Reddit subs won't 'allow' a new account or one without enough Karma to post. This has a chilling effect on speech and I will not stand for it.

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

We were already chatting, but welcome. I highly recommend browsing by s/all or changing preferences->content options->home page to All.

First thing I used to do with a new Reddit account was farm a little bit of karma. r/AskReddit is usually good for a couple thousand without much effort. Just need to pick the right spots, visible places on the comment trees, in active threads, to insert stupid one-liner jokers or whatever kind of crap you see being upvoted.

Once you have a nice pile of karma you can say whatever the fuck you want without worrying about downvotes. However, this alarms the redditors. They do not understand why you are not terrified of downvotes. Unfortunately this usually results in bans, even without any rule breaking.

Not that I recommend using Reddit, but if that is your preference, don't let karma stop ya.

[–]Antarchomachus[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hello again Muskrat, thanks for the tip, I think I kind of like how this might keep the subs less quarantined. The reddit stuff you mention really is also part of what turned me off to the community, it makes the interactions feel 'gamified' and less than satisfying. Been enjoying the discussions here on Saidit so far

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Please make that intro a public service announcement. Maybe link to some other PSAs too.

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I know what you're thinking. Something like:

PSA: How to keep yo ass back on Reddit, and not be bothering any of the fine folk on Saidit cause you ain't know to dodge a ban or farm karma.

This OP seems decent tho.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I know what you're thinking.

Clearly not. My fault for 1) being lazy, 2) not being clear enough, 3) referring to your "intro" paragraph in your comment within /s/Introductions might be easily confused to the feeble-minded and hurried-readers alike (I know you're not the former).

We were already chatting, but welcome. I highly recommend browsing by s/all or changing preferences->content options->home page to All.

Is very similar to this:
/s/SaidIt/comments/899v/public_service_announcement_are_you_getting_all/

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Is very similar to this: /s/SaidIt/comments/899v/public_service_announcement_are_you_getting_all/

I paraphrased the most pertinent information for a new user here, how to more effectively navigate the site than a more reddit-centric approach.

We could have automod give posters a comment with relevant info. Not a bad idea, but if it's too long people are just going to skip it. And it's not just that alone, new people should be reading the site rules and PoD as well.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

We could have automod give posters a comment with relevant info.

Great idea.

Not a bad idea, but if it's too long people are just going to skip it.

Agreed.

new people should be reading the site rules and PoD as well.

Completely unnecessary. Both and more are all in the FAQ. Centralized, simple, and clear.

I've been meaning to draft a "SaidIt Newbie Tips", "SaidIt Pro Tips", and others, to include in the FAQ to be improved over time, and to copypasta post on occasion. A bot could rotate through them and repost one every 10 days or something, and/or, do that automod thing. Perhaps you'd be interested in drafting up some wiki info like that? (I'm swamped working on /s/Projex and some rally stuff.)

/u/d3rr, thoughts?

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JC and /u/AmericanMuskrat every new user gets messaged this, feel free to suggest improvements or make them (without being a verbose motherfucker) https://saidit.net/wiki/templates/welcome_message

I feel this welcome message is really the one chance to communicate how we deepthroat the whole pyramid

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I feel this welcome message is really the one chance to communicate how we deepthroat the whole pyramid

For something so auspicious there should be welcoming tits.