r/HowToNotGiveAFuckĭespite its potentially offensive name, /r/HowToNotGiveAFuck is a supportive community centered around this idea: Our attachments to people, ideas, objects, etc. Yet another inspiring community of Redditors, /r/SelfImprovement is a compendium of content related to improvement in all aspects of life. The motto is, “A force for self-improvement, goodness and togetherness that helps humanity to eliminate evil”. This subreddit is an offshoot of an actual website. r/DecidingToBeBetterĪnother self-improvement subreddit with plenty of excellent content. Originally created by a group of about a dozen bloggers, /r/ZenHabits is a community that shares links to blog posts related to several categories - motivation, productivity, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and general self-improvement. ( Note: I’ve now made a new list of 44 more thought-provoking subreddits, if you’re interested.) Personal Development 1. These subreddits have proved helpful and thought-provoking for me, so I suspect some of you may benefit from them as well. With that, I thought I’d compile a list of some of my favorite subreddits. And that’s why I wanted to write this post - to share with you how much better Reddit can be. I find motivation and inspiration all the time. Nowadays, Reddit is my favorite online destination. Customizing my subreddit subscriptions transformed Reddit from a distraction to a place of fun learning (Yes, learning can be fun.). Quite suddenly, your Reddit experience can improve tenfold. This doesn’t take long, and you’ll be glad you took the time. Here’s what to do:ġ) Unsubscribe from any subreddits in the core group that aren’t your favorites.Ģ) Subscribe to 15+ subreddits that specifically interest you. The good news is that taking advantage of Reddit in this way is very simple. When you begin to dabble beyond the realm of the core group of subreddits, you find that there are literally thousands of lesser-known, spectacular subreddit communities.įor almost anything you could ever want to know about, a community of Redditors is waiting for you to find them (Tip: metareddit is a useful tool for finding new subreddits.).īasically, Reddit can offer you a personalized experience unlike any other - an aggregation of only the best content from all of the communities that interest you. Most people just lurk on Reddit and use it as a shallow form of entertainment, but it can become so much more than that. The truly wonderful thing about Reddit is its potential as a tool for learning, thinking, growing, and connecting with like-minded people. The Secret to Harnessing the Power of Reddit They aren’t even beginning to harness the awesome power of Reddit. The bulk of Redditors who don’t really stray from these primary subreddits are doing themselves a disservice. Consider that:ġ) They’re over-saturated with millions of users, which leads to lower quality discussions.Ģ) The content tends to be the type that you can view very quickly, then move on.ģ) They don’t cater to your more specialized interests. This system leads to the majority of Reddit users never (or rarely) straying from the core group of subreddits.Īnd while the core subreddits are great in some ways, they’re also the worst in other ways. In fact, they’re often filled with delightful content. There is nothing inherently wrong with these subreddits. When a non-registered person visits Reddit, they see only content from a core group of the most popular subreddits - /r/aww, /r/pics, /r/funny, etc.Īnd when a new user registers for the site, he/she is automatically subscribed only to this core group of subreddits as well. Photo Credit: Eva Blue (Creative Commons) The Biggest Problem With Reddit

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