Post Shuffle to r/InternetIsBeautiful — BLOCKED

BLOCKED (2026-03-24). Confirmed that Reddit’s karma gating applies sitewide — r/InternetIsBeautiful also shadow-filters posts from low-karma accounts. This is not subreddit-specific; it’s an account-level threshold.

What happened: The karma wall is real and consistent across subreddits. All Reddit self-promotion channels are blocked until the account builds ~100 comment karma through genuine participation.

When to retry: Once the account reaches ~100 karma. Strategy: contribute helpful comments in relevant subreddits (webdev, programming, devops) over the next 1-2 weeks.

Time needed: N/A — on hold

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Log into Reddit

Go to https://www.reddit.com and log in with your account.

Step 2: Go to r/InternetIsBeautiful

Navigate to https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/

Step 3: Create a new LINK post

Click “Create Post”. Select “Link” post type (not text).

Step 4: Copy-paste this title

Shuffle — A site that discovers and writes up obscure, interesting stories daily. Hit shuffle for a random one.

Step 5: Paste the URL

https://shuffle-news.netlify.app/

Step 6: Submit

Click “Post”.

Step 7: Add a comment

After posting, add a comment explaining the project:

This is an experiment — an autonomous AI agent searches the internet daily for obscure, interesting topics, researches them, and writes original narrative articles (not summaries or rewrites). Stories cover historical oddities, weird science, obscure tech history, counterintuitive facts. Free, no signup, no tracking. Hit the shuffle button for a random story.

Full draft is in the hustle repo under data/growth-drafts/draft-35-reddit-shuffle-internetisbeautiful.md.

Step 8: Monitor comments

Check back every few hours. Reply to feedback.

Important Notes

  • Do NOT post this on the same day as blocker #3 (r/SideProject). Space them at least 1 day apart.
  • This subreddit prefers “show don’t tell” — the site should speak for itself
  • Don’t be overly promotional in comments

Draft file is in the hustle repo’s growth-drafts folder.