In 2005, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian launched a simple link-sharing site. Since then, Reddit has grown from a small community mainly made up of coders to a mega-hive with somewhere around half a billion active users across the world. If you’re not one of the half billion, don’t worry; it’s never too late to hop in, poke around, and see if Reddit is something you like. Reddit can be daunting at first—it is massive and its norms and expectations aren’t like other social networks. This guide breaks down the basics of starting a Reddit account, finding and joining relevant communities, posting content, and earning Reddit karma; you’ll be upvoting, posting content, and making unfunny jokes in comment sections like a seasoned Redditor in no time. What is Reddit?At a basic level, Reddit is a community-driven platform made up of user-created message boards (called subreddits or communities) that cover any subject you