Reddit adds new features to enhance user engagement and community building

Reddit on Thursday announced that it’s introducing a set of new tools to make it simple for users to participate on its platform. The features are developed to help users find communities, ensure that their posts don’t break any rules, and understand how to contribute across the social network.

The features are said to improve the Redditor posting experience by making it easier to contribute posts, particularly for newer users who may not understand how Reddit works or where to post.

For starters, the company says it will start helping users find the right community for their audience with “Community Suggestions.”

If a user has created a post and is unsure which community to post it in, a “Pick a Community” dropdown will now offer relevant subreddit recommendations based on the post’s content.

Users can access the tool by clicking the wand icon in the lower right-hand corner of the post composer. After that, the tool will highlight any content that may have broken a rule.

Moreover, the platform is rolling out a tool that lets users repost content that was removed to a different subreddit. When a user’s post is removed due to community rules, they will see a new prompt under that post that will help them repost the content to a suggested alternative subreddit.

In addition, Reddit advanced its “Post Insights” feature to allow users to see how well their posts are doing. Now, you can see the dates related to your views, upvotes, shares, and more.

All the new features are available on mobile and desktop to users worldwide.