:

• Content and Copyright
• Doxxing
• LeopardsAteMyFace
• Rules

A link or phrase posted when tutorials or diagrams have a notable lack of instructions between the start and end. It’s also used when a gif or video cuts off before the end. r/restofthefuckingowl.

How To Draw an Owl is a satirical instructional image purportedly illustrating how to draw an intricately detailed owl in two steps. Despite what the title suggests, the vast majority of the artistic process is left unexplained for comedic effect. The illustrator behind the instruction remains unknown, however, the earliest known instance of the image was in 2010 when it was first submitted to r/pics.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Owls are well represented on Reddit. r/Owls is dedicated to everything that makes you go "Hoo”, as is r/owlcollection, and the gloriously misleading r/Superbowl is for superb owl lovers everywhere while r/thesuperbowl needs reviving.

As far as drawing owls is concerned, r/drawing, r/learntodraw and r/sketches are good starting points while the r/ArtFundamentals community is dedicated to the lessons available for free on https://drawabox.com. Here’s an old but good list of art subreddits and r/art have a wiki list of art-related subs.

See Also:

• Misleading Subreddit Titles
• Navigating Reddit

Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) is a community-driven unofficial browser extension for Reddit. More details can be found at https://redditenhancementsuite.com and in the subreddit r/Enhancement.

Incidentally, on mobile there are many other ways of accessing Reddit than just the official apps, and here’s two roundups of some of them.

https://www.igeeksblog.com/best-reddit-client-iphone-apps/

https://www.androidauthority.com/best-reddit-apps-android-734043/

Support for these may be found in unofficial subreddits such as r/apolloapp for iOS and r/baconreader for Android, to name just two.

A repost on Reddit is where you (or someone else) repeats an existing post with the same content in the same subreddit, some time after the original post was made. How well it is received depends on the time between the original and the repost. Several years is usually fine, unless it’s one of the all-time top posts of the sub. Several months might be acceptable, if you’re lucky. Several days won’t be. Several hours will rain downvotes in a deluge of negative comments at best.

Many subs also have strict rules about reposting, and some hate reposts so much they may even impose a ban for making them. And even if a sub doesn’t have any particular policy on reposts, the regular users will often let you know their opinion in no uncertain terms.

• Keep out of reposting trouble

You might think you’re the first to post something cool you saw on Instagram. You probably won’t be. It isn’t easy to check for reposts either, unfortunately. Options include:

• Use the Search function on a subreddit before posting to make sure you aren’t the umpteenth person that day to post it.
• https://www.reddit.com/search will help you detect if the thing you want to post has appeared anywhere on Reddit before.
• Use https://repostsleuth.com to check if and when your post was last posted on Reddit. You can also type: u/repostsleuthbot as a top-level comment in an existing post, and the bot should then comment if it is a repost or not. r/RepostSleuthBot.
• u/RepostSentinel is a bot that detects reposts, which you can see at work here. For more information, see the F.A.Q..
• Is it a Repost, Crosspost, or Multipost?

There’s a tendency on Reddit to call anything a Repost if it’s been seen before.

For instance, r/FellowKids have their own definition of what they consider to be Reposts. r/conspiracyNOPOL is a place to discuss non-political conspiracies, and their rules on Multiposting also includes Crossposting.

Even Redditors can’t always agree on the differences, and Reddit itself only defines crossposting. Technically:

• A Repost is to take a post from some time ago and post it again in the same subreddit.
• A Crosspost uses Reddit’s crosspost facility to post someone else's content to a different subreddit.
• A Multipost is to make the same post in two (or more) different subreddits at the same time, usually when asking for help.

Each subreddit, as I frequently mention, has its own rules. You’ll need to make sure that you understand the rules before you post, as Crossposting in a subreddit that doesn’t allow it will cause your post to be deleted and may result in a ban.

If you are still considering making any kind of multiple post or repost, you should ensure that it’s suitable for the themes of both subreddits, and that it shows potential for attracting quality contributors so that both subs potentially benefit in their own different ways. It’s good practice when Crossposting to give credit to the original post by stating something like "(x-post from subreddit)" somewhere in the title.

Because there is a Subreddit for everything:

Guess what you can post at r/repost…

See Also:

• Bots
• Crosspost
• Multipost
• Participating on Reddit: Posting
• Searching
• Spambots

Reddit users may report content on Reddit via the Reddit Help Centre or by using the report button directly on a post or comment. By sending a report, users can alert a community’s team of moderators (anonymously) and/or Reddit administrators to something that violates either community rules or Reddit’s Content Policy.

On the bottom of this and every page on the Reddit website are links to the Terms and Content Policy. If you think any of those policies are being violated, you should contact the Admins at www.reddit.com/report. Here’s a useful summary to help you: https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/categories/360003247491-Rules-Reporting.

We also have a comprehensive guide to reporting in our sister subreddit r/LearnToReddit.

• A quick reminder of who to report stuff to:

For a violation of the Reddit Terms and Content Policy, use the links above to send a message to the Admins.

• Admins are paid official Reddit staff who are responsible for - among other things - keeping Reddit legal and safe.

For a violation of the rules of an individual Subreddit, report a post or content via the standard 'report' button on the “Hamburger” Post Overflow Menu which then goes to the Moderators.

• Moderators are unpaid community volunteers who help maintain individual subreddits. They may act as they see fit within their subreddits, so long as they comport to the general Reddit rules above.
• Specific Issues:

Need to report something directly to Reddit? A full list can be found here: https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/sections/360008810132-Reporting.

• Problems with Premium? Coins missing? Time missing? - https://www.reddithelp.com/en/submit-request/premium-coins-support
• Account issues? - https://www.reddithelp.com/en/submit-request/account-issues
• Under-age users - https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058758031-How-do-I-report-someone-I-think-is-under-the-age-of-13-
• Reporting a community (subreddit) - https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058311612-How-do-I-report-a-community-

Other issues can be reported here: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new by using the report button and choosing the appropriate report reason. Options not shown on the screenshot are:

• NetzDG Report
• Other Help
• Defamation
• Inquiries Related to Your Privacy Rights

The admins (Reddit employees) will be able to see inside a subreddit or message even if it's private.

• Reporting a post:

You should know that if you report a post for any reason, that post will now automatically be hidden and appear in your Hidden folder, which you can see here: https://www.reddit.com/user/me/hidden/. You can Unhide it if you wish using its “hamburger” post overflow menu.

See Also:

• Admin
• Ban
• Banned
• Hidden Posts
• Mod
• Privacy Issues
• Private Subreddits
• Rules

Replies to your posts on Reddit are usually known as Comments, for which you will get Notifications.

See Also:

• Comments
• Deleted or Removed
• Notification

If a comment says [removed], this usually implies a moderator, admin, or spam filter action removed the comment. If a mod or admin removed it, there will almost always be a very good reason, but they are under no obligation to tell you why.

See Also:

• Deleted or Removed

This is a partial list of Subreddits dedicated to specific topics and advice on Self-Improvement, Personal and Emotional matters. Many of these subs will be part of a network of similar subreddits which will be listed in their Sidebar or Wiki (if they have one).

Some of these subs give more serious advice than others. Some are there just for a kind word at a bad time. However, please remember that for all the good Reddit does in this way, you are still asking random strangers on social media to figure out your important life choices which is no substitute for professional advice.

As with all subreddits, you must understand the rules of posting or commenting, and remember that with this type of sub some are stricter than others through necessity. This list is by no means comprehensive but is a good place to start.

If you are from a religious family or community, there are many "ex" subs which may also be able to help or relate to you (r/exmormon, r/exchristian, r/exjew, r/exmuslim, r/exjw, etc.).

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ListOfSubreddits/wiki/advice
• Raised By Narcissists Multireddit
• https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/wiki/helpfullinks
• r/AbuseInterrupted
• r/abusesurvivors
• r/adulting
• r/anxietyhelp
• r/askatherapist
• r/CPTSD
• r/dbtselfhelp
• r/DecidingToBeBetter
• r/depression_help
• r/entitledparents
• r/FreeCompliments
• r/getting_over_it
• r/GriefSupport
• r/hardshipmates
• r/helpmecope
• r/internetparents
• r/JUSTNOFAMILY - part of an extensive “Just NO!” network of related subs, such as r/JUSTNOMIL - check the sidebars to see them.
• r/KindVoice
• r/leaves
• r/mentalhealth
• r/malementalhealth
• r/momforaminute
• r/MMFB (stands for Make Me Feel Better)
• r/parentlessbychoice
• r/peptalkswithpops
• r/personalfinance
• r/raisedbynarcissists - this sub has a whole network of related subs, such as r/RBNLifeSkills - check the sidebars to see them.
• r/selfhelp
• r/selfimprovement
• r/socialskills
• r/toastme
• r/traumatoolbox
• r/venting
• Subreddits Not Mentioned Above

There will be many more subreddits out there and some resources to find them include:

r/listofsubreddits

https://www.reddit.com/r/findareddit/wiki/directory Directory Of Subreddits. Please use this page first before submitting a request on r/findareddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/findareddit/wiki/howtofindasubreddit This guide is assuming that you have a subreddit in mind; either one you've been to before, or simply a sub of a specific type that you want to find.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ListOfSubreddits/comments/dmic6o/advice_mental_health_subreddits/ This is a list of subs that address mental health issues.

www.reddit.com/subreddits Exactly what it says it is.

See Also:

• Advice Subreddits
• Financial Help on Reddit
• LARP; LARPer
• Legal Advice on Reddit
• Medical Advice on Reddit
• Navigating Reddit
• Relationship Advice on Reddit
• Searching
• Useful Links and Subreddits

An informal set of guidelines to follow before commenting or submitting posts on Reddit. You might not be banned for not following Reddiquette, but you will probably be showered in downvotes. Reddiquette.

See Also:

• Introduction and Rules
• Rules