{"id":6629,"date":"2021-12-13T03:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:56:32","slug":"redditfun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2021\/12\/redditfun\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun way to recognize a year’s worth of participation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019m\u00a0a Reddit user<\/a>, and in addition to being a part of a LOT of Reddit communities, I also moderate four subreddits, as a volunteer:\u00a0one regarding volunteerism<\/a>, one regarding\u00a0inclusion<\/a>, a subreddit to discuss\u00a0community service<\/a>, and the\u00a0TechSoup subreddit<\/a>. I\u2019ve also joined a LOT of Reddit communities and spend way too much time reading them (and sometimes commenting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I was one of many reddit users that got a customized slide show \u201cyear in review\u201d that Reddit sends to users (community members). And it’s a super fun way to recognize program participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the slides is one that shows that, in 2021, I scrolled the length of 35,495 bananas lying end-to-end:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s also a slide showing my most popular post in 2021 – it was to a subreddit I don\u2019t frequent, the one for Portland, Oregon, and was how volunteers were urgently needed at cooling stations<\/a> set up to help people deal with our 116 degree days (it got 218 “up votes”):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was also a slide that showed how many hours I spent in 2021 in various subreddits – yes, I really did spend 123 hours, at LEAST, in the volunteers subreddit. The TwoXriders<\/a> subreddit noted is for women motorcyclists, in case you were wondering, and the Malicious Compliance subreddit<\/a> – that you will have to check out yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s also a slide showing how many new communities I joined in 2021, how many user awards I got, and how many karma points (as Reddit calls it, fake Internet points) I got (pictured below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a fun way to recognize participation! Good ideas for honoring program participants and volunteers as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And note: they never said, “Your volunteering hours were the equivalent of this much money!” Because that’s a really, really bad idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also see: <\/p>\n\n\n\n