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A social news website based on the principle of user submitted content that gets to be voted by the community. Voting is used to rank the post and determine its position on the site's pages and front page.

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What is sh.reddit.com and old.reddit.com exactly? It's not just a theme

What is sh.reddit.com and old.reddit.com exactly? It's not just a theme. There seem to be more differences than just the design. For example, I am blocked by www.reddit.com because I use a VPN. But ...
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Are there counterpart of Stack Exchange Data Explorer for YouTube, FaceBook and twitter?

Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE) is an open source tool for running arbitrary queries against public data from the Stack Exchange network. Features include collaborative query editing for all ...
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How can I filter out negative comments on Reddit?

I find Reddit a useful resource for finding local information, but it is also a source of hateful comments. Is there a way to pre-emptively filter out mean comments or highly downvoted posts so you ...
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How in-line link URL with ) and # in Reddit?

Consider URL with # after bracket like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Brown_(American_veteran)#Early_life. I can inline link on Stack Exchange. For example, the following markdown will properly ...
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How to make a Reddit account without "instant shadowban"?

Every time I try to create a Reddit account, as soon as I make a post or comment the account is immediately shadowbanned. I have tried many combinations of clearing cookies, using different browsers, ...
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How do I schedule a comment on Reddit?

How can I schedule a Reddit comment, similar to how you can schedule email and tweet sending on Gmail and Twitter,[1][2] respectively? According to multiple sources,[1] [2] [3] [4] you can schedule ...
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Is there a way to reorder reddit posts? or make a couple always stay at the top?

I'm a moderator on a reddit and am really liking it. The issue I have is that I would like to have a couple posts shown above the new ones
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How to sort posts on Reddit by number of comments?

How to sort posts on Reddit by number of comments? I'd find this more useful than sorting by votes.
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How can I stop my username from being displayed?

I want to stop my Reddit username from being displayed on my own screen. I want to do this in order to prevent other people who see my screen from learning my username and searching for my posts.
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Is there an easy way to bulk unsubscribe from following users on Reddit?

I'm following hundreds of users (possibly a thousand) and would like to make a backup list of them and unfollow all of them, so I'm only subbed to actual subreddits. Does anyone know of any way I ...
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How to solve "incorrect username or password"? [closed]

I suffer this same glitch. What's wrong? How do I correct this? On 1 Oct 2023, Reddit suddenly signed me out when I was typing a comment. See screenshot below. But I know my WiFi was working, because ...
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How can I see if a subreddit requires some amount of (1) link and (2) comment karma before posting?

Pls, answer for both (1) link and (2) comment karma. It's bothersome to get an automated message that either my link and/or comment karma is too low AFTER I posted something.
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How can a Reddit moderator preset text in the blank TEXT field? [closed]

How do Reddit moderators preform text in the TEXT field? See picture below. I moderate a medical SubReddit like r/AskDocs. I need to automate text to appear in the text field whenever someone submits ...
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As a Reddit moderator, how do I compel each text post to contain this same Q & A format? [closed]

How can I obligate this format of questions and answers in each text post (on my SubReddit)? Posters shall answer EACH numbered question, which posters can't change. How can AutoModerator remove any ...
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Daily digest of specific Subreddit?

Is it possible to receive a daily digest of the best/hottest posts on a specific Subreddit? Does Reddit offer that natively or is there a third-party service that does that?
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What does this number mean on reddit?

Am reading a Reddit post on Desktop web (Chrome, MacOS). What does these 14M, 16F mean? "14 years old Male"?
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Why I can open Reddit in Chrome but not in Firefox?

Instead, I got this: Basically, Firefox complains that Reddit has a certificate for firstmedia.com firstmedia.com is my ISP. In Indonesia, ISP is required to block bad sites and Reddit is one of the ...
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How do I simultaneously unsubscribe from all subreddits, without clicking each 'Unsubscribe' button?

The screenshot beneath portrays the titled question. My Attempts I input the following 2 scripts from Reddit into my URL bar, but my Firefox and Chrome misinterpreted them as Google searches which ...
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What does i.reddit.com mean on Reddit?

I stumbled upon an i.reddit.com page on Reddit on this post, What does that mean? Here is what it looks like:
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Acceptable posting protocol to Reddit

I'm a NOOB to Reddit and I'd like to start posting links from my website. I've read their FAQ and it seems I'm okay with posting content. My concern is that I may post some content that has already ...
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How to gain initial reputation on Reddit?

I'm new to Reddit and I'm trying to contribute to discussions. However, all my posts and comments are being removed due to having insufficient karma. I tried to like posts and comments, write my own ...
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How do I search content on a specific subreddit on Reddit.com?

For instance, I want to search all "game" in https://www.reddit.com/r/france/ how can I do that?
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Is it possible to view reddit as normal forum website?

Reddit has a horrible design as a website. I do not understand how it became so popular then. But it often happens that Google searches leads to some reddit thread which looks very relevant for me. ...
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Create post button disabled in reddit

The above pic describes the current situation. I am able to write the contents of a post but I am unable to create it as the button is grayed out. Any differentials on the reason behind this?
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How do I fix my reddit comment sorting?

I recently somehow messed up my reddit sorting. By default when I open a thread, it sorts by new, not top. I prefer to see Top, but cannot figure out how I can revert this change. I have looked ...
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Can we see who all upvoted a reddit post or comment?

I am interested in learning which people upvoted a particular post or comment on reddit. Further, do they have any documented http api's to this effect?
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How is Reddit a news aggregator?

I read that Reddit is a news aggregator; if that’s the case, does it support RSS feeds and can I add my own?
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Can't post certain images to Reddit

On Reddit certain memes I make can't be posted. When I try to post them it loads for about 30 seconds and then brings me to my posts on my profile page. It works for some images but not others. These ...
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How to to obtain a "takeout" style export of a reddit account?

I'd like to save references and copies to/of all the comments, and submissions made by the account, as well as a listing of upvoted/downvoted links, in addition to private messages, in a user-friendly ...
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How can someone share a Reddit link onto Facebook while preserving the original title, with as little friction as possible?

Say, you post a thread like http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/t4d6d/how_do_you_share_a_reddit_link_onto_facebook/... Then it shows up like this:
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What is 'legacy search' on Reddit?

As the comment beneath was posted to answer the question titled "Why is the Reddit search engine so awful?", I'm inferring that 'legacy search' is better than Reddit's standard search? How? ...
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Why is the total number of comments is larger than the counted number in Reddit?

I have seen this several times, for example, this post. At the moment of asking this there are only 6 visible comments, but the total number says it's 7. Why is that?
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An IFTTT recipe to post every link I post to a sub-reddit into a Quora Board? [closed]

Does anyone know how to use IFTTT in order to take every post on a specific sub-reddit (not comments, just "top level" posts), and import them into a specific Quora Board?
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It has been 20 hours and my post on Reddit still hasn't shown up

I submitted a post to /r/ImGoingToHellForThis. I've checked on the new tab on the subreddit and the post is nowhere to be found. Any idea why it seems to be completely off the radar?
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How can I hide Reddit link posts?

I want to hide posts that are just submitted links, as I'm only interested in reading original content, not viewing images, videos, memes and spam blogs. Hiding text posts ("self post") is possible ...
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Filter out video links from Reddit

I would like to see all link posts linking to videos gone from Reddit as I see it, in the Home tab and when browsing specific subs. If detecting a video isn't possible than just getting rid of all ...
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How is reddit's link karma calculated?

I couldn't find it easily in their FAQ: When does your link karma increase 1 point? I don't think it's a one-one relationship with votes, as some of my stuff got upvoted and it didn't change ...
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How can I block Reddit.self posts?

I've used Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) in Safari for some time now to filter out stuff I don't want to see, but I'd really like to block all self posts. I've tried going through the options, but ...
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What is the submitter button on Reddit?

The [S] button in the image below is labeled as submitter What does it do? I click on it but nothing happens.
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Can I use the NoCSS function for comment sections?

A lot of sites on reddit have a rather flashy design, especially gaming related subreddits. Now while I wouldn't consider the subreddits i sometimes browse during work as NSFW, the design is often a ...
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Did Imgur discontinue its image feed for specific Subreddits two days ago?

With https://imgur.com/r/$SUBREDDIT/rss you have a image feed for a specific subreddit. I love to see images directly in my feed reader. No need to click on Reddit links and open browser. example URL ...
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Why is my upvote not considered properly in reddit?

Yesterday I upvoted one comment, immediately I logged off. My upvote is gone. If I login again it is showing again my upvote. I saw other person's comment karma there is no change in it for my ...
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How can I use Reddit as a traditional RSS feed aggregator?

I love Reddit's interface, I'd like to use Reddit to access the feeds that I normally use Google Reader for. How can I treat arbitrary RSS feeds, such as BBC News and ycombinator, like subreddits?
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Are Reddit personalized RSS feeds reliable?

I just subscribed to a personalized feed of all my Reddit subscriptions yesterday. It doesn't seem to be very reliable though. Perhaps it's only updated once every X hours? Several times, I found ...
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Is it possible to get a RSS feed of a reddit with links to posts with X upvotes?

I created a subreddit that I am connecting to a twitter account via twitterfeed. Currently I have it pointed to this RSS feed. I would like to filter this RSS feed with posts that have X upvotes ...
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Cannot create a Reddit account [closed]

I'm seeing some weird behavior when I try to create a Reddit account. It says the account name is acceptable / not taken, my passwords match, and I pass the CAPTCHA (I get an error when I don't) but ...
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Gmail merges IFTTT emails into conversations even with different subjects

I have a IFTTT recipe, which mails me on new posts on a certain subreddit. The subject looks like: [IFTTT] {{Title}} via /r/{{Subreddit}} In Gmail I have a filter that filters on from:(action@ifttt....
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How do I format text from Reddit on IFTTT?

Is there any way I could remove some words from the Reddit posts when trying to use IFTTT to post to Facebook? As of now, I am trying to trigger the recipe for any new topics in a subreddit and then ...
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How to access blacked-out contents on /r/AskReddit?

I am browsing /r/AskReddit and I find a lot of content is blacked-out. Some blacked-out contents are last edit information, username, karma, the whole body of the post. I do not find blacked out ...
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Why don't my submissions show up on the New page?

When I post an image to a subreddit it doesn't even appear under the "new" tab. What could be going on for it to not show there?