by When you sign up to Reddit, you will gain access to a social media platform where users are allowed to post content, create communities, vote on links, like and share comments. It is one of the biggest social media platforms where members can discuss everything ranging from sports, news, and technology, to arts and literature – anything at all. Reddit can also be used by members to promote their business or become an authority in a subject matter by sharing relevant information about the subject. Reddit is one of the websites where people can first get information or news before anyone else and also comment on them. If you are looking for a place where you can get news, join in conversations about a subject, get answers to your questions or entertain yourself, then Reddit is the app that can give you just that and many more. This article will guide you on how to successfully join the Reddit family by showing you the step by step procedures on how to sign up to a Reddit account for free, how to log in to your Reddit account and other information you need to know about the Reddit app. So let’s get to it.
About Reddit
Reddit is one of the largest social media platforms that involve posting links, reading content, joining in discussions about topics and also search subreddits. Reddit was founded in 2005 and ranks as the 16th most visited site in the world with over 450 million active users monthly. When people post on Reddit, their posts are arranged into subreddits. Subreddits are just communities that are focused on the same topics. Reddit contains about 138,000 subreddits and each subreddit begins with the letter ‘/r/’. Users can find subreddits by using the search field located at the top of their page and typing the topic they want on the search bar.
Reddit is free except for the Reddit premium which allows users to navigate the Reddit site ad-free and also get access to exclusive subreddits. Anyone can navigate through the Reddit site and registered users can make submissions or join subreddits. Users can also comment on other users’ submissions and also upvote or downvote submissions. When users upvote a comment or submission, it adds points to the post while downvotes deduct points from the vote. Reddit Karma is like the Reddit scoring system and when a person’s post is upvoted or downvoted on Reddit, it appears on their karma. Karma is just used for fun and also to determine if a user is trustworthy by the number of upvotes or downvotes they get. Apart from these, there is nothing much to be scared about the Reddit Karma.
Submissions are usually featured on the Reddit front page and contain the most voted post from all the subreddits, subreddits you have joined or posts you must have spent time on before. You can download the Reddit app for all devices including Android devices and iPhones and can be gotten from the different app stores.
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How to Sign up to Reddit
Signing up to Reddit is pretty easy and also free. To sign up to Reddit, you must first create an account on Reddit. The step on how to create an account on Reddit using the web or mobile app is listed below:
- Visit the Reddit webpage on www.reddit.com or open the Reddit mobile app on your device.
- Click on sign up which is located at the top right corner of your screen.
- You can decide to continue with your Google or Apple.
- Enter your email address and click on continue.
- Enter your desired name which is the name you would like to be addressed as on the Reddit app. Your username cannot be changed once you have signed up so you need to think carefully before selecting a username.
- Enter a password of not less than 6 characters.
- At the bottom of the page, click on sign up and you will be automatically signed up to your Reddit account.
Note that you will need to be active on Reddit by posting, liking and commenting on other posts. Your Reddit account must be up to 30 days old and your Reddit Karma must reach a certain point before you can join a community or group on Reddit.
How to Sign in to Your Reddit Account
To sign in to your Reddit account you need to:
- Open your browser and go to the Reddit webpage or open the Reddit app on your mobile phone.
- Click on the login button.
- You can decide to log in with your Google account or apple or login in with your password and username.
- Click on login and you will be able to log in to your account.
In a case where you have forgotten your Reddit password, you can reset it using your email by clicking on ‘forgot password’.
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How to Delete your Reddit Account
In a case where you want to delete your Reddit account for some reason. Here are the steps to do it:
- Log in to your Reddit account.
- There is a drop-down arrow that is located close to your username, click on it.
- Tap on users’ settings and click on ‘deactivate account’.
- Type in the reason you would like to deactivate your account. You might choose to omit this step because it is optional.
- Type in your username and your password and then check the agreement box.
Your account will be successfully deleted. You cannot recover your Reddit data and contents again once you delete your account, so you might want to think this through.
With this guide, I hope you can now sign up to a Reddit account, log in to your account and also delete your account if you wish? For further questions, kindly use the comment section below and we would get back to you as soon as possible.
