it has been pretty stagnant

how do you get more people to post and comment on your sub

We did not lift one finger. Well, we did do the page, and we did request the feature. Barely a couple work-hours really.

If you cannot, as of today, embed a YouTube video in your subreddit wiki page, it means you are not enrolled. To enroll a subreddit in the New Wiki Experience, one should send a ModMail to r/ModSupport.

Yes, there are ifs and buts. For starters, enrolling your subreddit in the New Wiki Experience opens an entirely new can of worms. There are reasons the New Wiki Experience is opt-in only, not all of which are entirely clear to me. Something API-related I gather, but there is more to it than that. If you already had a wiki, now, you have two wikis. If you had a large wiki, things are going to become very complicated, fast. And YSK the privacy of so-called 'mod-only' wiki pages has been far from great, up to this point.

The little I understood, which must be crystal clear to you, is that once you request the New Wiki Experience, there is no walking back. I suspect you can hide it, but you cannot possibly opt out.

Still I thought this was worth sharing, as rules visibility, community culture readability are widespread issues these days (cos no sidebars with mobiles).

Hey, I have the career-based sub r/Wastewater. A few users want to promote their product on the sub, despite our rule against ads.

Anyone have tips on allowing users to talk about their product, but not allow ads? How to phrase rules and how to moderate this?

I have made a subreddit where you can find where to download stuff, but I have no idea how to make the banner and icons and stuff. (I am quite new and honetsly I don't even know how to create flair for the community.) I don't even know where to create the tag flair! Are there any guides online or something?

Please help!

For mods who started their sub with zero members, I’m curious about everything you did to help it grow.

What actions or strategies worked best in the beginning?
How did you attract your first engaged users, keep activity going, and build the community over time?

Any specific steps, habits, or approaches you’d recommend or avoid?