r/talesfromtechsupport is a subreddit with 781k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses hate, worst, it, computer, and annoying.
Welcome to Tales From Tech Support, the subreddit where we post stories about helping someone with a tech issue.
Popular Themes in r/talesfromtechsupport
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Legal Threat that backfires"
19 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Helping a customer find an "Eee-whoa" cable"
6 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "We should probably clarify helpdesk is for IT issues."
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How to save $150 a month by spending $2800"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/talesfromtechsupport
#1
Hate
47 posts
#2
Worst
41 posts
#3
It
: "A prime example of why the 1st rule of It is CYA and document everything"
26 posts
#4
Computer
: "Your update messed up my Computer!!"
19 posts
#5
Annoying
18 posts
#6
Tales
17 posts
#7
Tech
: "I’m not Tech support (just Gen Z), but apparently I am now"
13 posts
#8
Tech Support
: "Remote family printer Tech Support"
13 posts
#9
Customer
: "Helping a Customer find an "Eee-whoa" cable"
12 posts
#10
User
: "User tries to use a deceased colleagues account to sign in. Finds out."
11 posts
Flair Used in r/talesfromtechsupport
#1
Short
: "90% of my job is reading on-screen prompts for people because they saw words and gave up"
150 posts
#2
Medium
: "The woman who manually recalculated every formula for six months"
31 posts
#3
Long
: "The day someone walked into the office wearing a corporate grade privacy violation on their face"
17 posts
#4
Epic
: "The Island That IT Forgot About."
2 posts
Member Growth in r/talesfromtechsupport
Yearly
+7k members(1.0%)
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Last updated: June 11, 2026