How to create your own Reddit community
Over the past few years, social news website Reddit has become one of the most popular, powerful, and controversial destinations on the Web.
But unlike corporate-run Internet giants, Reddit’s massive success
comes from its decentralized nature, which allows any user to create his
or her own community (known as a “subreddit”), with its own central
topic, rules, and character. This is also what makes Reddit such an
irresistible time-suck, with layer upon layer of new subreddits to
explore and participate in. But there’s no reason to just lurk along the
sidelines: Getting in on the Reddit moderator action is easier than you
might think. Here’s everything you need to know about launching your
own subreddit.
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Step 1: Log in and click
If
you don’t already have a Reddit account, you can easily create one by
clicking the “login or register” link in the top-right corner of the
homepage. (It only takes a couple seconds, and you don’t need
to add an email address if you so choose.) Once you’re logged in, just
click the “Create you own community” button, which appears along the
right side of the website.
Step 2: Original idea
The
first thing you’ll need is a name for your subreddit. It can be as long
or as short as you like (though, as a Web rule of thumb, shorter is
usually better). Something easy to remember and descriptive of the
community’s topic of choice is recommended, but it could simply be a
good name or memorable. In other words, it can be whatever you want. But
the name you choose will have a large impact on whether your subreddit
becomes successful.
Coming up with a good subreddit name is, by far, the most difficult part of this whole process. According to MetaReddit,
there are currently 187,384 subreddits, which means your big idea may
very well have already been taken. If it has, come up with another idea.
To check if your subreddit name idea is available, click here to search all subreddits. If nothing comes up under whatever name you type in, move on to step 3.
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Step 3: Fill it out
Once
you’ve decided upon a name for your subreddit, you’ll need to actually
make the dang thing. This involves nothing more than filling out a
number of fields in a Web form, checking a few boxes, and clicking
“create.” But to give you confidence, here’s what you need to know.
Name: This
is where that brilliant original idea you just came up with comes into
play. In this field, the name should have no spaces between words. Case
size does matter, however, so capitalize the letters you want to appear
capitalized.
The main thing to remember, however, is that you cannot change the name – ever. So triple-check that it’s right before hitting “create.”
Title: This
does not have to be the same as the name, but it can be. Unlike the
name, spacing does matter for the title. And you can also feel free to
add in a tag line as well, since length does not matter. The title can
be edited later if you want to tweak it or change it in any way.
Description: Here,
you can describe what your subreddit is all about. It’s viewable to the
public, so this should also serve as a pitch to draw in other people
who might be interested in subscribing.
Sidebar: The
side can be used to provide subscribers with links to other subreddits
or other websites. Some subreddits list the rules of the subreddit (if
you choose to have particular rules), the description, and any other
relevant information in the sidebar as well. And like the title and
description, the sidebar can be edited at any time.
Language: From my tests, it appears as though the language setting does nothing.
Type: You
have three types of subreddits you can create: Public, restricted, and
private. Public lets anyone subscribe, and is the most common type of
subreddit. Restricted allows you to decide who can post links and who
cannot. And private is only visible to Reddit users you invite to join.
Chances are, you want to make your subreddit public – but once again,
this option can be changed.
Content options: You
can limit the types of content to only links, or only text posts (that
link to a comments page on your subreddit). But I’d recommend allowing
“any” type of post, at least to start. If the community evolves, and you
want to set a restriction later, you can.
Wiki: Here, you can set restrictions on who can change the subreddit’s settings. The safest option is “disabled.”
Other options: Here
you can decided whether to put an over-18 age restriction on your
subreddit (which you should do if you plan to make it of the NSFW
variety), whether to allow it to show up as a default subreddit for
users (which is a good way to help your community grow), and whether to
show thumbnails of images on submitted posts (which is good to do if
your subreddit is image-heavy).
And that’s it! Click the “create” button, and you’re officially a Reddit moderator of your own subreddit.
Step 4: Promote!
Once
you’ve created your subreddit, you’ll need to let other redditors know
it exists. One good way is to submit a link to your subredd to the /r/NewReddits community. Another way is to post links in related communities. For example, I run the /r/GermanShepherds subreddit. I got the word out there about it by mentioning it in comments on /r/dogs or /r/dogtraining,
and other related communities. So, if possible, find other subreddits
that mesh well with your new community, and start spreading the word.
Odds & ends
Now
that you’re a moderator, you’ll have access to “mod mail,” which is
usually populated with messages from users whose submissions were caught
by Reddit’s spam filter. You can access mod mail by clicking the Reddit
alien head icon next to your regular user mail, or though a link in the
“Moderator Tools” section that appears along the right side of your
subreddit page. From there, you can also check subreddit stats, view
reported links, add new moderators, and other fun administrative tasks.
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