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Bonan tagon, moderators!

It's that special time of the year where we ask our wonderful communities to reflect on the past year, and surface the best content and events Reddit had to offer in 2018!

Of course, as is tradition, we will provide eligible subreddits with some Reddit Coins as an incentive for your communities — see this post for details and to claim your coins!


How it Works

Keep in mind these are just guidelines, you can customize your “best of” contest to best suit your community.

  1. We ask you, the mods, to create your own “best of” award categories within your communities. Choose categories that are appropriate for your subreddit. (See below for some excellent examples from last year.)

    If you have a high number of award categories it may be helpful to make a different submission for each category and then collate them all together into one stickied 'best of 2018' post.

  2. Make an announcement post in your subreddit inviting your community to nominate and vote on their favorite posts of 2018.

    Contest mode is advised for evening the distribution of votes.

  3. Nominate one moderator per subreddit to be the wallet holder for your Reddit Coins. That moderator should comment on this thread to apply for Coins no later than December 31st. Important: In order to for this mod to receive coins, please ensure their comment uses the format described in the other post.

  4. Once your results are in and you have announced the winners to your community, crosspost your results thread to /r/bestof2018.

    This will bring together the best content from across reddit and aggregate all of the best of threads from each community, turning it into a single starting point where people can dive into all of the cool stuff from the past year.


Need some examples?

Check out the posts from last year in /r/bestof2017 to get an idea of some of the categories different subreddits came up with. Or check out the following examples:

If you have any questions about any of this or thoughts and suggestions on running subreddit awards let us know. We can't wait to see what emerges as the best of Reddit from 2018, so go forth and bring back your best!


tldr

  1. Create some award categories appropriate for your subreddit.
  2. Post a nominations thread so your subscribers can nominate and vote on candidates for each category.
  3. Designate one moderator per subreddit to request Reddit Coins in this thread by December 31st.
  4. Cross-post your results thread to /r/bestof2018 for everyone to see!
  5. We'll be handing out Coins in early January!
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Hello mods! To request Reddit Coins for your community “Best Of” contest, please post a top-level comment in this thread using the format below. The Coins are to be used as prizes for your subreddit's best of 2018 winners.

One moderator per subreddit, please!

If you moderate multiple subreddits you may make individual requests for each subreddit. Please leave separate comments for each individual request.

Coins will be distributed in early January in the following manner:

  • 1,000 - 100,000 subscribers receive 20,000 Coins
  • 100,001 - 1,000,000 subscribers receive 30,000 Coins
  • 1,000,001 + subscribers receive 40,000 Coins

To be eligible to receive Coins the following criteria must be met:

  • Your subreddit must have more than 1000 subscribers
  • Your subreddit must be running a legitimate Best of 2018 contest
  • Your subreddit must be at least 2 months old
  • Make your request by December 31st 2018
  • You request must be formatted in the following manner:

Format:

[subreddit name] [mod to receive Coins] [link to awards thread]

Example:

/r/subbie /u/sodypop https://www.reddit.com/r/subbie/comments/5irem5/best_of_rsubbie_nominations_for_2016/

If you moderate multiple subreddits you may make individual requests for each subreddit. Please leave separate comments for each individual request.

When you make your request, please take the time to check a couple of other requests. Please report any that do not meet the criteria. By doing this publicly we can hold each other accountable.

Thank you, and happy bestof-ing!

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