• Users of Reddit are called Redditors
• Subreddits are niche communities about certain topics
• Redditors vote your content up or down
• Popular Reddit content earns Karma which can boost your Reddit standing
• It has glossaries to help you keep track of Reddit abbreviations
• To register all you need is a username, password and email
• Reddit discourage using your real name or birth year in your username.

• You'll automatically be subscribed to several popular subreddits such as r/videos
• Subscribe to other subreddits based on your research area and interests.

Use the accessible content checklist to create a blog that is quicker and easier for everyone to understand and use, regardless of individal need. Making your online content accessibleis also a legal rquirement for universities. It's simple to do and makes a big difference.

• Photographs of people can be considered personal data. Ask for written consent to use photographs and archive this information for the future
• Different types of material have their own copyright frameworks. Read the University’s Copyright policy and guidelines and contact copyright@kent.ac.uk for advice.

• Share your content to the most relevant subreddit community – a potential audience of millions
• Redditors will vote your content up or down
• Upvoted content gains good karma and boosts your Reddit standing
• The homepage will pull the best performing posts from the largest subreddits to create a snapshot of site activity.

• Redditors can only create a subreddit if they have:
• a minimum amount of good karma (which is low but kept secret to prevent spam)
• had an account for at least 30 days
• Go to your reddits listing to Create your own subreddit
• Search to find posts and subreddits
• Follow relevant and active communities (r/science is one of Reddit’s largest and most active subreddit communities with more than 11 million subscribers).

Talk about your work through the Reddit Science 'Ask Me Anything' Series:

• It’s open to all practising research scientists or groups
• It let's your community know that they can ask you anything
• Highly effective way to engage the general public with your research.

Click the button below to email the Research and Scholarly Communication team about social media for researchers.