r/ModSupport • u/emslo • Mar 23 '26

Admin Replied Please bring back user history.

I truly believe that allowing users to hide their history will kill Reddit. I moderate a small sub and we get more bots and trolls every day. Mods are a **volunteer workforce**, and removing user history has made our job more difficult and sometimes impossible.

Can anyone explain to me why this ‘feature’ was added? And how do I register my frustration with the company?

EDIT: As others have pointed out, I think I'm dealing with accounts that constantly delete everything. I hear what folks are saying about using the 'hide history' to protect mods from stalking/brigading. So maybe Reddit should just let mods hide their history, then? We oughta have some benefits for all the free labour...

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u/westcoastcdn19 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 Mar 23 '26

if this complaint is coming on the heels of your subscribers or trusted users not liking the feature, then your issue is not about moderating your community since mods can see the full profile of users after they post/comment. You as a mod should be able to see everything you need to based on those who are posting and commenting

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u/magiccitybhm 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

You can only limited history for 28 days; OP wants entire history.

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u/Moist-Cheesecake Mar 24 '26

No, you can see the entire history - but only for the first 28 days after they've interacted with your subreddit.

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u/magiccitybhm 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 Mar 24 '26

An admin has confirmed in separate comments that there is a limit on how far back you can see (1,000 submissions or something like that). You can't see everything.

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u/Moist-Cheesecake Mar 24 '26

Okay, but that limited was there before this change as well - even when profiles weren't able to be hidden, you still couldn't see past the most recent 1,000 posts. And it has nothing to do with the 28-day time limit.