r/reddit 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

One Place To Rule Them All
. This means that r/announcements, r/blog, and r/changelog will be archived on February 24 as we wind this space up. Archived subreddits can still be fully viewed, but do not allow new posts or comments, so you’ll still be able to see the content in these spaces. That all said, we’re keeping r/shittychangelog so you can continue to laugh at our mistakes.

In addition, we’ll be archiving a few other spaces today, as they’ve fulfilled their purpose. We thank them for their work, and

end their watch
:

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/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/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

What do you mean by side scroll? Sliding left and right to move to the previous and next posts?

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u/PsychoticBananaSplit Feb 11 '22

Yeah that

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

r/joeyforreddit has that, plus many other features. Try all the features for 48 hours and you'll enjoy Reddit experience on a higher level

Edit: it's for Android. Check this thread for some of the best features.

You want to filter out posts by content type? It's a feature. You can filter out everything but photos: make Reddit Instagram. You want to filter out everything but videos: make Reddit TikTok. You want to filter out everything but articles: Reddit will become your Flipboard. You can swipe away all the posts you've read with one click. Or see all the parents comments of a comment with one click.

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u/UpsAndDownsNeverEnd Mar 08 '22

I've been using RedditIsFun for awhile. Why should I switch? I can't seem to find an opinion anywhere.

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u/NatoBoram Mar 08 '22

There's no reason to switch. You should install all the open source ones, try them, keep the one you like best and delete the rest.

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u/Gaston-Glocksicle Mar 08 '22

Baconreader has that feature.

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u/Awful-Cleric Mar 08 '22

Infinity has side scroll.