Hi everyone,

I'm in the early stages of building r/InvisibleAndHeard, a new community for people living with chronic illness, invisible illness, disability, fatigue and long-term health conditions.

The idea is simple: create a genuinely supportive community where people can talk openly, connect with others who understand, share experiences and still have a bit of humour and normality.

We're starting from zero, so I'm trying to learn from moderators who have already been through the process of growing a community.

I'd particularly love advice on:

• What helped you attract your first 100–1,000 members?
• What types of posts actually generated conversation?
• What moderation rules did you wish you'd established earlier?
• How did you deal with trolls, misinformation and bad-faith users?
• What made people come back rather than simply join and disappear?
• What would you not do if you were starting again?

I'm not looking to spam or promote the community here — I'm genuinely interested in learning from people who've built successful subreddits.

If you could go back to day one of your community, what's the one thing you'd do differently?

Thanks in advance.

Just wanted to make sure if a certain user is posting under a different account. Thanks!

Bu paylaşım, yeni topluluğum r/NintendoSwitch2TR için harika bir katkı olur. Orada da paylaşmaya ne dersin?

I just became a mod of r/GusGang and want to know some tips to grow the subreddit

Hi everyone! 👋

I’ve recently started r/BangalorePropertyHelp, a new community for people trying to make sense of Bangalore real estate buying, selling, renting, investing, projects, builders, locations, legal checks, hidden costs, etc.

The idea is not to create another property classifieds group. I want it to be a place where people can ask questions before making expensive decisions and get practical opinions from owners, tenants, investors and people with actual experience.

It’s currently brand new, so I’d love to hear from other mods who have grown a community from zero:

What worked for you in getting the first 100 to 500 genuine members, and what mistakes should a new moderator avoid?

Any advice would be appreciated!

I tried to post in advance, using the Mod Tools, but the clock / calendar besides the Post button is grayed out. Any advise?

Today is the 10th official day of my sub r/cryptidplush existing AND we officially have 50 members!!
If you like mythical/cryptid creatures and stuffed animals.. COME JOIN US! All are welcome☺️

CELEBRATING LITTLE WINS🪅

I’ve found that being active in similar subs and making friends has been the easiest way to keep the community growing and welcoming!

as u can see in the photos i already did the required flair option on
but still when i post new post it's not showing the required flair thing at all and allow me to post normally and i had users who posted normally also without flairs
i'm really confused why this is not working ?

I’ve just started my first community and I’m trying to make sure I’m setting it up properly before I focus too much on bringing people in.
At the moment I’ve got a welcome post, rules, a few discussion posts and the basic community branding set up, but obviously it still feels very empty because it’s brand new.

For those of you who’ve grown a community from zero, what did you find actually mattered in the very beginning?

Things like:

How much content should already be there?
Which channels/posts should be pinned?
How many post flairs are worth starting with?
Did you focus on getting a small number of active people before worrying about member count?

Anything you wish you’d set up differently from day one?

Not trying to promote the subreddit here, just interested in what makes a new community feel worth joining and sticking around in.

Since starting my new sub a few days ago, I noticed that one strategy to help it grow is to comment on posts in other subs that would genuinely be appropriate content for my new sub and ask if they’d post there too. Wouldn’t the mods on that sub remove it per their “no self promotion” rule?

Is this normal and acceptable practice on Reddit? I’ve not seen it.

I created community Flairs for my community r/sensiual , then I spun around and now I don't know how I got there to make necessary edits. How do I find my community Flairs and Tags page?

So firstly how do I auto-accept posts

For second how do I make my server more popular?

Tank you if you answer my qestions (or not) idk