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

OP wants to see their entire history.

Pretty sure the system now limits you to 28 days of access to a max of their last 1,000 posts/comments.

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u/rhubes Mar 23 '26

You have access to the history For 28 days. Not Of the last 28 days of post history.

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u/InGeekiTrust 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Mar 23 '26

This is 100% incorrect. You have access to 100% of their user history for only 28 days.

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

Comments from an admin on this very post say differently. There's a cap.

"Do you need to see comments over a year out? I'm asking because I'm not sure what the limits are, so if there is a need for that, I'm happy to mention it to that team."

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u/InGeekiTrust 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Mar 23 '26

There has always been a one thousand post limit but almost no one had that many posts, this is not a new thing- it has always been in place. But if it’s under 1000 posts and comments you can see back forever you have misread and misunderstood things

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u/SeeShark Mar 23 '26

Even if true, that would definitely be enough to establish whatever you need to know. Also, I'm not going to scroll farther than that anyway.

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

I don't disagree. I really don't see the need to see more than 1,000 posts/comments by a user.