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Reddit moderates itself so well that even half the legitimate posts get immediately removed by mods or downvoted by users to oblivion

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I've actually given up trying to post on Reddit for this reason. Whenever I've tried to join in on a discussion in some subreddit that's relevant(eg r/chess) my post has been autoremoved by a bot because my karma is too low or my account is "too new". Well how can I get any karma if all my posts are deleted?

Even those who farm accounts know the simple answer to your question. You have to spend a little time being civil in other subreddits before you reveal the real you. Just takes a few weeks.

The comments I made were quite serious and civil. Not sure what you mean. They were autodeleted by a bot. I wasn't trolling or anything.

I'm not particularly interested in spending a lot of time posting on reddit. But very occasionally I'll come across a thread I can contribute meaningfully to and want to comment. Even if allowed I'd probably just make a couple comments a year or something. But I guess the site isn't set up for that, so fuck it.

Sounds like you glossed over the phrase “in other subreddits”, which is the secret sauce. The point of my phrasing was not to suggest that you aim to be uncivil, but to highlight that the above works even for those who do aim to. So, surely, it should work for you, too.

IOW you're supposed to disclose identifying information and earn social credits, in Redditspeak.

You ask for the post to get approved. You probably can't imagine the amount of spam subreddits suffer under.

Mods simply ignore any such messages, especially from new or low karma accounts. Entreaties into the void.

In the cases I remember there was no such recourse. It was just autodeleted by a bot.

You have to send the moderators a message manually. They can unhide comments held by AutoMod.

Comment in subreddits without those restrictions for a bit. E.g. this list: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/index/newusersubs/

I can see how it's frustrating, but the communities you're trying to post in are essentially offloading their moderation burden onto the big popular subreddits with low requirements -- if you can prove you're capable of posting there without getting downvoted into oblivion, you're probably going to be less hassle for the smaller moderator teams.

That's silly. I gotta go shitpost in subreddits I have no interest in as some sort of bizarre rite of passage? I'd rather just not use the site at that point.

Yet here you are posting on HN which does the exact same thing.

Actually, HN has a much better system. Comments from new accounts, like your throwaway, are dead by default, but any user can opt in to seeing dead posts, and any user with a small amount of karma can vouch those posts, reviving them. Like I just did to your post.

New account comments are not dead by default, they just render the author name in green.

Also @dang answers emails and always replies fairly and thoughtfully, because he is mindful of creating a better community.

I think that shitposting would be the opposite of what you want to do, insofar as doing things that get you downvoted would lower your karma.

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