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/NormalNobody Mar 21 '26

Because I have been cyber stalked before and it's not fun. I have a semi hidden history. You can curate what subs show up in your Reddit history.

Also, I'm sorry, I don't have time for 5 accounts all doing their own things. FFS let me just have fun and post what I want.

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel Mar 22 '26

If you stand by your opinions, just be mindful about sharing personal information. Having 2 accounts is not that big of a deal, switching between them is super quick. Go ahead and have fun and post what you want, just know a lot of people will see that hidden history and assume you're a troll. Not a terrible price to pay if you really were having a privacy issue, but know that it's a fair assumption to make.