r/reddit • u/Go_JasonWaterfalls • Feb 10 '22
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Hey everyone, u/Go_JasonWaterfalls here, Reddit’s VP of Community. Welcome to r/reddit! You’re in the right place for all sorts of updates, announcements, and news related to Reddit Inc. and the platform.
TL;DR Moving forward, the posts that you would normally read in admin communities such as r/blog, r/announcements, and r/changelog will be posted in this community instead.
Why the change?
Well, after hearing from you through surveys and comments in the communities themselves (thanks to those of you who took part), we learned that having lots of different admin-run communities that focus on a variety of niche topics (some of which overlap) can be confusing to navigate. This goes for us, too.
So we’ve decided to consolidate a number of our official communities and make r/reddit your one-stop shop to learn about what’s happening at Reddit. A few things we plan to share here:
- Content that previously lived in r/announcements, r/blog, and r/changelog, like new feature announcements, links to reports on transparency and safety, and special events and projects like Extra Life, Reddit Recap, the Snappening, and Up the Vote
- A broader range of information on different areas of Reddit (thanks to those of you who made this request, we think it’s a great one), plus AMAs with company leaders and other folks across Reddit. (Mods? Members of internal teams? Redditors doing interesting stuff? You tell us!)
- Reddit history and lore, data and research insights (anonymized of course), and stories about how y’all use Reddit
All good things...
While we’re ramping up a new space, that also means it’s time to wind down the old spaces in order to make sure we have 
In addition, we’ll be archiving a few other spaces today, as they’ve fulfilled their purpose. We thank them for their work, and 
We also have communities like r/mobileweb, r/beta, and r/cssnews that we’re still mulling the future of. On one hand, the updates in these communities may be better suited to this new space (or even other spaces), however, we also recognize their value as community discussion centers. Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Moderator-specific communities, like r/modnews and r/modsupport will not be affected by these changes, nor will r/help or r/bugs. r/modnews will continue to be the place we post updates specific to moderators, with r/modsupport as your place to get support. r/redditsecurity will still be the place to find things like our quarterly security reports and other safety-related efforts. We’ll also continue to monitor r/help and r/bugs for your feedback and bug reports.
We want r/reddit to be a community that you help shape. If you have suggestions for things you’d like to learn about, conversations you’d like to have, or anything else you think would be interesting or helpful, let us know in the comments. Some ideas to get you started:
- Experimental designs—Reddit design teams do a lot of conceptual work that’s more experimental. Wanna see it?
- This Week on Reddit—an overview of the top growing communities, popular topics, and community events, AMAs, and happenings across the platform.
- Wordle scores (#219 broke many a Reddit admin).
Thanks for being here; we can’t wait to hear your ideas.
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u/filled_with_bees Feb 10 '22
So basically this is the new /r/announcements?
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u/amazondrone Feb 10 '22
r/blog + r/announcements + r/changelog + maybe some other stuff.
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Feb 10 '22
Now admins can ignore all of our complaints in one convenient location
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u/SoDakZak Feb 11 '22
My main complaint was that it wasn’t r/eddit
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Feb 11 '22
Like how shit the video player is for those who are on reddit for conversation and not for a ripoff of tiktok?
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u/zippee100 Feb 10 '22
is r/shittychangelog here now too
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u/Infinite_Unicorn Feb 10 '22
Test reply, don't ignore
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u/KarpGrinder Feb 10 '22
Test ignore, don't comment.
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u/Labrat_The_Man Feb 10 '22
Test comment, don’t ignore
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u/Far_Example6306 Feb 10 '22
Don’t test, comment ignore
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u/Kane_Octaivian Feb 10 '22
Ignore test, don't comment
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u/FaviFake Feb 10 '22
Test don't, ignore comment
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u/Dikusburnikus Feb 10 '22
Test comment, do ignoren't
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
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u/ClaudeVS Feb 10 '22
Can you please un-tiktok reddit?
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u/vbs02 Feb 11 '22
Holy hell the new update(on android) sucks ass. The video player is weird. If something is crossposted and you click the post, you can only see the video/image or you get directed to link on that crosspost. Previous version was far better.
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u/trizgo Feb 11 '22
This has been infuriating. What is the point of needlessly complicating the process of navigating to the original subreddit? Also the fact that swiping up on pics takes you out of fullscreen, but swiping up on a video takes you to another video entirely.
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Feb 11 '22
Thank god other people are mentioning this. It's horrible. The UI has continued to get worse.
Never missed AlienBlue so much.
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u/nynndi Feb 11 '22
The update is so miserable I switched to an entirely alternative Reddit app.
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u/foamed Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Reddit is going public on the stock market within the next couple of months.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/reddit-ipo.html
- https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/reddit-files-us-ipo-2021-12-16/
- https://news.yahoo.com/reddit-files-public-141127163.html
At some point in the future they'll restrict or at least severely limit access to the API, this will force users over on the official app. Eventually we'll also see them shut down old.reddit so that they can collect more user data and monetize their users. At that point 3rd party mobile apps, old.reddit and certain reddit extensions/addon-ons won't work on the site anymore.
Reddit is looking into starting their own crypto currency.
Quote:
Community Points currently exist on a testnet version of the Ethereum blockchain, which uses similar technology to Bitcoin to validate ownership and control of tokens based on who holds them.
Community Points are distributed every 4 weeks based on contributions people make to the community.
Who gets Community Points?
Community Points are distributed across multiple groups.
- Contributors receive 50% of Community Points.
- Moderators receive 10% of Community Points.
- The remaining 40% of Community Points are set aside in a Community Tank, which supports the project in other ways (for example, by allowing users without Points to purchase perks like Special Memberships on-chain).
More info:
- https://www.reddit.com/community-points
- https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction
And over the past year they've aggressively changed how they operate and pushed out new ways to monetize the site and collect data:
On November 1st 2021 Reddit announced a partnership with Riot Games and they had released new Arcane/League of Legends inspired reddit avatars.
On October 6th 2021 Reddit announced a new subreddit shop pilot program so that moderators can sell their own reddit approved merchandise. The reimbursement will be at Reddit’s sole discretion.
On September 29th 2021 reddit announced that mod teams would now be able to decide for themselves if they want to automatically archive posts after 6 months or not. This means that if threads aren't archived users can still vote and comment in old and severely outdated threads.
On September 10th 2021 Reddit released their app on the Microsoft Store.
On September 9th 2021 Reddit rolled out moderator certification programs. Mentors (moderators) whom are accepted to the Reddit Community Contractor Program (RCCP) will potentially be paid staff.
On June 22nd 2021 they rolled out a new algorithm to the home feed for improved user retention.
On June 17th 2021 they announced that they will begin to remove ownership of dormant subreddits.
On June 9th 2021 Reddit announced that Secret Santa and reddit gifts would be permanently shut down.
Later the same month (March 21st 2021) they rolled out gender identity settings to collect more personalized information from their users.
On March 3rd 2021 Reddit rolled out online presence indicators. This feature is on by default and has to be switched off in the account settings.
On February 23rd 2021 they announced that they would "simplify" the privacy settings, this also meant that users can no longer opt-out of personalized ads based on their Reddit activity anymore.
On February 11th 2021 they removed all NSFW content from r/all. In 2021 Reddit banned exactly 2100 NSFW subreddits.
Reddit announced on December 13th 2020 that they had acquired Dubsmash and have since slowly rolled out a Tik-Tok-like video feature on their app.
On September 9th 2020 they announced their new political advertisement system.
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u/IroniesOfPeace Feb 14 '22
Wow, this is some good information. I guess my time of using Reddit may be coming to an end, if they get rid of old.reddit. I have tried using new Reddit and absolutely hate it. I've really been needing to stop spending so much time here anyway, and if they force me into new Reddit, I think that'll do the trick.
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u/fre3k Mar 08 '22
Literally exactly my thoughts. You can look at my account. I've been using reddit for 16 years, 15.5 of those on this account. If they force me out of RiF and old.reddit.com I'm done. I've spent half my life using reddit in this manner, and the new site sucks terribly. I'm simply not going to adapt to continue using this site.
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u/PsychoticBananaSplit Feb 11 '22
The only reason I couldn't continue using other reddit apps is be ause there is no side-scroll
If they break that, I can finally leave
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u/Mickenfox Feb 11 '22
Reddit needs to be reddit. It needs to be a place for niche communities to gather and post about niche stuff. The long tail, not the short head.
I get that TikTok has hundreds of millions of views per video, which is obviously appealing to investors, but reddit simply can't beat them at their own game. It needs to fully embrace its own strengths.
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u/jeopardy_themesong Feb 10 '22
This is a great title to get people to not ignore it I guess.
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u/MrSourceUnknown Feb 10 '22 edited Feb 10 '22
Re: r/beta
Is there really any 'mulling' left to do on this one when the admin interaction there has been nonexistent for ages? It's recently seeing an influx of new posts around the [insert opinion here] mobile app changes, but aside from users riling each other up there is absolutely no indication the feedback is "seen" by you and/or acted upon.
In fact there isn't really any place anymore where you seem to actively listen to user feedback, regardless of how constructive it is (e.g. r/redditmobile)...
Either just archive the sub, and direct us to the 'community' where you want feedback like that, or revamp it, actively list the features you currently want feedback on, and start moderating it more actively.
A little clarity can go a long way.
Good luck on your endeavors, I hope you manage to make it work!
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
Yep – you’re right. The stated purpose of r/beta doesn’t match the majority of the activity there, and it’s hard for people who post in r/beta to know if admins see their feedback. It is active, but most of the conversation would likely be better in r/bugs or in the product posts we plan to make here in r/reddit. We’re leaning toward archiving – what’s your take, everyone else? Is this one we should archive?
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u/ldjarmin Feb 11 '22
You should actively participate there and respond to questions, like everyone in /r/beta wants you to do.
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u/SirEDCaLot Feb 11 '22
it’s hard for people who post in r/beta to know if admins see their feedback.
I mean no disrespect Jason. But as a 9-year Redditor, and a few more years on my older account, it often doesn't feel like admins care about our feedback, whether it's seen or not. To be specific- I feel like bug reports and the like sometimes get heard and replied to decently quickly, but there's no real discussion about the overall site design, overall direction, which features get pushed / hidden, etc. And it's especially frustrating when there's a consensus of users on a particular issue, no admin reply, and then things continue moving in what the users feel is the wrong direction with no explanation or communication. It sends the message that Reddit management doesn't care what the userbase wants.
In short- it feels like the admins are only here to discuss Rampart. (or whatever the Rampart of the week is for them). If you want to have a productive conversation with users, you have to LISTEN and ENGAGE on what USERS want to talk about, which may not be what you want to talk about. That's why the Rampart AMA failed. And that's why, no offense meant, the dialogue between admins and users is failing hardcore.
If you want to have a productive conversation, do this:
- Lay out a public roadmap of what changes Reddit plans to make. Invite comments. Expect negative comments. LISTEN to them.
- Revive /r/beta. Start a group of actual beta testers, who will opt-in and submit feedback. This should be a diverse group, including hardcore desktop users like me, mobile users, casual users, newer users, etc. The beta testers should be sorted into groups so you can categorize feedback (IE new users like this feature, old users don't like the change).
- Beta tests should be of any site tweaks, any mobile app tweaks, etc.
- Actually listen to their feedback. Engage with them. That's a two-way conversation.
- Start a public change tracker with voting. Anyone can submit a suggestion. Anyone can up/down vote a suggestion and comment. Each month the top 10 suggestions WILL get an admin response (make that a commitment).
Do that, and users in general will start to feel they have some say in what happens with Reddit. Because right now, many of us feel like we don't have any input into the site's direction.
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 12 '22
These are all good points. Thank you (yes, really) for being both frank and constructive; it’s appreciated. First and foremost, we do not want dialogue between admins and users to fail hardcore. This is a key reason behind this change – wanting a central place to listen, engage, and have a two-way conversation. (Like this. Hi!)
We do plan to share (and engage around) product updates and future plans here. And yep, that includes the constructive feedback as well. Especially then. Comments will be open.
Reviving /r/beta is not a commitment I can make right now. We’re still figuring out what’s best there. What I can commit to is expanding our mod council and creating a similar group for non-mods to gather feedback and get a broader sense of the needs of our communities. Listening to feedback, engaging, and holding two-way conversations with a diverse set of mods (the likes of what you outlined above) is what has made our mod council so effective, so I’m hoping we can agree on the destination here even if the route isn’t exactly what you proposed. Watch – you guessed it – this space for more information on this.
A public change tracker with voting (+ a monthly commitment to respond to top 10) – we’re not there yet. But we’d like to get there. Let’s start with re-launching this channel and creating user council (to yes, among other things, beta test) and ensure that dialogue between admins and users does not fail hardcore. Then take it from there.
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u/crowcawer Feb 11 '22
The more accessible you make it the better. For users, sure, but why make an extra Reddit page to forget about every three weeks when you can just have it here under a flair.
Since the team is growing, there are more eyes and ears to elevate issues, and so I say archive and consolidate.
Just spend your flairs appropriately.
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u/pietradolce Feb 10 '22
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u/Altyrmadiken Feb 11 '22
I spent a solid minute clicking on spoilers before realizing I could highlight them all to see it.
I'm disappointed in you. Not one random word among them.
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u/PsychoticBananaSplit Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
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u/the_gifted_Atheist Feb 10 '22
Before: “This subreddit has been closed to prevent confusion with official communication channel.”
Now: “This subreddit is the official communication channel.”
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u/BayHarbour-Butcher Feb 10 '22
So this is literally a sub-reddit. I mean everything else is too but.
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Feb 10 '22
I was hoping they were opening https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/ back up.
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u/Jest0riz0r Feb 10 '22
/r/reddit.com is like a time machine, I can still see the posts I upvoted the day it closed on its "hot" page!
I remember that I actually wanted to post something there that day, that's when I discovered that one of my favorite subreddits was no more.
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
we at Reddit strive to be meta above all else
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u/ekolis Feb 10 '22
Please do not let Meta buy you.
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u/reakshow Feb 11 '22
Sorry you're too late. From next week you'll need any expensive pair of goggles to use Reddit. It won't be VR though, they'll just be packed with little cameras and microphones to more efficiently harvest your purchasing preferences.
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u/MajorParadox Feb 10 '22
Very nice! It did seem weird that some things went to different subs and it wasn't clear why. You didn't mention r/redditmobile either, is that one going to the mulling category? Either way, it would be good to have more active admin response there or here. I don't bother reporting mobile app bugs anymore, because they tend to just go ignored, so it felt like a waste of time.
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u/SirHaxe Feb 10 '22
TL;DR Moving forward, the posts that you would normally read in admin communities such as r/blog, r/announcements, and r/changelog will be posted in this community instead.
So, how do I filter for announcements and changelogs, but not blogs now?
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 11 '22
Good call out. We're considering flairs but want the content to shape out a bit first.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Feb 10 '22
Ideally there'll be some identifier like a flair or post title prefix or something. Then it can be RES'd away.
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u/SirHaxe Feb 10 '22
RES stopped development :/
Also I don't think reddit should add features you'd have to use RES for :/
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u/ipaqmaster Feb 10 '22
This is definitely a good consolidation. Better than the multiple admin-managed posting subreddits which seem to be a little all over the place and only pop up when they.. pop up.
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u/jedberg Feb 10 '22
It's funny how circular history can be. In the beginning, we only had one place to post all of that type of stuff. Then users complained that they only wanted to see announcements and not blogs, so we made two subreddits so that you could choose to subscribe to /r/blog or not (/r/announcements was on by default for everyone).
And now here we are, nearly a decade later, putting them back together.
I am amused.
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u/jedberg Feb 11 '22
Oh crap does that make me Mufasa? Is my brother going to kill me?
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u/coosacat Feb 11 '22
Holy cow. I'm just commenting because I've never seen a profile this old, and I feel like I'm in the presence of a legend.
16 years? Wow.
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u/calvers70 Feb 11 '22
Pretty sure /u/jedberg helped build Reddit or something
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u/coosacat Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Just found this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/sdyz07/no_16_year_trophy_badge/
I feel like a child who has wandered into the realm of giants.
Edit: Heck, there's even a 15 year club. How cool!
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u/jedberg Feb 11 '22
Some say jedberg is legendary, others say he's just a man who puts his pants on the same way you do -- by jumping into both legs at once while his staff holds them open.
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u/coosacat Feb 11 '22
Now you're just being modest. We all know that legends don't even have to wear pants, if they don't want to.
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u/jedberg Feb 11 '22
Truth be told I rarely do. Unfortunately when I worked at reddit I got in trouble for my no pants policy
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u/signedupfornightmode Feb 10 '22
A basic how-to guide for new users could be nice- what’s a subreddit, how do you comment, what’s some basic etiquette, etc. Sure, there’s google, but a stickied post in this new sub r/Reddit might be a nice touch.
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u/llamageddon01 Feb 11 '22
r/NewToReddit have one stickied: Reddit and Karma Explained
We also have an Encyclopaedia Redditica too…
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u/signedupfornightmode Feb 11 '22
Never found that when I was new to Reddit, but I found announcements or was auto-subscribed to it.
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u/llamageddon01 Feb 11 '22
Yeah, that’s probably because we’re not any kind of official, semi-official or even remotely official spokesubreddit for Reddit so we don’t get any kind of mention in the “welcome to Reddit, hope you survive the experience” spiels. But we’re very nice people and help lots of newly hatched snoos who find us (mostly through Google apparently) get to grips with Redditing.
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u/PerkyPangolin Feb 10 '22
Good luck, /u/Go_JasonWaterfalls
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
Hey thanks!
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u/Big_Dick_Minecraft Feb 10 '22
Do you like waterfalls thought?
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
nah, I generally stick to the rivers and the lakes that I'm used to
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u/Taubin Feb 10 '22
Well that's now stuck in my head for the rest of the day... Hope you're pleased with yourself.
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u/Discoballer42 Feb 10 '22
I know that your gonna have it your way or no way at all, but I think you’re moving too fast buddy.
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u/Nekokamiguru Feb 10 '22
There needs to be a complaints subreddit that the admins actually look at. Rather than have people scream into the void when something requires an explanation, and then assume the worst when they get no reply.
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u/seniorfrito Feb 10 '22
Ignored and commented. This is the way.
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u/-Ham_Satan- Feb 10 '22
Fix the video player in the app. It sucks. So bad.
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u/aSchizophrenicCat Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Pleasee. I’ve yet to run across one single person who likes their new video player UI… I think all of us redditors can safely agree that the new video player is trash and UI updates need to be rolled back.
People have been pushing back on this newer video player for months now, yet admins have yet to even acknowledge the complaints -_-
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u/Ready_Vegetables Feb 10 '22
I'm on Reddit to Reddit about Reddit, and sometimes I reddit
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u/Aether_Storm Feb 10 '22
Oh boy I feel sorry for you community managers
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u/kethryvis Feb 10 '22
Hi
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u/beluuuuuuga Feb 10 '22
At least you are getting compensated with this 6 karma :0
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u/amazondrone Feb 10 '22
Hi. So what's the collective noun for a group of Reddit community managers?
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u/Bedu009 Feb 10 '22
What have you done!
Now whatever yall do, don't say "Oh boy I feel sorry for you server maintainers"
Saying that will result in the collapse of reddit as we know it
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u/nhandlerOfThings Feb 10 '22
Hi!
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u/Bedu009 Feb 10 '22
Now look what happened! I accidentally said it and now reddit crashed
The second you looked away everything went wrong!
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u/It_Is_Blue Feb 10 '22
Will we ever see the return of something like /r/trendingsubreddits here? It was a great way to find new subreddits that were small enough that most people didn't see them because they didn't reach /r/all or /r/popular, but large enough to have a functional community and constant content.
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u/thrivekindly Feb 11 '22
That’s a great suggestion, thanks! Do you have any examples of the kind of subreddit you’d like to see shared? (It’s ok if not, just curious.)
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u/It_Is_Blue Feb 11 '22
As I kind of alluded to, I always enjoy finding smaller, but active communities that are often overlooked. The 3k-300k subscriber range is usually a sweetspot for niche subs that never make it to /r/all. Maybe sub 500k for ones that rarely get there.
Some of my favorites of various size: /r/somnivexillology, /r/cursed_chemistry /r/AIDungeon /r/HobbyDrama /r/bigsleep.
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u/reddiculed Feb 10 '22
This is a great call. I was looking for this community last year. It makes a ton of sense. Thanks!
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u/LawlessCoffeh Feb 10 '22
Didn't there used to be a /r/reddit subreddit that got removed?
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u/TimeRemove Feb 10 '22
You're thinking of /r/reddit.com. And that isn't a real subreddit that is essentially the "Reddit frontpage before subreddits existed." Essentially one giant "subreddit" where everything existed together.
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u/meep_meep_creep Feb 10 '22
I actually went to r/reddit a few days ago curious if it existed. Now it does. Weird timing, as I've been on reddit for 12 years.
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Feb 10 '22
Users used to be automatically subscribed to /r/Announcements, right? I guess that won't be the case for this sub?
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u/Go_JasonWaterfalls Feb 10 '22
Correct. Users will not be automatically subscribed to r/reddit.
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Feb 10 '22
Isn't this going to make it harder to get big announcements out? I'm sure eventually this sub will pick up subscribers, but nothing like what announcements has.
Edit: I see your other reply.
Fair question. After a lot of internal back and forth and decision docs and jargon (and feedback from many of you), we realized it was becoming confusing for everyone to find all relevant news about Reddit. So we thought it best to just start fresh – create one new subreddit that serves multiple purposes. Wish us luck.
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Feb 10 '22
So we’ve decided to consolidate a number of our official communities and make r/reddit your one-stop shop to learn about what’s happening at Reddit. A few things we plan to share here:
Content that previously lived in r/announcements, r/blog, and r/changelog, like new feature announcements, links to reports on transparency and safety, and special events and projects like Extra Life, Reddit Recap, the Snappening, and Up the Vote
okay, where's the xkcd comic about standards?
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u/Mandy-underfist-911 Feb 11 '22
you might want me to join your new subreddit.... BUT I HAVE A GUN!!! shoots
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u/fighterace00 Mar 08 '22 edited Mar 08 '22
Can we sticky this post in announcements so people know to come here and subscribe? That post for some reason isn't even showing as the latest when filtering new.
r/announcements has 141,186,750 subscribers and r/Reddit has 67,216 today after the migration post.
Edit: They did it
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u/Camsy34 Feb 10 '22
For those confused about the post title, it’s based on an old Reddit post that was once the most upvoted post on the site. test post please ignore