Reddit is praised for its vibrant community and diverse discussions, with users finding it a valuable source for niche content and real-time news. Maker reviews highlight its utility in community engagement and idea validation, with Buzzabout appreciating it as a truth source, Buildpad noting its effective API, and Jots valuing its community interaction. However, some users criticize its moderation policies and account management, citing issues with bans and content removal. Despite these challenges, Reddit remains a popular platform for connecting with like-minded individuals.

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Pros

discussion platform (13)

niche communities (11)

community engagement (10)

content diversity (4)

inspiration source (4)

real-time news (3)

feedback mechanism (2)

Cons

biased moderation (11)

content inconsistency (7)

strict posting requirements (6)

difficult navigation for new users (5)

lack of transparency (5)

shadow banning (5)

rude moderators (4)

API pricing issues (2)

echo chambers (2)

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Founder Reviews (16)

Lucy

used Reddit to build

LaunchDeck

(33 points)

Posted a prototype, got real users. Huge thanks to the Reddit community for helping turn this from idea to app.

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1mo ago

Muhammad Fauzi Masykur

used Reddit to build

Focusdim

(84 points)

The community help me to improve my app, with good feedback

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1mo ago

Juan Viera Garcia

used Reddit to build UTCP

UTCP

(126 points)

Building a Community on Reddit is what helped us gain validation for this product, so thank you!

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2mo ago

Other Reviews (58)

Banana828

•1 review

I am a Reddit user for many years, but the past years I had to create new accounts over and over again. With one account that had a huge amount of karma. So this is how you create a Reddit account: You register and make sure you can log in. Then you don't touch Reddit for 2 weeks. Then you come back and try to post. If that works: Congrats! But you can't post, because you need karma for most subreddits. So you comment on some posts so others can upvote you. If that works: Congrats! Only 30 karma away from posting! (1 karma per 3 days) But then Reddit decides the karma isn't counting. You can notice this by upvoting others. It seemed to work, but if you refresh the page, the upvote is reset. If this reset doesn't happen! Congrats! In the end, it will take you a full month to be able to post and communicate with others. But once in a while some Reddit admin decides to warn me about my posting behavior and if I don't adjust I will be banned. Just some automatic message without any valid reason I did something wrong. After a while, I know that when I get this 'warning' message, I would be banned the next day. So I already deleted my account. Oh, the message did say about involuntary photography and sharing of girls... I post in subreddits about Lego Technics, travel, and home renovation! This all is when you are a guy. I am not even joking. I created a new account (VPN, clean device) and registered as a female. I could post within 2 days! I am all in for equal rights, but I don't think Reddit gets the idea. If you ask me: Get Reddit offline and let's start a new Reddit that makes sense and makes it fun again!

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2yr ago

siva leela

•1 review

Worst app and makes no sense. There’s lot of racism and shot content. Can make kids spoil too

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1yr ago

LA VERDAD NO OFENDE

•1 review

It is garbage. I am an autist and I entered this platform trying to find help. Unfortunately I subscribed to a group called Autism in women which falsely promotes equaty and collaboration between autistic women, just to find a bunch of catty crazy females who bullied me and erased my account. No platform like this promoting bullying should exist. Reddit is a trash platform where narcissists and psychopaths are ring leaders who promote more abuse on vulnerable people.

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2yr ago

Owen Lamonte

•1 review

Site sucks now. I only used Apollo app to view, they won't let them continue so I will be ending my Reddit usership, hopefully they get rid of the morons and bring Reddit back to it's former glory, doubtful.

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2yr ago

Ryan Haft

•4 reviews

When they get rid of 3rd party apps by introducing API pricing, they are dead to me.

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2yr ago

Damon Humenik

•1 review

This is not a platform that represents American values. It throttles speech like chinese dictators and they lock your account to protect weak peoples feelings. Elon Musk needs to purchase reddit also and allow our 1st Amendment rights given back.

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2yr ago

Kona Katz

•1 review

Got banned and I tried to find out why. Wasn't given an answer about what I did. I tried to figure this out on my own and realized after some research about Reddit's/Mods questionable history. And as I found out, this is a HUGE problem with this site. But now I understand. Decided to delete my account since they weren't willing to explain to me why I'm banned and their app was teeeerrible. They are not worthy of my business and username presence. They will NOT have any power over me. So bye reddit. Huge disappointment.

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1yr ago

Evanston Frenklin

•8 reviews

Rude moderators and unnecessarily strictness and have stopped using it.

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1yr ago

Carlos Deanhaiha

•2 reviews

Já foi melhor, mas depois dessas decisões da equipe, vem acabando com a comunidade em geral, graças a isso, estou usando o Discuit.net

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2yr ago

Thomas Morrow

•1 review

I was permanently banned after the first time I used it for "repeated violations". Tough to get to "repeated violations" on one very data-heavy posting. The discussion was in regard to a particular broker. I wonder if there might be an element of payola involved. The brokerage's principals are out of the derivatives world, and, for those of you who have had no exposure to that world, there is a general disregard for ethics. I would not be surprised to hear they either paid Reddit or Reddit content personnel to bury negative comments (even though about half the comments were positive).

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3mo ago