All memos tagged #reddit-lexicon

The Front Page is a colloquial reference to the designation Reddit has as "the front page of the internet" [1][2] Content that "hits the front page" has garnered enough Upvotes in the subreddit to...

The Reddit Glossary is a collection of specialized terms used within Reddit that make communication efficient for regular Redditors but may confuse casual users. Glossary A Alt — An alternative user...

Neutral frame is a Submission Framing posture in which the poster describes a submission in Objective Language and establishes no perspective on it, leaving the community to supply the reaction. A...

tl;dr, short for "too long; didn't read", is Reddit slang to say that some text being replied to has been ignored because of its length. In slang it can also stand for "Too lazy; didn't read". It is...

A shadowban (also called stealth banning and ghost banning)bans a user from a subreddit in such a way that the user is unaware they have been banned—submissions are only visible to the user who...

Moderators onReddit are volunteer arbitrators of the subreddits within. Related Unpaid and Abused: Moderators Speak Out Against Reddit, engadget.com (ft. GallowBoob) reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit...

Upvote is a method on the website Reddit by which users can signal their approval or support for a post. Upvotes move a post towards the top of the site, and they are a way to measure how many people...

Crossposting is the act of posting the same message to multiple information channels. reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) Tags

The AutoModerator (also called AutoMod) is a customizable moderation bot—designed to assist human Moderator (reddit) moderators—which monitors submissions to and comments on subreddits; acting on...

A subreddit is a sub-community on Reddit dedicated to the discussion of a particular subject — ranging from broad topics like r/technology and r/gifs to specific topics like r/teslamotors and...

What Is the Reddit Hug of Death? A Reddit Hug of Death is when Redditors fervently load a webpage that has made its way to the Front Page of Reddit and, as a result, crashes the destination's...

The Hug of Death is when traffic from a major aggregator — most often Reddit's Front Page, historically Slashdot — overwhelms a destination site's servers, causing it to drop requests, time out, or...

The 9:1 Self-Promotion Rule is Reddit's community-cited ratio for self-promotion: for every promotional post you contribute, you should contribute nine non-promotional ones. Phrased as both "9:1" and...

Self-Promotion on Reddit is the practice of sharing content that promotes a person, brand, product, or service in a Reddit community. Reddit's official guidance — published in the self-promotion wiki...

Reddiquette is Reddit's community-norm framework for participation — a hybrid of platform-level rules published by Reddit and community-enforced expectations that vary by subreddit. The term combines...

Ask Me Anything (AMA) is a Q&A format originating on Reddit where a notable or interesting person invites the community to ask them questions in a Text Post. The format is anchored by the r/IAmA and...

Defaults were the subreddits to which new Reddit users are subscribed. Up to May 2017, these subreddits were chosen by Administrators based on content and activity, but changes to Reddit's...

The subredditr/popular is a default feed on the social news aggregation website Reddit, designed to showcase top-ranked posts from a wide array of communities while excluding Not Safe for Work (NSFW)...

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On Reddit, shilling refers to the practice of promoting, endorsing, or advertising a product, service, idea, or agenda while presenting oneself as an ordinary, disinterested user. In common usage on...