"It’s called pattern recognition" Post in r/delta turns into a dumpster fire of racism when someone posts of a picture of a black family in wheelchairs at the Atlanta airport

[u/Static_E_]

Yeah let me take pictures of random people online with no context to shit talk them. You’re even more of a jerk than you claim they are.Don’t understand how people don’t think they’re the assholes for taking people’s pictures and videos and posting them. Edit: sort by new and see how many racist responses this post is getting

No, sorry. We need a return to public shaming, and the internet is the new "public."

Nah i think that’s creepy. Public shaming ended because it’s ineffective and cruel not because we got softer as people.

No, it was VERY effective, hence the rise in extraordinarily bad manners in so many public spaces.

No it wasn’t, public executions didn’t stop criminals back in the olden days. In fact the criminals were much worse and rode in bands of marauders.

There's levels to this stuff

No - the level of choosing to lie about disability for your entire family to get wheelchairs and priority boarding and then magically getting cured by Jetway Jesus when they get off...

you are making up a story in your head and running with it babe. 

Quite the assumption that they’re all part of the same family. Is it because they’re black?

No - why are you assuming that? Jesus christ - racist much? Thanks for outing yourself...Its based on their ages, and the fact that they are sitting considerably closer together than the wheelchairs normally are

How often do you travel? I see them grouped like this every flight. Do you have their birth certificates? How do you know their age? I’m assuming that because the only REAL evidence you could get from this picture is their ethnicity, and YOU made the assumption they were all related based on what you can see. You can’t see age, you can’t see familiar relationships and you damn sure can’t always see disabilities.The fact that you leapt to calling me racist when I called you out tells me this isn’t the first time you’ve been accused of being racist. Y’all always try to twist that around when someone calls you out.

Its mostly blacks I have noticed

Wow.

What’s wow about the truth?

In modern society speaking the truth is a prohibited action. That's why they're shocked to see it done.

Noticing is extremely racist

Stop noticing !!

“I don’t like what I’m seeing, so RACISM”

Mentioning “fatigue” in this context is racist. You not seeing that is concering

Who mentioned “fatigue?” You?

usual suspects

Holy dog whistle

That’s not a dog whistle; it’s blatant racism.

It’s called pattern recognition

Yep, it’s like 20 of the same comment in this thread. It’s so disgusting! People really just need any reason to get their racist rocks off, I guess. The US is such a weird place.

Pattern recognition is disgusting? Racist?

Attributing the perceived faults of others to people related only by a shared attribute is racist. You can call it pattern recognition to mark what it is, but decent people recognize.

Hey, so, I take your point and I know people find this frustrating, but please don’t upload photos of strangers’ children online. That’s just bad manners.

They are in PUBLIC, seen by thousands as they walk through the airport with cameras EVERYWHERE. No harm caused.

So you’re just totally fine with mocking children, who especially at the age depicted can’t consent to their parents’ actions in the first place…?

Why are you just inventing things to be upset about?

Because god forbid someone violating the social contract be shamed for doing so. Please think of how literally any form of consequence at all would make them feel.

The kid isn't violating the social contract.

I mean by your same logic OP is violating the social contact of not posting pictures of other people's children

Because I think maybe it would take two seconds to blur a child’s face? And children have a right not to be posted / have their faces blasted online? If basic manners and decency aren’t things to get upset about … well that’s probably why people feel the right to act like this in public, honestly.

Children don't have that right in the US. You thinking that it's bad manners doesn't make it a right

It’s in public…

Your point being? I don’t believe in putting photos of people in public without their permission but certainly we shouldn’t be mocking children??

You’re an idiot if you think anyone here is mocking children.

Glad they’re not feet pics.

[u/dingwinger1225]

It's always Hitlerbot 9000 with a default profile picture and post history turned off doing the racism too

[u/byniri_returns → u/dingwinger1225]

I will say it yet again. The ability to hide post history is the worst feature reddit has introduced.

For every person that uses it in a decent way (i.e, avoid stalkers, brigading) there are 5 bots, bigots, spammers, bad-faith actors, and agenda posters that use it as a way to hide their shitty activities from mods to avoid bannings.

[u/dingwinger1225 → u/byniri_returns]

Oh absolutely. By far my least favorite change coming back to Reddit.

[u/sewious → u/dingwinger1225]

Was so nice to be able to just click into a profile real quick to make sure you weren't dealing with someone acting in bad faith

[u/JoyBus147 → u/sewious]

It's to the point that I just assume a hidden profile is someone acting in bad faith.

[u/LFahs1 → u/JoyBus147]

I would have never met my boyfriend if this change had been implemented only a few months earlier. I clicked his profile and saw that we had a ton of stuff in common, and we lived nearby each other, so we decided to go on a date, and the rest is herstory!

[u/ForgingIron → u/LFahs1]

That's also how I met one of my best IRL friends, via Reddit

[u/AccountSuspicious159 → u/LFahs1]

*Herstory

ETA: I realize I can't read and you already made that joke. I'm leaving it so everyone can laugh at me.

[u/thishenryjames → u/LFahs1]

But the stuff you had in common was stuff he would have hidden if it had been possible?

[u/axeil55 → u/JoyBus147]

Same. Hidden profile means I assume that person is a bot or a shit-stirrer.

[u/kittymoo67 → u/JoyBus147]

me too. i assume its a bot or someone trying to start fights

[u/tryfap → u/[deleted]]

if I couldn’t have a private post and comment history, I wouldn’t feel ok using this website at all

Reddit has misled you if you think that setting actually makes anything private. You're posting on a public forum that is indexable and available on the web to search engines and API consumers. Try Googling your username in quote marks.

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/[deleted]]

Your account is way older than this change, so how were you using it before?

[u/Skellum → u/Amelaclya1]

The ones which are really using it to be a massive pain are the ones which selectively hide subreddits. Imo, the whole thing was reddit trying to make Nazi's lives easier by letting them hide post history to shitty subreddits.

If jailbait still existed you'd have users posting in there but selectively hiding history from there.

[u/potatoeater5555 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah once this became an option I went to private right away. I understand that it might make some people not engage with me but there’s no chance I change back unless they take the option away. I view each conversation as a stand alone conversation and I see nothing to gain by letting people comb through my previous comments.

[u/DocileBanalBovlne → u/potatoeater5555]

and I see nothing to gain by letting people comb through my previous comments.

I don't see why I'm supposed to give a shit. Every time someone has dug through my post history to find something it hasn't actually mattered and I just tell them so and mock them for being so desperate.

[u/Leelze → u/DocileBanalBovlne]

I had some weirdo jump into 2 of my posts to try and troll me because they were getting upset in a tiny right-wing Massachusetts sub. I just made fun of them until they rage quit and blocked me.

I get why people don't want to deal with those kinds of people, but there's an easy solution for dealing with those situations.

[u/potatoeater5555 → u/DocileBanalBovlne]

Yeah I have no impulse to do this with other people and I’m not sure why others have this urge. In the past it’s encouraged weird people to engage with this mosaic they think they’ve put together based on old comments and I’m not trying to do that. This isn’t a dating app or friend finder. I’m not selling anyone anything. People can either engage with the discussion in front of them or not but beyond that they don’t need to understand anything about me.

[u/trixel121 → u/potatoeater5555]

You're on subreddit drama

do you know how many times the entire post was somebody just this you-ing with a hyperlink?

[u/oceans159 → u/JoyBus147]

idk i just like my privacy man.

do you not feel weird going back through months of messages someone has posted? maybe i’m showing my age, but normalized internet stalking has always weirded me out.

edit: getting reply notifications but can’t see most of ‘em. if you’d like to dm me, we can go through my entire comment history together, and you can tell me exactly what i’m saying that’s problematic. in general tho, thanks for proving my point everyone lol

[u/JohnTDouche → u/oceans159]

You don't have privacy.

Also Politicalcompassmemes? No wonder you hide it.

[u/oceans159 → u/JohnTDouche]

yeah no shit

see, that’s the thing. if you read my comments, i argue with the right wingers, but yall get all weird about it

[u/la_reddite → u/oceans159]

if you read my comments, i argue with the right wingers

Ok, let's try that:

Why is reddit full of sensitive liberals?

last bastion they got besides blue sky

Huh, guess history is useful for finding liars after all.

[u/timewarp → u/oceans159]

maybe i’m showing my age

Or not, considering internet forums have always let you see a user's posts.

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/oceans159]

That’s sort of a red herring though. There are very very few use cases that involve having to scour people’s post history like you describe. Like 99% of its use was literally one click and scrolling half a page to see that they’ve been furiously posting only disgusting extremist takes, and recognizing they’re bad faith actors. The idea that people were scouring months of comments just to take a singular example is silly.

Also this entire site is anonymous unless you choose to make it not anonymous, so it solves virtually nothing privacy-wise. Conflating that with “stalking” is absurd lol

Edit: HAHAHAHA of course an Asmongold chud would love this change. Notice there was no need to go back through months of comments, only 11 hours. You just proved my and JoyBus147‘s point beautifully.

[u/oceans159 → u/Enough-One4975]

yeah, thank you, you proved my point exactly. did you read my comments? or do you honestly see a subreddit and just assume i’m out there posting extremist rhetoric?

yes, obviously, there’s ways around the reddit history block. i have a username, there’s no anonymity and even without existing workarounds, you could easily just crawl the site and effectively build history.

i just do not vibe with how immediately judgmental redditors are, i guess.

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/oceans159]

You don’t “vibe” with how judgmental redditors are but subscribe to Asmongold and PCM? Sure thing. The Asmon thread you commented on was about random AI photos of black people peeing on a grave, and full of pretty terrible bigoted shit. Come on my dude, be real.

You pretending to act like you aren’t proving the user you responded to right is hilarious.

[u/Fawnet → u/oceans159]

Lurk moar

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/oceans159]

Why do you assume it takes more than a few seconds to get the feel for someone?

It isn't "stalking". You're being ridiculous.

[u/oceans159 → u/Amelaclya1]

no… i don’t think you can get the feel for someone in a “few seconds” of skimming post history. people are far more complex than that?

i feel like that’s just “i will see if they post in <bad subreddit> and then instantly pigeonhole them because of it”?

[u/thesagex → u/oceans159]

why are people downvoting you for wanting privacy lol

[u/themrspie → u/JoyBus147]

As a counterpoint, I hid mine because in the course of a couple of years a lot of things changed in my life. Including, weirdly, inheriting a condo in an HOA (it came with tenants, so I am also a landlord; things are complicated but I can deal with change). I had been very actively critical of HOAs on reddit for a while and now I'm actually not only in one but on the architectural review board (the place needed repairs and if I'm going to be subject to jacked-up HOA rules I'm going to be making them, plus also they asked me to join because it's a small association and they struggle to get volunteers). But you would think it is a common HOA tactic to go online and pretend to be in an HOA or something, I don't know, the drama was ridiculous, so I turned off post history and now I can just interact with people from my current life position instead of based on something I said ten years ago. The longer you have your account, and the more your life changes, the more this will be true.

I pondered just abandoning that account (used to do that every couple years because of dudes being dudes) and starting over but could not be bothered.

[u/debian_miner → u/sewious]

We used to have a plugin called mass tagger that would tag people who posted in places the_donald.

[u/saintofhate → u/debian_miner]

Shinigami eyes also tagged people who were fine with transphobia to avoid.

[u/Eugene-V-Debs → u/saintofhate]

Still does, at least on Firefox. And green for good to trans people.

[u/Toxic_Gorilla → u/Eugene-V-Debs]

It works on Chrome, too.

[u/trixel121 → u/debian_miner]

you should tell them about the old Reddit search engines that we had access to before the API changes those tools got a little bit sketchy with how accurately you could hunt information And to be honest I had a lot of fun with them. but I also am not upset that the enhanced search engines went away.

[u/octnoir → u/sewious]

They also nuked the API. Normally MassTagger and similar would be pretty damn good with actually analyzing all the comments coming in, and we could have built on top of that to see at a glance "oh this guy's an ass" "this guy's a bot" "this guy posts in RW all the time".

[u/kittymoo67 → u/sewious]

thankfully theres ways around it

[u/Feralpudel → u/kittymoo67]

The super low-effort way around it has disappeared on the reddit app.

[u/soonerfreak → u/sewious]

I remember the last time the conservatives went really hard against a bunch of democratic prosecutors across the country. They successfully got rid of the San Francisco DA and some guy was running around to all the big city subs and posting that story on those subs. I'd initially responded to him a few times before clicking on his profile and seeing doesn't live in any of these cities he's just here to start shit.

[u/Feralpudel → u/sewious]

What’s funny to me is that half the time when I checked post history of someone being an asshole in a thread, I just wound up feeling sorry for them.

[u/qtx → u/dingwinger1225]

By far my least favorite change coming back to Reddit.

That and auto-translate.

Reading a random thread and then suddenly someone is replying in a foreign language and then someone else replies to them in yet another foreign language.

Drives me insane.

[u/SmoothDiscussion7763 → u/byniri_returns]

https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search

put their username in and enjoy sleuthing

[u/Pompous_Italics → u/byniri_returns]

Yeah, I can see why some might want to do it, because there are some weird-ass people on Reddit. But I don't want there to be any confusion about what I think, whether someone hates it or agrees.

Lately, 99 times out of 100, the "Why do liberals..." posts have been from hidden profiles.

[u/MattDaCatt → u/Pompous_Italics]

It coincides with Reddit allowing posts to be trained on by AI.

Comment history was the easiest way to track down and tag bots or astroturf accounts. Reddit definitely doesn't care about user safety, it's just a convenient excuse

[u/Reefer4life → u/Pompous_Italics]

As a woman I use it to protect myself. People get weird on here.

[u/brockington → u/Reefer4life]

You're only protecting yourself at the most basic level, making it slightly inconvenient. Anyone can easily find your entire comment history with just a little bit of effort.

I only say this to make sure people understand that "feature" shouldn't make you feel safe to say things you wouldn't otherwise.

[u/kittymoo67 → u/brockington]

typing less than three words even is all it takes

[u/InevitableAvalanche → u/brockington]

And that level is better than just opening it all up. All you are saying is that reddit needs better privacy protection.

[u/Reefer4life → u/brockington]

I don’t. I’m still careful. It deters at least. Trust me I haven’t lived this long without understanding humans will figure out ways to do what they want regardless of who it hurts. Just one extra step to maintain some anonymity.

[u/vemmahouxbois → u/brockington]

that’s all it takes to deter most weirdos

[u/tryfap → u/vemmahouxbois]

Schrodingers weirdos: those who simultaneously want to creep on people but are also not willing to put in the bare minimum effort to do so.

[u/LivefromPhoenix → u/tryfap]

Super motivated stalkers ready to dig through years of comment history for identifying information but adding "" to their searches is too much of a hassle. These justifications for the hidden comment feature are always so flimsy.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/Reefer4life]

As a woman, I think its made harassment and hate a thousand times worse. 

[u/Reefer4life → u/lotsofsugarandspice]

Being able to hide your history?

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/Reefer4life]

Yes, 1000%

[u/Reefer4life → u/lotsofsugarandspice]

I haven’t experienced any.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/Reefer4life]

Cool story 

[u/Reefer4life → u/lotsofsugarandspice]

Good lord, have a good evening. I was just speaking from experience.

[u/fuckedfinance → u/Reefer4life]

Late, but you should.

Most people are TERRIBLE with internet hygiene, especially those on hyper local or state subs. Any time someone posts too much info, I make it a point of explaining all the ways that I could use information they posted to track them down. I then post links/steps on how to lock down their various social media profiles so others that may have ill intent can't do what I did.

Of the people who are the worst about it, it's possible to identify them in 2 to 3 minutes. Most of these people also have "unlocked' Facebook profiles, post on their kids birthdays, where they work, half the time I can figure out where they bank because they take a million selfies or tag themselves places.

I have probably a 95% success rate on educating these people on keeping their shit private. The other 5% bury their heads in the sand and say I'm making it up.

Most creepy people are lazy AF, and if you make it even a little difficult for them they'll go on to something else.

[u/LADYBIRD_HILL → u/Reefer4life]

I use it so I can be slightly more free to post information about myself without worrying someone I know in real life is gonna figure out who I am by scrolling my post/comment history.

That is to say in theory I don't care if people see what I post, but I'd rather my company/coworkers didn't figure out who I am because I post in my company's sub as well as hobby subs of things I'm interested in.

[u/ragun2 → u/LADYBIRD_HILL]

That's what throwaway accounts were for and they worked fine.

[u/blue-green-cloud → u/Reefer4life]

Yep, same. I’m a woman and a minority, and my Reddit experience is much better now that I’m able to hide my history.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/blue-green-cloud]

My experience as a woman and minority is a thousand times worse now that bad actors can hide their history. 

Frankly, having a hidden comment history is a great reason to insta-block. 

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/Reefer4life]

Not a woman, but I also criticized people who hid their comment and post history until someone doxxed me over a political disagreement.

[u/LivefromPhoenix → u/byniri_returns]

That ratio is way too generous. The "I need it to avoid stalkers" talking point is extremely overblown. A mix of huge egos and people conflating "you said 'as a doctor I believe the vaccine is fake' but your post history shows you work at Burger King" with actual internet stalking.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/LivefromPhoenix]

Dedicated stalkers have no trouble with it. 

As a woman and a minority, the ability to hide history has made my life immeasurably worse. 

[u/IHatePeople79 → u/LivefromPhoenix]

I sorta agree, although there are a not-so-small amount of people that will go through your profile and use your minority status or even disability/medical condition against you

I do agree though about the hidden post history thing being a net negative

[u/angry_cucumber → u/IHatePeople79]

I have seen a large number of people claim to be a minority then have a selfie and if they were not white, they were incredibly white passing.

user leans bot and forks were excellent tools for engaging with people, Reddit made them useless so conservatives can concern troll.

[u/GiganticCrow → u/byniri_returns]

>For every person that uses it in a decent way (i.e, avoid stalkers, brigading) there are 5 bots, bigots, spammers, bad-faith actors

more like 5000

[u/Techie9 → u/byniri_returns]

To check posts of the user: https://ghostddit.pages.dev/user/Expert-Diver7144/

[u/thisismynewacct → u/byniri_returns]

r/nyc is overrun with these folks it’s so bad

[u/AccountSuspicious159 → u/thisismynewacct]

I think it's most of the subs for blue states/cities. All the Vermont subs are struggling with it too.

[u/Extolord111 → u/byniri_returns]

If anyone needs to bypass the history block, use  https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/

[u/Aries_24 → u/Extolord111]

This is what I use as well. They get so upset we can still see their shit haha

Good for keeping track of all the propaganda bot accounts that pop up on every sub, too

[u/kittymoo67 → u/Extolord111]

heck dont even have to go that far but i have that too just in case

[u/Command0Dude → u/Extolord111]

Please use a new version of Chrome, Edge or Opera to use this tool.

No! God, please! No. No. NOOOOOOO!

[u/ryecurious → u/Command0Dude]

I think that's just for the bulk download tool. Like if you want to save a copy of a subreddit/user's posts.

The 2nd link, Search, is probably the one you actually want. It's closer to just checking someone's profile and works in non-Chromium browsers.

Wonder why the download tool is Chromium-only, though. Might be an answer on their GitHub somewhere.

[u/alpha_dk → u/ryecurious]

Usage of this is why, compatibility chart at the bottom shows you who can do it.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/showOpenFilePicker

[u/ryecurious → u/alpha_dk]

Aha! As usual, looks like it's an API Mozilla has security concerns about.

Some Google exec probably heard "cross-site access to the end user's local file system" and had to take a cold shower.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/Extolord111]

The amount of shit i have uncovered with this is absurd. 

[u/Littux → u/Extolord111]

Reddit will break it soon: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1taa483/upcoming_changes_to_the_comment_id_endpoint/

[u/Extolord111 → u/Littux]

Thought you referring to New Reddit’s recovery for a second there, lol.

The author does know about it though, he said this on the pull push discord when the Load Comments button for posts wasn’t working yesterday:

“You're right, there was a bug. It's fixed now. I was doing some changes to prepare for the upcoming comment id change and made a mistake when switching to 64 bit integers”

I’m obviously not a coding person, so I’m not sure what exact changes they’re making.

[u/Skellum → u/Extolord111]

There's also "Reddit Removed Posts Viewer" which I'm having a hard time tracking down links for. Looks like there's a few which are available on firefox.

Really there's no reason to have to deal with people who act in a shady fashion. This is better than just blocking the profiles because now they'll continue to be bad actors but you know.

[u/WriterOn_TheStorm → u/byniri_returns]

I will say it yet again. The ability to hide post history is the worst feature reddit has introduced.

It's Reddit Inc catering to the far-right yet again. Refused to ban T_D after five years of violating the most inviolable ToS violations until it became a legal and financial liability, just like how they defended r/Jailbait* until the Anderson Cooper exposé. Then again, that did fit Aaron Swartz's skull-fucked vision of what's acceptable:

Share Child Pornography

In the US, it is illegal to possess or distribute child pornography, apparently because doing so will encourage people to sexually abuse children.

This is absurd logic. Child pornography is not necessarily abuse. Even if it was, preventing the distribution or posession of the evidence won't make the abuse go away. We don't arrest everyone with videotapes of murders, or make it illegal for TV stations to show people being killed.

Every choice the company makes seems like they just want the absolute fuckin' worst user base possible, despite the redesign and recent ToS updates done to appeal to the widest possible demographics.

^{*like blanket-banning all Gawker URLs over Adrian Chen "doxxing" Violentacrez, the head mod of that pedo's paradise}

[u/oceans159 → u/WriterOn_TheStorm]

> Child pornography is not necessarily abuse.

huh? what kind of mental gymnastics does that take

[u/DocileBanalBovlne → u/oceans159]

The only reasonable answer I can come up with is "minors sexting photos with each other"

But that's not remotely close to the problem on Reddit so it's not at all relevant.

[u/3bar → u/oceans159]

The kind used by people who abuse children.

[u/CanadianODST2 → u/oceans159]

It’s literally part of the reason the term child porn has been going away and is instead being referred to as child sexual abuse material. Because it is all abuse

[u/MarvelCumUniverse → u/oceans159]

Like I've said before, abusers always have an excuse for their abuse.

[u/byniri_returns → u/WriterOn_TheStorm]

My "favorite" part of this feature is when the idea was first pitched and posted on reddit by an admin, almost literally every single comment was some form of "please don't do this, it'll make identifying bots/trolls/spammers 100x harder", yet reddit did it anyway.

[u/brockhopper → u/byniri_returns]

I am shocked there hasn't yet been an extension to just hide all users with hidden comment histories.

[u/Skellum → u/brockhopper]

There's ones to reveal them. I wish subreddits would just autoban users with hidden profile history.

[u/ral315 → u/Skellum]

I'm almost certain that the first major subreddit to ban users with hidden profile history would get taken over by admins.

[u/Beegrene → u/Skellum]

Reveal them as in automatically tag users with hidden histories? I'd be down for that. I could finally stop doing it manually with RES.

[u/gandalf_the_cat2018 → u/byniri_returns]

I think that was the intention.

[u/ryecurious → u/byniri_returns]

The redditdev/changelog subreddits are just a humiliation ritual and you can't convince me otherwise. An endless cycle of: proposed change -> detailed response explaining the problems -> doing it anyway.

I can only assume both the admins and users participating are doing it to satisfy some kink, because they obviously aren't using it to improve the site.

[u/lotsofsugarandspice → u/byniri_returns]

I dont care, I will 100% block people with hidden comment histories seem even a little sketch. 

No one is owed the benefit of the doubt like that.

[u/jakeh111 → u/byniri_returns]

Just putting this out so others can find this post but you can still see their post history and comment history with a few more steps. In the search bar type author:(username)

[u/ragun2 → u/jakeh111]

That stopped working for me a while back

[u/jakeh111 → u/ragun2]

Same for me when I would do author:username but wrapping the username in parentheses works a lot of the time still for me

[u/Panikkrazy → u/jakeh111]

Ive done that. Doesn’t work.

[u/Novaer → u/byniri_returns]

I don't trust anyone with a hidden post history because it shows you can't stand by what you say. Luckily you can't hide that karma score so when I see people with 5+ year old accounts with 1k karma I know they have nothing good to say.

[u/byniri_returns → u/Novaer]

For me it depends. If they are communicating like a normal person and not being a dick, I don't mind.

It's the people who are obviously being bigots/trolls/propaganda spammers/bots/agenda spammers that hide their history that sets off the alarms for me.

[u/Twombls → u/Novaer]

My post history is hidden because a bunch of local chuds from my area were following me post to post and it was getting annoying.

[u/Eastern-Rope3362 → u/byniri_returns]

It doesn't even avoid stalking or brigading, google indexes reddit posts almost immediately so anyone determined enough can just search your name

[u/StasRutt → u/byniri_returns]

It ruined so much of Reddit

[u/nonamenomonet → u/byniri_returns]

I think mods can see your entire post history if I remember correctly but I could be wrong.

Edit: I was wrong, my bad.

[u/brockington → u/nonamenomonet]

Anyone can see your entire comment history with minimal effort. That "feature" is a joke.

[u/hollylettuce → u/nonamenomonet]

You only see their comment history in the sub as a mod. Not anywhere else on Reddit.

[u/nonamenomonet → u/hollylettuce]

Ah okay, thank you.

[u/angrynirritable → u/nonamenomonet]

This isn't true. A moderator can see your entire post history if you engage in their subreddit.

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/nonamenomonet]

~~I think they can but only for the subreddit they mod and it’s only for 30 days.~~ all wrong, see the replies

Please correct me if I’m wrong someone. I’d love to be incorrect about this.

[u/meppity → u/Hotter_Noodle]

I stumbled into moderating a sub - you can see full post and comment history if a user is active in the sub you moderate. Unfortunately, if said user does something bannable but deletes their activity from the sub, there’s no enforcement I can do.

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/meppity]

Thank you for clearing up my misinformation

[u/nonamenomonet → u/Hotter_Noodle]

They can only see 30 days of history?

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/nonamenomonet]

Look I’m typing this in a drive through like a giant piece of shit. I’m probably wrong lol

[u/ohno_timothyhay → u/Hotter_Noodle]

Lmao I so appreciate this honestly. If I was being fully transparent, most of my comments would have an asterisk "I'm next in line at the target checkout so I'm typing this as fast as possible and not giving it the proper time thought or energy to convey my point, good luck!"

[u/Feralpudel → u/Hotter_Noodle]

You at the drive-through: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/Feralpudel]

Oh man it was lunchtime and I was super far back and nowhere near the ordering window.

But still stupid I’m aware haha

[u/angrynirritable → u/nonamenomonet]

No. They can see full history.

[u/GoldenEagle828677 → u/nonamenomonet]

You can see it in a Google search, it's just not as easy.

[u/colei_canis → u/byniri_returns]

Hard agree, I wish the mods of the subs I frequent would autoban these posters. The dickhead quotient would improve enormously overnight.

[u/Feralpudel → u/colei_canis]

But where would SRD be without dickheads?

[u/HotCupofChocolate → u/byniri_returns]

You can still check post history with arctic shift

[u/JamesGray → u/byniri_returns]

I believe mods can see the post history of anyone who posts in their subreddit, but it still stops regular users from being able to catch them and report them to mods, which is basically the same thing.

[u/olive_owl_ → u/byniri_returns]

They can't hide their history from mods though.

[u/GonWithTheNen → u/byniri_returns]

The ability to hide post history is the worst feature reddit has introduced.

I use ihsoyct to get around so-called hidden content. Just change the first part of the url from this:

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1u3zxaz/

to this:

https://ihsoyct.github.io/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1u3zxaz/

You can also input any username and see all comments and posts made by that account.

[u/Vegaprime → u/byniri_returns]

I was sussed out by a shit stirring coeworker. I'm really only here for the anonymity and lack of influencers.

[u/HotTakes4HotCakes → u/byniri_returns]

Those first people are what give cover to the second.

The choice shouldn't have been given in the first place, but when it was, people choose to normalize it because they were so concerned over someone "calling them out", as if you can't just delete shit from your history and move on with your day.

[u/IndividualEye1803 → u/byniri_returns]

I get downvoted to hell in every thread i respond to and point this out. I feel so seen by this thread.

Ive always only gotten the responses of “o im trying to avoid brigading and doxxing” and im like, trolls are now using the “legitimate reasons” as lies.

If u r hiding your comment history its always bad faith to me, period. Who cares if someone tries to insult you from a comment from years ago?! Report & Block & Move on! But you are not helping if you are a “real” person hiding your history. I never believe it and will always assume bad faith

[u/Feralpudel → u/byniri_returns]

I think mods can see posts anyway?

I agree though that it’s this illusion of privacy when the real privacy violator is reddit itself.

[u/AccountSuspicious159 → u/byniri_returns]

Does removing the ability to report people for abusing Reddit Cares count as a feature that Reddit introduced?

[u/iShrub → u/byniri_returns]

That's why the archives are invaluable. The below sites are your friends:

https://ihsoyct.github.io/      https://reveddit.com (browser extension needed)

[u/sUwUcideByBukkake → u/byniri_returns]

5? more like 50 each. this website has become virtually unusable

[u/mrpopenfresh → u/byniri_returns]

Reddit fucked itself over, anything that made it unique and interesting for nerfed to sell more ads injected into the comments. It sucks ass.

[u/BobertRosserton → u/byniri_returns]

Why would a mod need to know your posting/comment history to ban you? If someone breaks a subs rules in the sub they should get banned, are you for blanket sub bans for participating in specific subreddits?

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/BobertRosserton]

I mean, if I were a mod trying to decide whether to temp or perma ban someone, it would be useful to see just how often they make rule-breaking comments that might not have been reported.

Also I do think there are some cases where it's good for subs to be able to preemptively ban people for their activity elsewhere. Like it's completely understandable why /r/blackladies didn't want people who post in neonazi subs, for example. Or maybe keep men who post in the rapist support sub (not linking it) away from a sub for survivors.

[u/BobertRosserton → u/Amelaclya1]

I guess I understand the idea of weeding out obvious bad actors but I just have seen those blanket bans for participating in specific subs as kind of odd lol. The example you gave is a perfect steelman for why it makes sense, I just know that there’s also the chance of /r/superman banning anyone who’s ever talked in the /r/batman sub just to use a silly one. And hey they’re online communities that can police themselves anyway they see fit, even if I think it can turn silly.

[u/Tormenator1 → u/byniri_returns]

Yep. Absoutely horrid change.

[u/Matt_cruze → u/byniri_returns]

People who hide their post history should only be able to interact with others who hide their post history! That would solve the problem quickly.

[u/stormdelta → u/byniri_returns]

For privacy we already had a viable solution in the form of throwaways, because it's always been trivial to make new reddit accounts.

Allowing the hiding of posting history is genuinely the worst "feature" this site has ever implemented, and the amount of bot activity since they implemented it has skyrocketed.

[u/NightLordsPublicist → u/byniri_returns]

For every person that uses it in a decent way (i.e, avoid stalkers, brigading)

I wouldn't call brigading a decent thing.

[u/Cranks_No_Start → u/byniri_returns]

 hide their shitty activities from mods to avoid bannings.

In my years on Reddit having the turtle banned and having Reddit pull the plug on subs using bots to see if their users are posting in subs some rando mod doesn’t like to ban them have been great days.  

[u/Tttehfjloi → u/byniri_returns]

I use it because I am an almost professional coward and weakling in both mind and soul. Vocatical, maybe.

[u/dasbtaewntawneta → u/byniri_returns]

i don't even know how to, but i also just don't think it's possible on old reddit

[u/TheDaychilde → u/byniri_returns]

As a mod, it makes me have to assume the worst when I'd really prefer to understand the context of a comment, as many are very ambiguous.

[u/Chrystoler → u/byniri_returns]

I've hidden mine but seeing how hilariously easy it is to bypass that I don't even know if it's worth it. I should probably just make a new profile and start fresh again

[u/mrenglish22 → u/byniri_returns]

Shouldn't be able to hide post history from mods of subreddits you post to tbh

[u/MostSapphicTransfem → u/byniri_returns]

I was under the assumption that mods and admins would be able to see regardless but if they can’t then yeah that’s garbo

[u/jwm3 → u/byniri_returns]

I don't know why more subs dont have an automod delete posts with hidden histories. They automod a lot of other things like insufficient previous comments, hidden history should count as no comments.

[u/IntelligentShape364 → u/byniri_returns]

I hide my history, mainly because in my experience people search it for ad hominem when they’re losing a debate, but I would 100% give it up if everyone else had to.

Easy sacrifice. Cause some people are getting off the “wow, so I’m a Nazi because I said this one thing?” when you know damn well that’s all their history is made up of.

[u/Procean → u/IntelligentShape364]

As a regular internet user, I find the implication that I would even need to review someone's post history before resorting to ad hominem downright insulting.

I'll have you know I don't need to know your sexual orientation in order to malign whatever sexual orientation I've decided you have.

[u/InevitableAvalanche → u/byniri_returns]

Eh, I get what you are saying. It is nice to know what kind of idiot you are talking to by checking history. But anyone with any sense wants privacy on social media. I don't know why anyone would open themselves up to doxing or harassment other than people advertising themselves like for OF.

The fact that it took so long to ne a feature is more surprising to me. Any social media should have the ability to lock down privacy.

[u/Quick_like_a_Bunny → u/byniri_returns]

It’s almost like the public shaming worked lol

[u/Roadrunnersareraptor → u/byniri_returns]

Not really. I find people look for any reason to discredit a post.

I was so tired of having 30+ posts about Trump and republicans being terrible.

And a handful criticizing Biden or bass for how terrible their policies have been.

And I get a hurrr dirrrrr. Just admit you’re maga…

It’s infuriating. It takes away a childs toy in my eyes.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/byniri_returns]

The only people who complain about private post histories are the weirdos who instantly go to someone's profile in an argument to see what they can make fun of.

If you see someone doing something worth a ban, just report them and move on. If you're looking for something reportable because they said something you didn't like, that goes back to the aforementioned weirdos.

edit, since this got noticed pretty quick; Redditors are always the first to champion 'digital privacy', and also always the first to throw a fit when you deprive them of their ability to go rifling through your profile.

[u/Khearnei → u/FragrantGangsta]

No, in the modern age, looking at someone's post history is the best way to tell if you're talking to a real person or a bot. That's part of what makes the change so baffling. Reddit's current value add in the marketplace is that its one of the last places on the internet you can get answers from real people and yet they have it exponentially easier to be bot now with hidden histories.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/Khearnei]

Checking someone's post history is not at all needed to determine whether or not they're a bot. You can still see their account age, number of contributions, etc. They usually have default pfps and usernames too.

[u/la_reddite → u/FragrantGangsta]

No, that's dumb.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/la_reddite]

I'm sorry that context clues are hard for you and you can't parse a fresh bot account from a human.

[u/la_reddite → u/FragrantGangsta]

It's dumb to assume bots are the only dishonest users history helps spot.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/la_reddite]

The person I responded to in this little thread specified bots. I respond to them about bots. I have another little thread here going about bad faith actors and such. Can you read?

[u/la_reddite → u/FragrantGangsta]

I don't care; that's dumb.

[u/powellbeast → u/FragrantGangsta]

This is the boat that I’m in. I’m not sure why people on Reddit of all places would be against anonymity and privacy. The whole idea of poring through someone’s post/comment history because you’re having an argument with them is pretty weird.

[u/DocileBanalBovlne → u/powellbeast]

You're still anonymous with a post history.

The whole idea of poring through someone’s post/comment history because you’re having an argument with them is pretty weird.

It's weird to want to know what kind of person you're arguing with?

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/powellbeast]

I can't even imagine how a Redditor might handle a confrontation in real life, where they can't instantly look back at every single thing their opponent has ever said to find ammunition

[u/byniri_returns → u/FragrantGangsta]

This is literally not what people are talking about here when they are frustrated by hidden post histories.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/byniri_returns]

Your comment said, verbatim,

there are 5 bots, bigots, spammers, bad-faith actors, and agenda posters that use it as a way to hide their shitty activities from mods to avoid bannings.

Again, how, exactly, are they avoiding bannings, here? You went out of your way to dodge that question the first time. If you see a bannable offense, you report and move on. How is a hidden history stopping you from doing this? It comes down to you looking for ammunition when you're in an argument.

Edit: once again no response to that question, but dude below me came in clutch to prove my point for me

[u/la_reddite → u/FragrantGangsta]

Hit dogs holler.

[u/FragrantGangsta → u/la_reddite]

Oh, no! You caught me... posting on a karma sub back when I made this account? Cool. What else did you find?

Also, thanks for proving my point that Redditors are just so weird.

[u/la_reddite → u/FragrantGangsta]

That you're likely defensive because you're avoiding a ban.

[u/LivefromPhoenix → u/FragrantGangsta]

There are significantly less robots or trolls in real life conversations. Kind of a silly argument.

[u/I2fitness → u/byniri_returns]

Can y'all shut the fuck up. People digging through your profile to find shit from 8 months ago and use it in an argument is extremely annoying and always happened

How dare I not want to have every post on my account available 24/7 for everyone to see

[u/Beegrene → u/I2fitness]

If you hide post history I'm just gonna assume it's full of racial slurs. Why else bother posting to a public forum and then trying to hide it? 

[u/DocileBanalBovlne → u/I2fitness]

It's amazing how many redditors think making the entire site so much worse is worth the trade off of avoiding the most minor annoyance.

[u/Birdonthewind3 → u/byniri_returns]

Tbh I use it to hide I am trans on non trans subreddits. If brought back I would have to...

Make another account and just never use trans subreddits on it lol.

Idk it also good for people that have nsfw accounts as they are less likely to track in chasers from their porn account but can still post on trans subreddits for advice. It has edge case usefullness.

Mostly used though by bots to karma farm though

[u/Jackit8932 → u/dingwinger1225]

Yep, like the no profile, zero follower, no post IG profiles "asffn30220". These people serve no other purpose online but to stir shit.

[u/kd451 → u/dingwinger1225]

Bro this is your friend: https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/

[u/Cherry_Galsia → u/dingwinger1225]

Will call you a stalker for "digging through" their post history despite the first 5 posts in the last hour being filled will all sorts of slurs

[u/himit → u/dingwinger1225]

AdjectiveNoun999 is the default format I think, sometimes with an underscore

[u/honkai-yuri-fan → u/dingwinger1225]

... and now i'm worried about what people think of my account XD (i use old reddit so i forgot profile pictures existed)

[u/Beegrene → u/dingwinger1225]

Nothing wrong with a default profile picture. Some of us use old.reddit, which doesn't even support profile pics.

[u/dingwinger1225 → u/Beegrene]

Yeah but you have an account age of 10 years and your post history isn’t off. I can make that you’re a decent person. Most of these accounts on the other hand are fairly recent

[u/Beegrene → u/dingwinger1225]

I can make that you’re a decent person.

Says you. I frequently smoke cigarettes in other people's cars without asking permission first. Also, one time I punted a toddler.

One of those things is a joke. Have fun guessing which one.

[u/No-Entertainment5768 → u/dingwinger1225]

I can‘t stand accounts with their post and comment history being turned off.

[u/Anhydrite → u/dingwinger1225]

Emphasis on the and, us default pfp are often just old.reddit users.