Comments on: Don’t Ever Laugh Out Loud on Reddit

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6 Tips for Behavior and Managing Social Media Community Profiles | RJ67 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:43:11 +0000

[...] found this interesting blog post about never LOL-ing on Reddit. If you’re trying to promote a business or brand, that’s probably sound [...]

By: diamondTearz

diamondTearz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:14:11 +0000

Heading over the the Reddiquette!

By: sal

sal — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:05:03 +0000

I can't think of a single forum, messageboard or social networking board where just posting “LOL” after a comment or story doesn't mark you out as either a 13 year old girl or someone running up post count for some reason. I find it incredible that someone who has been using the internet for more than 3 days had to 'learn' that.

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:31:24 +0000

Cool, I will add you as a friend :)

By: kathcom

kathcom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:16:34 +0000

My reddit user name is kathcom
http://www.reddit.com/user/kathcom

Thanks!

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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:27:19 +0000

[...] found this interesting blog post about never LOL-ing on Reddit. If you

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:22:13 +0000

Hi Adam, that would have been a better catchy title for reddit! Thanks for the tips. I agree, Reddit is more about contributing to the community. Too bad I didn't wait for you to submit the post!

By: AdamPieniazek

AdamPieniazek — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:58:23 +0000

Also, don't self submit. It works sometimes but usually fails. I actually went to submit this with the title of “The Trials & Tribulations of a Reddit Newbie” which might have gotten some play, but alas, you already submitted it….

By: AdamPieniazek

AdamPieniazek — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:56:17 +0000

Your first mistake was focusing on karma points. Reddit is really a place where you have to put your ego/self-promotion aside and focus on contributing to the community. Being helpful (adding info to stories via links or explanations in comments) goes a ways there.

Having said that, some of my silliest comments got me a bunch of karma points while some of my more thought provoking comments got no play.

And you're right about headlines, they're absolutely crucial on reddit.

The merciless thing is one of my favorite aspects of reddit, keeps the noise factor to a minimum.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:08:45 +0000

What about lollerskating? is that allowed?

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:38:06 +0000

@Beiruta, hey, it has been tough at first! Almost frustrating! it is quiet challenging! hehehe, no you know to be careful about the “LOL”, if you must write it down, do it in a very long comment ;)

and read the rediquette, it helps :)

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:33:35 +0000

Actually Autom, I would advise you to give it a try and be patient about it :)

Reddit didn't grab my attention when I first stumbled on it, maybe due to its interface (it is not as cute as twitter or cool as mixx, and it did frustrate me when I started to be active and felt some hostility in the air. But then, I felt so excited when a story that I have submitted managed to hit the top rank at some point! Maybe it is the challenge behind it that makes success tastes better.

It can be fun afterall :)

cheers man..

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000

Kathcom, you are right. Reddit crowd are MERCILESS! I usually get as many vote downs as vote ups! Sometime it is hard to figure out why. But at the end of the day, maybe it is a good way to push us to try to submit quality content as much as we can.

I loved the boyfriend pillow gift for lonely friends on your blog! hehehe :)

What is your reddit user name? I will add you as a friend.

Thanks for subscribing to our feed. You won't be disappointed :)

By: Beiruta

Beiruta — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:48:01 +0000

Dear @FadiPick...

Great post! I admire the way you have managed to use your personal experience to offer advice and deep insights to Reddit users who might be facing the same problems earning karma on Reddit, no matter what they try to do!

My karma on Reddit is low compared to many users and my comment karma is even lower! Your post made me realize exactly what I was doing wrong, mainly, my comment karma was being decreased due to the "LOL" use! If it weren't for you post, I would have never found out what I was doing wrong!

I hope other Reddit users will find and both vote up this informative post and benefit from it as much as I did.

Thanks.

By: Autom

Autom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:56:15 +0000

Nice analysis, Fadi. I've heard mix reviews from other people about Reddit. This post just makes me even feel even more reticent about giving it a whirl. I'm sure the folks at Reddit have something 'interesting' going (let's leave that very colourful adjective to speak volumes shall we?) But the overall community vibe sounds exclusionary, far too fastidious for random expression or creativity..and karma points? Reminds of my head-scratching moments with Plurk.

Don't get me wrong, I would be the first to vouche for weaving in the value of karma into a community experience. And I certainly appreciate how certain social sites have their unique flavours and idiosynchracies. But perhaps, the somewhat ascetic approach (LOL bans? really? what happened to free spirited interaction and opennes?) is a tad sifling for my taste.

I'd never say never of course and please don't think that your post has turned me off Reddit..well, to be honest, the site just never appealed to me.

Different strokes I guess. Here's my final thought, which I welcome everyone to LOL on: reddit? got it? good.

:-P Autom

By: kathcom

kathcom — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Thank you for the information on Rediquette. I will look at it today.
I have been on reddit for a while and have no karma. I read somewhere that if you submit something to the subreddit “funny” it had better be a laugh riot or you'll be voted down mercilessly.
I do reddit my own blog posts but I try to submit and vote up other things that I like as well. One of my posts got some traffic to my blog but otherwise, no. I haven't had anyone be rude to me yet in the comments, so I take that as a good sign. I'll also be subscribing to your feed. Thanks again!

By: Amer Kawar

Amer Kawar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:38 +0000

You're right, but most people with no time to become top-reddit-users are thinking the same thing, which means that the top users already have their 'Please help me out on reddit' filters on max.

For me, I guess investing some time in it is the way to go. :)

By: Team Nirvana

Team Nirvana — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:25:56 +0000

That's really a pain in the a$$ when it comes to loose the reputation that's so hard to get.

I priorly tried to understand and dwell well on Reddit, but as good things take time, which I hadn't any. So, I assume it's better to befriend some of the top echelon on reddit and promote your articles.