Does anyone use Reddit?

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   Xenonlitposted 13 years ago

   I heard that Reddit has a lot of traffic and users and wondered if anyone can attribute increased audience from using Reddit.

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      wavegirl22posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Traffic will rise for a moment or 2. If you want success from Reddit, it is like anything, you must put the work into it. It is a thriving community and one in which you need to know which sub direct to correctly post to as well as be an active member.

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   diplessposted 13 years ago

   My personal experience has been less than successful, however I don't think i am using it to it's full potential so i will be happy to get more advice and information from a more seasoned pro.

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   skyfireposted 13 years ago

   Community is good but less useful for promotion.

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      davenmidtownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      It seems like a yappy group ...Reddit.... I have posted hubs there and not much ever happens... I think you have to be one of THE people there... although homesteadbound posted a hub there that went viral.  3000 views in a few hours...  Personally, not worth it for me...

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         Jean Bakulaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I went on and said I was a professional Astrologer (I am) and got trashed. They swore at me and acted like complete jerks. It seems to be a bunch of teens and young adults who are in love with themselves and think they are oh so hip. You have to play the game and post a few things, and the system makes you wait and won't let you post too much. Maybe you need to be one of THE people as davenidtown above suggests. Your traffic will spike for a few days if you manage to leave a link to one of your hubs, but they don't really like people from Hubpages that much. You have to decide if it's worth it to you. Good luck.

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            wavegirl22posted 13 years agoin reply to this

            What is it that you wanted to be 'there' ?
            
            
            
            
            Not true, I have been over there for a few weeks now and I have found the community pretty warm and very helpful.
            
            As in anything, you have to understand where you are what you want to accomplish and what the rules are before you go and start posting/linking things.

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               Jean Bakulaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Each person is different and gets a different experience with Reddit. Mine was several months ago, there was a long forum thread about it, and many confirmed that their experience was as negative as mine. If yours is good and it helps you get your work noticed, that's great.

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                  wavegirl22posted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  I was merely pointing out something that you said
                  
                  
                  And by pointing out that it wasnt true that Reddit doesnt like Hubbers, I was just suggesting you understand the site and its TOS . .
                  
                  You have to agree that you get back what you put in.

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            davenmidtownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            does anyone know how it compares to DIGG?

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               cr00059nposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Its quite similar in experience. People don't stay on many of my links too long. Bounce rate is high.  I personally think, Reddit is better!

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   skyfireposted 13 years ago

   If hubbers are so protective about the community, what makes you think reddit users are going to be any different and will tolerate any link dropper? They have filters for submitting same domain per day or week. So you have to vary your post submission per domain.

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   DonnaCosmatoposted 13 years ago

   I did give Reddit a try but found that for whatever reasons (possibly the topics of my hubs) other social media sites provided more traffic. I did not have any problems and thought the community aspect was nice, but I only have time to use a few sites for promotion so my decision to not use them was based strictly on productivity and not any other metrics.

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   Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years ago

   Eventually you're going to get "black listed."  What I mean is that the site is full of trolls, it's actually a troll kingdom...and the unwritten law of troll kingdom Reddit.com is that people that share their own links will eventually be identified and have anything they submit buried.
   
   Next time you're Hubpages subdomain gets put into a Google Sandbox...start a new reddit account, and share newer links of yours there - I still get daily traffic from reddit from older accounts and links that I shared there before sub reddit moderation trolls figured out that the links I was sharing were mostly my own.
   
   You can't win with those people on their own terms....they hate self publishers, and they hate people that promote their self published links on their troll kingdom website.
   
   It's a place where a picture of a cat's ass get's voted up, and no matter how good your own article is...it's going to eventually get you "blacklisted" because you shared it yourself.

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   skyfireposted 13 years ago

   I don't see hubpages community any different than Reddit one. You have trolls, grammar nazis and people who insult others all the time in the name of religion. There are people here who just drop FAQ links without explaining anything to newbie threads, in their own terms that's valuable contribution. There are some folks on hubpages who enjoy hunting newbies with their sarcastic and so-called intelligent posts. You can also find people who oppose self promotion (be it backlinks, links in your own hubs or forum threads etc). So this makes  reddit no different than hubpages.

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      wavegirl22posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      +1
      
      as always Skyfire comes through with smart and oh so wise words!

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      Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      The difference is that Hubpages.com isn't antagonistic towards persons who only joined to promote their own site or blog.

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         skyfireposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I'm surprised especially after knowing that you're posting this point with experience of 2 years here on hubpages ignoring all the recent updated rules be it for earning and content publishing. Oh and not to forget after knowing how people got banned here just for asking what is "spun" content.

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            Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Those are all great rules!!!
            
            Listen, I've had more problems with moderators than some other folks have had.  I'm positive that I've had hubs "unpublished" for totally stupid reasons.  I ALSO realize that moderators here have spotted Google Adsense TOS violations that might have saved my ass.
            
            You can self promote all you want to at Hubpages.com!  You only need to have original content and limit yourself to two links to any other website that you are affiliated with per hub.

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   rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

   I've submitted a few links there, but have not invested enough time to know if it's worth it. I know my son gets a decent amount of traffic from the site with his reviews. The sub-reddits are important, I guess.
   
   As far as comparing the two sites, HP has all of the aforementioned trolls, flag nazies, etc.

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   zoey24posted 13 years ago

   I post all my hub links on there, and get a good stream of traffic from them

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    Mark Ewbieposted 13 years ago

    I had huge traffic, compared to normal, and then got banned.  So it was a brief taste of what might have been. Whether the traffic was worth having is another story.

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       Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       And you wrote an outstanding hub about reddit.
       
       I probably referenced at least two "Ewbieisms" in my first comment here.  Next time a monster panda steals my cookies - I'll make another reddit account and get several hundred views a day on things I published since I've been there last.

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          Mark Ewbieposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Wesman .  That separate account thing... not a bad idea maybe.

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    Garrett Mickleyposted 13 years ago

    Reddit is the new 4chan, I would stay away from there.

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    Xenonlitposted 13 years ago

    Sounds like another site promising something, demanding a lot of free 
    labor and giving nothing. I will give little and see if I get something.
    
    Thanks all. I had troubles this week and apologize for not being more here.

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