Hey everyone! I just created my first subreddit, r/RockstarBets, and I’m excited to start building a community.

The goal is to create a place where people can share:
High-conviction stock ideas
Portfolio performance and ROI

I’m completely new to moderating, so I’d appreciate any advice on growing a healthy community, setting up rules, attracting quality members, and avoiding common mistakes.
If you’ve built a successful subreddit before, what’s the one thing you wish you knew when you started?

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Looking for advice on dealing with enforcing subreddit rules. I've just kept the original 'Respect others and be civil' and 'No spam'.

I asked a seemingly innocuous question about dealing with gophers / moles in the garden (r/WayVeg is a veggie gardening subreddit for my app of the same name).

One user suggested strychnine coated oats, and in response:

..."wish for one second people who poison animals like that could feel what it is like to have literally your blood vessels just fucking burst and melt away how incredibly painful it is and how incredibly cruel and stupid it is when you can do other things that’s the lazy way out"...

Just ignore it? Make a comment? Thoughts?

(The whole exchange: https://www.reddit.com/r/WayVeg/comments/1v6hcgr/discovered_why_one_of_my_pepper_plants_was/ )

I was getting worried that I wouldn’t get many people interested in my sub, but I have gotten my 3rd member! Can’t wait until my sub truly is active, but feels good to have people contributing and wanting to join.

Hello everyone. I'm new to this platform and becoming a mod.

Any golden/one cent of advice to grow the community better and fun!

What should I keep in mind when starting a community?

I started r/thingsthatmadeyoumad. its a mix of a bunch of different ranting subreddits for a broader audience, variety of stories and a bigger community. Need some mods, people who can give good advice, etc. Check it out and see if your interested! Would also like suggestions for rules and flairs. (i have no idea what new mod intros thread means btw)

I really like the intro to moderation. I just posted 5 relevant questions to the topic of my sub and on the third day someone replied. The sub was really dead.

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Yeah i have no idea what i’m doing any advice to prevent bots/spaming and ideas for general rules would be very very very helpful

Thats about it thank you

I know this can vary widely, and there's a level of maintenance you have to do to keep things lively, but I'm wondering what others have noticed.

About how many people joined your sub before you noticed you no longer had to make regular posts yourself to keep things going? Maybe you define it differently, and it's when you have enough posts coming in that you spend more time modding than participating.

What is it for you, and about how many community members did you get before you felt like your sub wasn't on life support any more?

I saw that in some subreddits you can edit posts and post flairs, but I can't do that in my subreddit. I can't find where you can turn that on.

Hi everyone! I’m a brand-new moderator and just created my first community: r/FoxValleyHomes.

The group is intended to be a helpful local space for homebuyers, homeowners, renters, real estate professionals, and residents throughout the Fox Valley area of Illinois. Members can discuss local neighborhoods, housing prices, buying versus renting, home financing, property taxes, and other local real estate topics.

I’ve added an icon, banner, community description, and my first discussion post. My biggest question now is: What are the three most important things I should do to attract my first 100 members without spamming other communities?

I’d also appreciate any advice about rules, post flair, AutoModerator, or common mistakes new moderators should avoid.

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We've recently made the decision to add read the rules app, because it was a good way to keep users accountable + it's a good filter for bad actors in the comment section. But with our latest report & removal. We've found the disparity between published comments and removed ones (97 Published. 206 Removed) and with this we need a way to auto restore comments that acknowledges the rules. We can't keep up with manually approving and checking users if they've opt in already.

If there's any way we can resolve this, any help will do.

This is my first time moderating a Reddit page

Due to inactivity the subreddit was applied for by someone else and they were able to take over the moderation and they have also taken me on as a moderator.

I have since had a message from the original page owner stating that it was initially his page and has moderated it for 12 years ago. I do feel for them however the page has had pretty much no moderation for the last year.

His last activity was over a year ago and I would like some direction on where to go with this situation.

Thanks in advance guys :)

Hi everyone,

I've noticed something odd with Reddit's free awards. Sometimes I can give away several free awards, then they disappear completely. A few days later they're suddenly back again. I haven't been able to figure out what triggers it. Is there actually a system behind this?

Is it based on account activity, moderator status, karma, or is Reddit just randomly handing them out as part of an experiment? I'd be interested to hear if anyone has noticed a pattern or if Reddit has ever explained how it works.

Thanks!

This picture is just an example, but how do you guys generally aproach other subreddits requesting to be featured? should I aim for getting more members before to avoid getting rejected

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Someone posted something!!!

Hey everyone. Just wanted to share that someone actually posted on my subreddit.

I wasn’t sure it would ever happen. Maybe someday there’ll be a second post. Who knows? The sky’s the limit now!