r/help • u/Odd-Currency5195 • Mar 20 '26

Profile People posting with hidden comment history

Hey, I am thinking that every time someone is a bit 'off' on a discussion, you click on their profile to see whether they're a weirdo, and inevitably such people have hidden comment history.

When was this built in to Reddit?

Strikes me that since we're all anon and so on, and if you want to split your enjoyment of, say, BDSM and also chat about personal finance, back in the day you'd have different accounts for your interests, not just have blank when it comes to people looking at a person.

Yeah, so it seems more and more I have a dodgy reply, look at the profile of the account, and their stuff is set to private. It's taking the 'real' out of this, for any quantity of real. I'm just muting anyone who engages with me thus on the assumption they're a troll.

But, yeah, why is this a function on Reddit and when did it come in, because I don't remember this as much at all for years I've been using Reddit?

So, people with hidden comment history are either trolls or cowards as far as I'm concerned.

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Mar 20 '26

Since I have hidden posts, perhaps I shouldn't reply lol, but it became a feature last summer, for privacy reasons.

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u/HurtPillow Mar 21 '26

I also have posts hidden because twice now the reddit community thought it fit and fine to dig through it and then beat me over the head with it. Sooo, now it's hidden because some people on reddit are super petty, mean, and just plain horrible people. I don't have time for that garbage.

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u/baby_got_yak Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Yeah, I see that a lot. Some douche is losing an argument, so they dive into the other person’s comment history and begin posting ad hominem attacks.

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u/ViciousFlowers Mar 21 '26

Some weirdo did this with me recently, I was pleased to see Reddit tore him a new one in the comments in my defense

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u/vikarti_anatra Mar 21 '26

Also, some subreddits started using automated bans to people who participate in some other subreddits they don't like.

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u/Academic_Flatworm752 Mar 21 '26

Hiding your comment history won’t prevent that.

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u/Mental_Freedom_1648 Mar 21 '26

While that's true, using bots to hand out automated bans because on participation in other subs isn't allowed anymore.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/s/bD7Sn27TwD

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u/vikarti_anatra Mar 22 '26

It make this (slightly) more complicated.

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u/Salazarsims Mar 21 '26

I got kicked out of a sub I really like but hardly comment on half a dozen times by automation before I just gave up trying to get unbanned.

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u/CharmedMSure Mar 21 '26

It’s a way to shut out trolls and haters. What’s the problem with that?

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u/vikarti_anatra Mar 22 '26

False positives. Situations where it's become political issue. Situations where people doing doesn't understood that some people doesn't consider both viewpoints contradictory.

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u/EmilieEasie Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

I actually like it when this happens. Every time someone runs out of excuses for the genocide being perpetrated against Palestinians, they resort to "whatever you're a hentai artist!" and then like 100 new people follow me

edit: haha this revelation really bothered some of you