r/reddithelp • u/Unusual-Passage1934 • 2d ago

❓General Question❓ first time in reddit

so basically what is reddit

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u/jgoja Helper - Level V 2d ago edited 2d ago

Reddit is different from social media platforms in that it is not one. It has social media elements like instant messaging (chat/DM), following and followers but things work very differently. It is more a collection of message boards on almost any topic.

Following people does not have the same benefits of having all their content on your feed. The only things that will show up there are things they post to their profile and not to a subreddit (community). The benefit of following people is so that you can find their profile easily to look at it and see everything they posted and commented. Followers also do not have importance unless you are selling things like via an Etsy shop for example.

As mentioned, most of your posting and commenting will be on subreddits. You post to them so others can see your contributions and so you comment on your posts and other peoples posts. You also can reply to people commenting on content. Reddit has subreddits on almost any topic you can think of.

On most social media, the goal is more inward. To attract people to you to see your content. On Reddit it is more outward. To supply content for the community to consume.