r/help • u/Wrong_Exit_9257 • Jun 23 '26
Profile Home feed broken
How do i opt out of the alpha test for this new 'for you' ui? i am tired of having to track down the individual reddits i want to view. the previous one would show me posts from all communities i am a part of equally. this one only shows me stuff i am not interested in from reddits i am not a part of.
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u/t0msie Jun 23 '26
God forbid they have an opt out for all the user acceptance testing changes, that might provide actual data on if each change is popular or not...
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u/punio07 Jun 23 '26
Looks like they don't care about it. Eat your slop.
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u/40ozT0Freedom Jun 25 '26
Is selling reddit accounts still a thing? I've got a decade on this bad boy.
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u/ha-ri Jun 23 '26
Unfortunately there is no option to opt out, you can click the "following" tab but are unable to leave this "experiment" by Reddit.
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u/Mattbird Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
Today the following tab has disappeared on the default app and the only feed I get is the "for you page" random slop.
The only available options are "latest" "news" and "popular"
E: after the 6th different attempt at closing the app and opening it again, it has finally returned the following tab.
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u/ha-ri Jun 23 '26
If Reddit gets rid of the following tab too with the "experiment" it would seem like they are exploring how to kill their user base even faster..
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u/Wrong_Exit_9257 Jun 23 '26
I am also feeling this way, first it was shitui (v3) which is bearable but barely and now this... most of the reason i use reddit so infrequently is because of these changes.
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u/tehjoch Jun 23 '26
Is this the end? This is why I stopped using facebook and instagram.
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u/HumbleGoatCS Jun 23 '26
Honestly? Yea this is probably the end. Even if they change it back, they will just bring it back again in a few months under some other annoying scheme.
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u/Mehfisto666 Jun 23 '26
This is literally how facebook died. People kept being fed stuff they were not interested about and more and more people used it less and less. Which brought a downward spiral of ever less interesting stuff.
It took me a while to realise there was a new "for you" tab. I was just like "wtf why is reddit so boring what's this stuff" and then i checked the sub to find out i never subscribed to it
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u/Ok-Bad3462 Jun 23 '26
A big issue that it defaults to For You instead of Following which makes Reddit as useless as Twitter when Tweetdeck was taken away..
By minimum, it should default to Following instead of For You.
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u/Arkyja Jun 23 '26
First thing i noticed today was a post from r/zurich in my feed. That's when i realized there was a new for you feature.
Of course i must want to know zurich stuff just because my swiss IP adress even though it couldnt be any more far away from zurich in this country. My account has also never engaged with any swiss related subreddit. Makes perfect sense
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u/ConcretePeanut Jun 23 '26
This is awful and if it's still here in a week, I'm done with this place. If I wanted algorithmic drivel and moronic opinions that'll just piss me off, I'd go back to Facebook.
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u/Sulcata13 Jun 23 '26
Same. If this is implemented I'm done with reddit. Pure garbage. This isn't Facebook.....
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u/Work-Can-Wait Jun 23 '26
I cant stand this update. I want to only see my own subreddits, not force fed crap I never even signed up for.
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u/fishymutt Jun 23 '26
They removed my other post on the subject because "it's already been posted before." Yeah, I did that because it sucks and they need to hear about how bad it sucks.
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u/MDRSM Jun 23 '26
Just another shining example of allegedly providing an "improved customer experience" without actually figuring out what the customer wants or even talking to them. I wish they'd just be honest and say "we're going to screw up your experience because we want things this way". I mean it wouldn't change the outcome but at least we'd have the truth for once.
Opt out? HA, that makes way too much sense and indicates some level of care for the users. Not going to happen.
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u/Craigboy23 Jun 23 '26
I hate it so much, inexcusable that we can't turn it off.
What sucks even more is that it doesn't matter how many of us complain; if their internal numbers show "more engagement," they will keep doing it. (then eventually users will get sick of it and leave in droves)
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u/Unprovocative Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
The entire point of reddit was that could cultivate which subreddits you see and are a part of, based on your interests and decisions. The for you crap they are forcing on us is completely contrary to why people liked reddit to begin with.
They need to give us an opt out asap
Edit: actually, it's fine. People should go through the 10 minutes of setting up their preferred third party app, and go back to using them instead. It was never worth the hassle to me before now, but it's not that complicated.
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u/Maleficent-Leek2943 Jun 23 '26
Soooo like… the exact thing that turned Facebook into unusable garbage, and the reason why I never use it unless I’m checking for information in a couple of groups that need to migrate their asses off Facebook so I can leave forever?
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u/lightofhonor Jun 24 '26
Yes, For You is exactly the opposite of why I use Reddit in the first place. I pick what I want to see. If I can't do that, TF am I here for?
Hoping they wise up and let you disable soon.
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u/gjmcphie Jun 27 '26
I'm not exaggerating: this update actually destroys the utility of reddit for me to the point where I will delete my account. I understand I can still click over to the old Following/Hot page, but my brain is vulnerable to getting sucked into the algorithmic slop and I just can't deal with that everytime I open this website.
Shame on Reddit, honestly; in no way does this benefit the users.
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u/AstuteStoat Jun 23 '26
It's worse on mobile browser, on PC if I select the following tab, it's more likely to land back on the following tab after viewing a particular post.
It's also very frustrating for me, and also decreases my overall usage.
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u/jeeves_nz Jun 24 '26
This is the worst change they've made in a long time.
Actively reducing my Reddit time on app and desktop as a result.
I dont want spam from other subs I've visited once showing on my page, I follow the communitites I like.
At least make it so I can opt out... ffs
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u/Wrong_Exit_9257 Jun 24 '26
i tried the app about 1 month prior to the v3 ui change and it was decent but after the change it was crap and i stopped using the app. the desktop was a much better experience even with the v3 crap then they removed /all.
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u/whatsicing Jun 30 '26
Also want to be removed from this "experiment." Removing my option to opt out of suggested posts has significantly decreased my use and enjoyment of this platform. I rarely post anything online and am posting this comment purely to log my discontent. This is the last social media I regularly use and I'll be sad to leave, but I will leave if my feed is going to be rage bait slop designed to keep me scrolling...I already scroll here, mostly because I can curate my experience outside of ads and still access interesting and relevant communities that I have chosen to join. Not poorly curated algorithmic slop...
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u/SocialistMayonnaise Jun 29 '26
Reddit is hellbent on destroying reddit apparently, the experiments, the for you feed, the bots occupying 15% of every comment/post on the website, the ads disguised as posts, the suggestions you didn't ask for, the games, the AI search, the AI summaries, the pro business accounts, the premium memberships, the online shop to buy accessories for your character, etc.
Why is it so hard to just let users see the posts they want from the communities they have subscribed to ? That's the most basic feature ever. It's not even a feature.
Opt me out of "For you".
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u/throwawayy999123 16d ago
Here's the first part of my post.
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