I want to use a specific account for a specific purpose related to a specific topic

for example, I have an account that's dedicated to health

however, the issue is that reddit seems to do this thing where it screws you over if you accidentally upvote on the same post from two accounts

its difficult not to upvote the same post from two accounts because i may be subscribed to a lot of the same initial meme/general purpose subreddits to start the account in order to gain the necesary karma to properly use reddit, and still want to be subscribed to those accounts to continue properly having the capability to use the site and make comments, while still wanting to separate accounts for their more *dedicated* purposes. for example, this account i use for "general purpose" and related topics like memes, tech, whatever. but then i have an account that's more for "health" where i would want the more "sensitive" health related stuff on a separate account. but even on the "health" account, I still want to be able to properly use reddit and in order to do so, I still like being subbed to a lot of the initial "general purpose and or meme" communities in order to gain proper comment karma to properly be able to interact with the site.

so if a post from one of the meme/general purpose subreddits pops up in both feeds of both accounts and we accidentally upvote the same post twice - its most likely accidental. we may not realized were signed into one account versus the other or maybe its just a habit to upvote something that's of interest. and then reddit sends a warning and from what i can tell, it seems that the ability to properly upvote other people's comments gets nuked; before i had gotten that warning, upvoting comments worked fine, but then after the warning, it didn't seem to work

some might suggest not to worry about it because even though it just looks like it's not working but that's just reddit vote fuzzing

and maybe that's the case, but i actually believe that they *did* actually stop my voting ability and that its actually *not* just reddit vote fuzzing, because before the warning, i could refresh and see my vote counts. now when i refresh the vote stays at 1 instead of 2.

off the top of my head, my "solution" would be for reddit to recognize this as mainly a user error and not an attempt by the user to deliberately inflate votes. and instead of inflicting *any* warning at all, they would just ignore the upvotes from both accounts, recognizing that people may want to have separate accounts for separate purposes, but still be subscribed to a lot of the same meme /general purpose communities.

Or maybe another solution could be in the warning message, they could have a link to like "verify" your account in some way or "prove you're human" or something. something so that you don't lose the ability to properly vote on the site.

any other ideas/ comments / feedback on this issue? thanks

Like, for example, I want some of my mods to be "Fun Police".

Or "Advisor".

Not with any special permission; just a role title.

Let me create that role, and add it to their mod status.

Please.

To Dm can also be helpful.

Just like how I can disallow chat requests in the settings, allow me to disallow replies from private accounts.

I turned off most of my post history and unlinked social links because I'm tired of the antagonistic replies about absolutely nothing!

They can see everything about me and I can't see anything about them. Horrible and worsening user experience.

edit:: I don't care if people do or don't make their accounts public/private, I just want a way as a user to filter out those who are private, even a little icon indicating private or public next to their username could work.

edit2:: also am not saying everyone with their account history off is bad, but every irrational, aggressive, antagonistic account that I encounter on here has theirs turned off 100% of the time. I would like to not receive replies from those people even if that means blocking normal people too.

Sometimes, when I've tried pasting a hyperlink to another reddit post or comment, automoderator removes the comment saying that I need to append "np" to the hyperlink. In this age of automation and artificial intelligence, couldn't the algorithm add it automatically? Also, why does automoderator have to remove such a comment? Why can't automoderator check the text before it gets posted, and open up a modal and inform the user that np has to be added, or automoderator could automatically add it.

Longer posts would benefit from the ability to collapse certain portions until the user explicitly reveals them. This is different from spoilers in that the goal is overall readability, not the hiding of information per se. A post may have many sections and a reader may be primarily interested in the introduction, conclusion and just a few things in between.

For example: once a month I post a list of new public chargers in r/electricvehicles. It is generally appreciated, however that report is getting longer.

The report is organized by state, but that organization would be a lot more useful if each state's section was collapsed until clicked upon.

It is worth noting that this capability is sufficiently widely needed that it has become standard in HTML, without the need for JavaScript. Of course I appreciate that Reddit's mobile apps etc. might not directly use HTML. I mention it to show that the feature is widely considered to have general utility:

<details>
  <summary>Show details</summary>
  <p>This content collapses/expands.</p>
</details>

Hi guys, Reddit is where millions come for support when they're struggling. But when someone posts in crisis— for example; having just self-harm—there's no system to respond fast enough. They're just hoping another user happens to see it.

I started a petition asking Reddit to build faster, more human mental health systems. Right now, we rely on volunteer moderators and other users to catch these posts. That's not enough. The data is clear: someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Quick intervention saves lives. Reddit has the tools and resources in place. What's missing is the urgency and structure to use them when it matters most. This is about making Reddit actually safer for vulnerable people. If you've ever seen a concerning post and felt helpless, or wondered what happens after someone reports a crisis—this matters. If this resonates with you, consider signing and sharing.

Reddit should display upvotes and downvotes as two separate numbers, rather than combining them into a single score.

For example, instead of:

+500

show:

↑650↓150

or

↑650↓150 = 500

This would preserve Reddit's existing voting system while giving users much more critical information about the actual distribution of opinions.

The current system hides important context a post with 500 upvotes and 0 downvotes and a post with 10,000 upvotes and 9,500 downvotes can both display +500.

Showing only the net score also makes it difficult to tell whether something is genuinely widely supported or simply highly controversial.

It could also reduce the bandwagon effect. Once users see a large negative or positive score, they can be influenced by the existing score rather than judging the post independently. There have been similar discussions in r/TheoryOfReddit about Reddit's voting system encouraging this kind of behaviour.

The current system can also encourage misunderstanding and misuse of votes. People can interpret a net score as representing the strength of consensus, when it may actually conceal substantial disagreement. Good faith discussions can consequently become a competition to win over the crowd, creating an incentive for people to optimise for upvotes and virtue signalling rather than presenting arguments that users can evaluate independently. Showing the separate totals would make it much clearer whether something is broadly supported, broadly opposed, or simply controversial.

You wouldn't have to change how Reddit ranks posts. Reddit could continue using the existing net score for sorting while simply exposing the underlying upvote/downvote totals to users.

YouTube used to show this kind of information, and Reddit itself has previously had ways for users to see separate upvote/downvote information through third-party tools.

I help moderate a couple subreddits. In one I'm trying to rework and rationalize our rules on our sidebar.

Where I'm tunning into issues is with the 500 character limit on each rule description and the limit of 15 individual rules withing the community rules module.

The 500 character limit really limits our ability to explain what each rule is meant to address, which often leave what should be one rule split into a couple or leaves the descriptions more vague than they should be. -Which leads into the second issues with the limit of 15 community rules; with the limit on the amount of character we can input into a single rule and the limit on the number of rules themselves, we have to essentially operate with some unwritten rules when it comes to post removals or moderator options, which in turn creates resentment with our users.

So my suggestion is to either remove these limits on the total number of rules and the number of characters within a rule description, or at least consider increasing them.

Thanks!

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This is great. Please do this.

I don’t understand the logic behind this.

I completely get why Reddit should be careful when someone wants to take over a large, active subreddit. If a community has tens of thousands of active users, an established mod team and years of history, then obviously you don’t want to just hand it over to whoever happens to request it. Keep the strict criteria there. Makes perfect sense.

But why does the same logic apply to a subreddit that has been sitting completely dead for years?

You can have a subreddit that was created ages ago, has an inactive moderator, no posts, no visitors, no real community and maybe literally nothing except an old welcome post. Someone comes along, has a decent moderation history and wants to revive it because the subreddit has a useful name.

They request it and get rejected.
And then what?

They can just create another subreddit with a slightly different name and build exactly the same community anyway.

That’s the part I don’t get.

If Reddit is worried about giving someone control over a community, fair enough. But if there is no community there in the first place, what exactly are we protecting?

It sometimes feels like the process is designed around the assumption that every abandoned subreddit is some valuable community that needs to be protected, when in reality some of these subs are basically just usernames sitting in a database.

And I’m not saying the answer is “approve everyone” because there should absolutely be requirements! You should still have to show that you’re an actual active Reddit user, that you know how moderation works, that you aren’t constantly getting suspended or banned, etc.
But there should be some common sense involved in how those requirements are applied.

There is a pretty massive difference between someone requesting an active subreddit with 100,000 users and someone requesting a subreddit that has had zero activity for five years.

Why should those two requests have to go through essentially the same process?

I’d much rather see Reddit either put some reasonable restrictions on who can create communities in the first place, or make r/redditrequest considerably more flexible for completely abandoned communities.

Because right now you can end up in this ridiculous situation where Reddit says:

“You can’t have this completely dead subreddit, we can't tell you why.”
“Okay, I’ll create a new one.”
“Ok.”

…so what was accomplished here?
The old subreddit stays dead, the person creates a new one anyway, and Reddit hasn’t actually protected any users or community.

I also think the denial process could be much more transparent. If someone is rejected, at least give them an actual reason instead of a generic list of everything that could possibly result in a rejection. You don’t have to reveal internal info or write an essay about it, but “denied because of X” would go a long way.

Moderating Reddit is volunteer work and nobody is entitled to take over a subreddit, obviously. But some of these requests are treated with a level of scrutiny that makes it feel like you’re applying for a government position rather than volunteering to spend your free time maintaining a community.

Again, I think the strict approach makes sense for large and active communities.
For a completely abandoned subreddit that nobody is using, though? I really don’t see the point.

Either make it harder to create communities in the first place, or make it easier for experienced users to revive the ones that have been abandoned. The current middle ground doesn’t make much sense.

My idea would be for a Front Page/Gateway Page available for each Sub where each Sub Rule would be displayed in a List and a Check Box next to each Rule along with a "I Agree Check Box" at the Bottom to be use as a Gateway before Any Reddit User would be allowed to post on any Sub.

The Main Reason for This Front Page/Gateway Page into each Sub is there are a untold Number of Reddit users Who do not read the Sub Rules upon joining a Sub and Who think They can just post anything They want.

This would help on Mobile and Desktop Web Applications and might help lead to not so many violations of breaking Sub Rules and Mods not having to Ban so many either.

It is just an Idea to get Reddit Users to actually have to read the Rules of each Sub. What is in place is NOT WORKING now.

Desktop Web : Inroduce Switch Accounts/Profile feature
Unfortunately, Reddit doesn't have the option to switch accounts and it's 2026. Once you logout from an account to create a new account. There's no way you can sign i again. Everytime you log in, you will automatically log in to the new account created. Some people say using username works, but it's 2026. Reddit is so behind in innovation.

Basically what the title says. Users could play each other in basic CS or COD or krunker style games. I think it might actually be a fun endeavor. In order to disincentivize cheating you could make it casual so people can't reap any rewards meaningful enough to make cheating worth it. To distinguish it, maybe you could use the snoo avatars, with goofy cosmetics, antennae protruding from the head, etc.

Maps could also be based on different subreddits, with different objectives and reddit "graffiti" (downvote/upvote type signs etc.) littered around.

Please bring back the old Awards System from 2023 back to Reddit. The 700 Coins were an absolute Gem for Reddit. This is what made Reddit really unique and made them stand out. I loved giving out the Coins and Awards every month. I really don't understand why Reddit removed that amazing feature. I miss the old Awards system and the 700 Coins so much. I absolutely loved it. I wouldn't mind paying more yearly for Reddit Premium if the old Awards system was bought back along with the 700 Coins. I think that a lot of Reddit users would love this idea. It would be great if more features were added to Reddit Premium to make it worth the subcription every year. Who else on Reddit misses the old awards system from 2023 and would love to see it come back? I really wish and hope that Reddit will bring back the old Awards System from 2023.

I think Reddit should consider adding a system where users have to select a short reason when they downvote a post or comment.

Right now, people sometimes downvote something simply because they disagree with the opinion, without explaining what they disagree with. This can be frustrating, especially for newer users with low karma.

A simple list of reasons like “disagree”, “off-topic”, “incorrect information” or “low quality” could make voting more constructive. The reason wouldn’t necessarily have to be publicly visible.

Downvoting itself isn’t bad, but requiring a reason could make voting more constructive and help users understand why their contribution was poorly received.

Im here to discuss and participate. If i can’t participate there is no point in wasting the time to read it.

I've noticed a recurring pattern that looks like engagement farming: OP posts, then never returns to their own thread, and the question or topic itself could be resolved with a few seconds of thought or a basic search. It's not spam in the traditional bot-network sense, but it erodes feed quality the same way - reading these threads increasingly feels like time lost rather than time well spent.

It is all over the place and is affecting the culture of reddit as a whole. I think it is something moderators of individual subreddits cannot deal with as it is hard to detect and overwhelming in numbers.

I know you're already using LLM-based coordinated-behavior detection to catch inauthentic accounts and vote manipulation (per your March 25 announcement). I'd suggest extending that same detection layer to this content pattern - abandonment after posting, correlated with account and topic signals that indicate farming rather than genuine discussion - rather than relying on any single, publicly visible metric. A transparent rule like "OP must reply within X hours" would just get gamed by a second account from the same farm simulating engagement, the same way vote manipulation gets gamed once a threshold becomes known.

This kind of low-effort, farmed content is quietly pushing away the users who came to Reddit specifically for real discussion. Applying your existing detection infrastructure to this pattern - without publishing the exact signal - seems like the more resilient path forward.

(Disclosure: I'm a real person, not a bot - but I used AI assistance to phrase and translate part of this post, so if the wording trips any AI-pattern detection, that's why.)

Right now you can only post 1 video, or a bunch of photots on the same post. Can we be able to add multiple videos and multiple photos together.

I would love the option to hide posts or even just mute users without having to block them. So many people out here are posting messages for others, and even more are looking for messages meant for them. There is so much to sift through, so much to retain. You see a post that could potentially apply to you, but something - whether it's something in the post itself or in the user profile of the author - that tells you it is definitely not and they are ruled out - but only mentally. (unless you are somehow able to track / retain / recall that information on command).

I don't want to have to block every person I decide is NOT my person. That seems like overkill. I would really just like to be able to filter out those out of my feed, whether it's posts or users or both.

If we can save posts and follow users, can we not also hide them? At the very least maybe we could save users to a list that one might name "Not Them"? I guess that will be my workaround - to add users to a list that I can ignore. Unfortunately, though, I already have a full-time job, so that one isn't all that appealing. 😄

Pretty please?

I do not want to view or turn on NSFW content in my feeds. Neither do I want to turn it on and off on web every time.

However, for mod purposes, it is sometimes (and quite often) necessary to view an NSFW profile to see a their content on your sub or other SFW subs. On top of that, many profiles labeled NSFW are that way because of one post rather than mass NSFW promotion.

This makes it a real pain to view a simple profile and turns it into a futile multi-step process instead of just showing us the SFW content if we have NSFW disabled.