/r/loseit Tip - Upvote the Useful, Interesting Threads AND how Voting Works on Reddit

First thing - I'm a long-time /r/loseit member and redditor. I'm not a /r/loseit moderator or a Reddit administrator. I'm speaking just as a fellow netizen and redditor.

Reddit is different because of voting. Voting has a lot to do with what a new reader sees first when they come to /r/loseit and which comments a reader sees first when they open a post.

Reddiquette suggests that we upvote the interesting posts and comments, the things that contribute to the conversation. It also suggests downvoting the opposite - junk that nobody should read. Finally, if you peruse the /r/loseit/new queue, help sort the good from the bad by voting the posts that you open from that page.

This is a support group and a supportive community. In previous polls, we know that over half of /r/loseit readers are 0-6 month members of the subreddit. In a supportive group, where we're trying to encourage participation from people, we tend to downvote lightly here.

You're free to vote as you like, but if you notice how warm and welcoming it is around here compared to other subreddits, it's not your imagination.

We have some automatic and user-submitted daily posts that are also useful and interesting and deserving of attention. If you think that new users should see these, and if you yourself find them worthy, please vote accordingly.

Voting is why Reddit isn't Facebook or Twitter (thank you, voting!) The other parts of Reddiquette all apply here, too, as does our subreddit's rules and guidelines. If you're going to be staying for a while, it's a good way to read what we're aiming to do.

Thanks for the attention!

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