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Stand out and start cultivating a Reddit community with these five must-try tips for attracting subscribers.
 
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This nifty feature helps your community members make posts that follow the rules of your community, making moderating easier for you. 
 
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Finding another mod buddy who can co-manage your community through the adventure ahead makes all the difference.
 
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Creating a Reddit Community 101

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New Community Checklist

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New Mod FAQs

Frequent questions asked by new mods
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Content 101

New communities need content to grow
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Key Settings for New Mods

Five settings you should know

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Success stories to inspire you

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r/WaysToPBJ

Learn how this food fandom found their first 100 subscribers
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r/Outfits

From zero to 940k+ fashion lovers, see how they did it
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r/AskAstronomy

See how this space community grew to 44k enthusiasts
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r/RollsRoyce

Discover how this community rallied to 10k+ car fans

Success stories to inspire you

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r/WaysToPBJ

Learn how this food fandom found their first 100 subscribers
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r/Outfits

From zero to 940k+ fashion lovers, see how they did it.
Short Community (3)-Jul-16-2024-05-02-44-7950-PM
r/AskAstronomy

Hear advice from the mod of this space community
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r/RollsRoyce

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Make your community stand out

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There's a place for everyone

rWaysToPBJ mod
Can you share one of the more memorable moments or experiences that you've witnessed as a result of your online community?
Moderator • r/WaysToPBJ

 

“My best moment I think was seeing the subreddit I created mentioned elsewhere on a subreddit I moderate. They didn't even realize I was also moderating r/WaysToPBJ so to me, that represented the subreddit finally taking off enough that word of mouth has escaped my mouth, if that makes sense. I'm no longer the only person posting, commenting, or talking about the subreddit elsewhere. At least, not exclusively.”

rNotFoolingAnybody mod
Can you share one of the more memorable moments or experiences that you've witnessed as a result of your online community?
 
Moderator • r/NotFoolingAnybody
 
“The creator of the original blog I based the subreddit around contacted me and thanked me for helping to keep the spirit of their website alive. I was glad that I was able to help revive a dead internet community by introducing new people to the topic through Reddit.”
rLovelyLetters mod
What inspired you to create a community?
 
Moderator • r/LovelyLetters
 
“I was inspired to create r/LovelyLetters after noticing that people were complaining about a certain kind of post in subs like r/handwriting and r/penmanshipporn; people wanted to share the fun, one-off perfect letters that everyone sometimes writes but those didn't really fit those subs. I started r/LovelyLetters to give those posts a home!”
rAskAstronomy mod
If you were to give new moderators tips for growing their subreddit, what might you say to them?
 
Moderator • r/AskAstronomy
 
“I love sharing the interesting questions which we receive, and seeing how experts respond to them. Sometimes the more sci-fi questions start a lively debate!”
rBlunderYears mod
Can you share one of the more memorable moments or experiences that you've witnessed as a result of your online community?
 
Moderator • r/BlunderYears
 
“One of our posts was used by Reddit in an advertisement in New York City. That was really cool.”
rPetDoves mod
Can you share one of the more memorable moments or experiences that you've witnessed as a result of your online community?
 
Moderator • r/PetDoves
 
“I've seen this little community develop in-jokes, and come to each other's aid countless times over the years. It has it's own slang. It has an entire cast of regulars that filter in and out. There are birds I know by name, users I've learned to really appreciate the input of, and It's really grown apart from me. That has genuinely been pretty cool to see.”

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