How does on use Reddit
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Really basics:
Go to the website, read the links, click on ones that look interesting to either see a picture / watch a video / read an article of some sort.
Click back and select a new link.
If one is particularly interesting click comments and see what others have to say about it / put in your own comment. (theres normally a laugh or two to be had in the comments).
RES (Reddit enhancement suite) for chrome means you dont need to open pictures / videos from the link, it'll put a button to open the picture embedded within the reddit site, it also means you can continuously scroll down instead of clicking next page every 25 entries. Among other stuff. Not sure about other browsers.
The default front page is comprised of default subreddits, imagine photo albums, the front page is a list of the most popular pictures from multiple albums, you can go to the subreddits specifically to browse similar stuff (/r/pics as an example if you're not interested in anything else).
If you have a user you can change what subreddits you subscribe to, including or excluding certain stuff (I got rid of /r/wtf for work).
Thats the gist, but ive not used it overly long so theres probably so much more.
Go to the website, read the links, click on ones that look interesting to either see a picture / watch a video / read an article of some sort.
Click back and select a new link.
If one is particularly interesting click comments and see what others have to say about it / put in your own comment. (theres normally a laugh or two to be had in the comments).
RES (Reddit enhancement suite) for chrome means you dont need to open pictures / videos from the link, it'll put a button to open the picture embedded within the reddit site, it also means you can continuously scroll down instead of clicking next page every 25 entries. Among other stuff. Not sure about other browsers.
The default front page is comprised of default subreddits, imagine photo albums, the front page is a list of the most popular pictures from multiple albums, you can go to the subreddits specifically to browse similar stuff (/r/pics as an example if you're not interested in anything else).
If you have a user you can change what subreddits you subscribe to, including or excluding certain stuff (I got rid of /r/wtf for work).
Thats the gist, but ive not used it overly long so theres probably so much more.
It's just ugly that's all, you don't really need to use it as it's all posted on here and other forums anyway
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Okay, so basically the whole thing is made up of 'subreddits', which are all completely separate and have their own submissions (either text or links) and pages. The idea is that over time you build up a collection of subreddits that are relevant to your interests by subscribing to the ones you like and unsubscribing from the default ones that you don't. Your front page is like the 'top picks' from all your subreddits at that time, and the all button next to it is like that but with all subreddits, not just the ones you're subscribed to.
You can make submissions to different subs by using the links on the right, although some subs may have certain rules you should follow so it's always a good idea to read what's in the side bar. Sometimes new users find their posts don't appear in the 'new' section of that subreddit (all submissions ordered by most recent first), in which case you need to message the mods to get the spam filter to recognise you.
Submissions and comments are ordered based on upvotes and downvotes, which are supposed to help bring the most valuable content to the top and get rid of all the rubbish/spam, but there are mixed results. Typically you should upvote things you like, leave alone things you don't and downvote things that are insulting/trolling/against the rules, although a lot of people seem to downvote things that they don't like even though it goes against reddiquette. You can view your own sumbissions and comments by clicking your username in the top right, and when you get replies the envelope will turn red and you can click on that to view them.
Other than that it's pretty simple, there are formatting help dialogues to help you when making comments and submissions.
You can make submissions to different subs by using the links on the right, although some subs may have certain rules you should follow so it's always a good idea to read what's in the side bar. Sometimes new users find their posts don't appear in the 'new' section of that subreddit (all submissions ordered by most recent first), in which case you need to message the mods to get the spam filter to recognise you.
Submissions and comments are ordered based on upvotes and downvotes, which are supposed to help bring the most valuable content to the top and get rid of all the rubbish/spam, but there are mixed results. Typically you should upvote things you like, leave alone things you don't and downvote things that are insulting/trolling/against the rules, although a lot of people seem to downvote things that they don't like even though it goes against reddiquette. You can view your own sumbissions and comments by clicking your username in the top right, and when you get replies the envelope will turn red and you can click on that to view them.
Other than that it's pretty simple, there are formatting help dialogues to help you when making comments and submissions.
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One does not simply use reddit.
Reddit is awesome. However I tend to use the iOS Alien Blue client for browsing the thing most of the time. The recent April Fools reddit war was hilarious I must add and there are some great sub-reddits out there i.e /r/britishproblems.
It is a great way to waste any free time you have.
It is a great way to waste any free time you have.
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/r/funny
/r/videos
/r/askreddit
/r/technology
/r/aww
/r/videos
/r/askreddit
/r/technology
/r/aww
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Why why why why why why why why why did I just look
Subscribe to the subreddits that your a interested in i.e.:
/r/techsupportgore
/r/cableporn
/r/cablefail
/r/community
/r/zombies
For more ideas have a look at:
http://metareddit.com/reddits/
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Just click and read
Some subs are much better than others.
kd
Some subs are much better than others.
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Surprised this hasn't be mentioned.
http://redditenhancementsuite.com/
Makes using Reddit much smoother and you can just keep strolling away!
(Be careful as with never ending Reddit you may notice the hours vanishing!)
http://redditenhancementsuite.com/
Makes using Reddit much smoother and you can just keep strolling away!
(Be careful as with never ending Reddit you may notice the hours vanishing!)
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I tried something just as childish as mylittlepony (see URL in screenshot) just out of random but it says it's been banned. Doesn't bother me - just wondered why one children's programme got through ok but another one didn't? It could have been Care Bears or Hello Kitty for all that it's worth
