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r/NewMods r/ProCreate r/graphic_design r/Devvit r/GamesOnReddit r/PuzzledArt r/jigsawpuzzlecats r/help r/painting
▲ 30 r/NewMods

Sub hit almost 50 members after nearly an year of formation. New mods, don't give up

I come across a lot of success stories about subreddits reaching massive audiences within months of formation. A sub i started in october (r/PuzzledArt, i'd subtly put it here 🤭) started growing only recently, THAT'S 8 OR 9 MONTHS after!

i figured the reason - i didn't know how the sub's target audience would find it.

Initially, i used to think optimization would do it all. So, i got all the sub assets, set up the wiki, checked off all the boxes for setup and posted regulary for 3 weeks. But, that barely moved the needle. Visitors dropped by randomly, but none turned to members. How do i know? the first 8 members of sub were people ik irl, and had reached out to personally 💀

I then started subtly mentioning my sub in conversations that i felt were revelant. Now this could work for some subs, didn't work for mine. My primary audience was in art subreddits, where comment sections usually look identical so not a lot of people spend their time reading it, or in high traffic subs where my comments got buried.

The thing that worked for me was crossposting an interesting post into a sub that allowed me to promote mine. This worked. it was actually the content in the crosspost that did the heavylifting. I'm aware this won't be feasible for all types of subreddits, but if you're into side projects or hobbies, there really might be some subs that'd allow it. Traffic flowed in from there.

I don't think i am the best at growing an audience, but i am learning from my mistakes. I am making this post so other mods, who may be thinking of abandoning their inactive subs, know that growth can happen much later sometimes.

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u/shruest — 1 month ago
▲ 9 r/ProCreate

I finally learned how to do landscapes digitally

Gouache and dry brush

u/shruest — 2 months ago
▲ 3 r/Devvit

Can we get forUserType: approvedUser ?

I mod a restricted sub with one of my devvit apps installed. Since the subreddit is restricted, only approved users can create posts through reddit’s default 'create post' flow, which doesn’t support custom posts from the devvit app.

I’d like approved users to be able to access the devvit app through the menu, but there’s currently no configuration for that. Right now, the only way to grant access is by making them moderators, which isn’t practical in the long run.

At the moment, the only available forUserType options are 'moderator' and 'user'. Could we also get an "approvedUser" option?

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u/shruest — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/Devvit

Is there any event trigger for when someone clicks on the 'message mods' button?

i searched up the documentation but couldn't find anything that exactly matched my requirement. I can see triggers for new modmail activity itself (sent/received), but not interaction level events like when someone clicks on the 'message mods' button. Is there a way around it?

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u/shruest — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/help

https://preview.redd.it/opn2vr7396zg1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b54634d17bfbab2997b56d7b59bc7a511dea56a

Hi, so I saw this AI summary for my account from a sub I mod (r/PuzzledArt). The summary here is really ambiguous and can be misread easily. “The creator of r/PuzzledArt and a bot” is supposed to mean that I created a bot (based on something I posted recently). But to anyone who doesn’t have that context, it can come across as me being a bot. I’m not sure if all mods across subs see the same summary for users. If that’s the case, I’m quite concerned.

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u/shruest — 4 months ago