# #reddit-lexicon > A collection of specialized terminology and concepts that define Reddit's platform structure, user roles, community features, and cultural practices. ## Links - [Tag Page](https://staging.mythos.one/tag/reddit-lexicon) - [MCP Server](https://staging.mythos.one/api/mcp) ## Memos - [r/popular](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/3f08eb): The subredditr/popular is a default feed on the social news aggregation website Reddit, designed to showcase top-ranked posts from a wide array of communities while excluding Not Safe for Work (NSFW)... - [Default (Reddit)](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/80aaf4): Defaults were the subreddits to which new Reddit users are subscribed. Up to May 2017, these subreddits were chosen by Administrators based on content and activity, but changes to Reddit's... - [Karma](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e14318): Contexts reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) - [Reddiquette](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cded66): PRESENT: https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/reddit-basics/reddiquette FORMER: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette Tags reddit (See: Reddit) reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) - [shilling](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/66fbcd): On Reddit, shilling refers to the practice of promoting, endorsing, or advertising a product, service, idea, or agenda while presenting oneself as an ordinary, disinterested user. In common usage on... - [Administrators](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/3b083f): The Administrators (also called Admins) are employees of Reddit who help keep the site up and running. Administrators have a red [A] on their user profile and are also able to distinguish their... - [subreddit](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/15192d): A subreddit is a sub-community on Reddit which is dedicated to the discussion of a particular subject—ranging from broad topics like r/technology and r/gifs to specific topics like r/teslamotors and... - [Reddit Glossary](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/bc7794): The Reddit Glossary is a collection of specialized terms used particularly within Reddit in order to save time and address specific situations. These phrases make communication more efficient for... - [Original Content (OC)](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/575867): Original content (OC) refers to creative works produced by an individual or organization that are not copied or directly derived from others’ material. On social and publishing platforms like Reddit,... - [Modmail](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ecda28): Modmail on Reddit is the mailbox where Moderators of a subreddit respond to user requests. Contexts reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) - [modqueue](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e624d3): Contexts reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) - [Redditor](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/acc8e5): A Redditor is a registered user of the website Reddit who actively participates in the community and contributes to the subreddits through either commenting, upvoting, downvoting, moderating, etc.... - [Front Page](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/30dc9b): The Front Page is a colloquial reference to the designation Reddit has as "the front page of the internet" [1][2] Content that "hits the front page" has garnered enough Upvotes in the subreddit to... - [Ask Me Anything (AMA)](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/fb156f): An Ask Me Anything, often referred to by its abbreviation of AMA, is a subreddit, r/AMA, with a Submission Framework the extends through Reddit's culture—and now the internet. As a submission, an AMA... - [lurk](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/96486e): To lurk is to read or browse on Reddit without actively commenting or posting content. The term “lurking” has become widely recognized within online communities to describe users who observe... - [Original Poster (OP)](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c1f3ae): Original Poster, or OP, is the person who started a discussion thread. Within the forum thread, others may direct comments specifically to the original poster using the OP abbreviation. The original... - [Hug of Death](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f9d22f): When a link hits the Front Page of Reddit, or just gets a whole lot of views, the Hug of Death is when the destination site doesn't have robust enough servers to take that much traffic at once and it... - [lurker](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/0dc8fe): A lurker is a Redditor who reads and sometimes votes but does not post or comment. Some lurkers do so with accounts, some without. References Reddit Glossary Creators citizensofone (See: Citizens of... - [tl;dr](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8789f0): tl;dr, short for "too long; didn't read", is Reddit slang to say that some text being replied to has been ignored because of its length. In slang it can also stand for "Too lazy; didn't read". It is... - [Shadowban](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5433e4): A shadowban (also called stealth banning and ghost banning)bans a user from a subreddit in such a way that the user is unaware they have been banned—submissions are only visible to the user who... - [Self-Promotion](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/eb6bc8): Self-Promotion is comingsoon The same thing done with different intentions can be labeled differently. tl;dr: Don't spam out your links, and don't blindly upvote your own content or ask anyone else... - [Moderator](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/0e1405): Moderators onReddit are volunteer arbitrators of the subreddits within. Related Unpaid and Abused: Moderators Speak Out Against Reddit, engadget.com (ft. GallowBoob) Contexts reddit-lexicon (See:... - [Text Post](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c2895b): A text post on Reddit Tags reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) - [Submission](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7772b1): A submission is a post to any Contexts reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) Tags - [Upvote](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/093638): Upvote is a method on the website Reddit by which users can signal their approval or support for a post. Upvotes move a post towards the top of the site, and they are a way to measure how many people... - [crosspost](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/840444): Crossposting is the act of posting the same message to multiple information channels. Contexts reddit-lexicon (See: Reddit Glossary) Tags index (See: index) - [AutoModerator](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/107def): The AutoModerator (also called AutoMod) is a customizable moderation bot—designed to assist human Moderator (reddit) moderators—which monitors submissions to and comments on subreddits; acting on...