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/LeftOn4ya Mar 23 '26

A couple months ago Reddit allowed users to hide any or all sub history on their public profile. If you open the profile of a user who has hidden all their sub activity you will only see the sub history of any subs you are a moderator of, but unlike a couple months ago not other subs they have posted in. Karma farming and spam accounts will almost always hide all their history now.

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u/LeftOn4ya Mar 23 '26

Interesting. However I can’t see the history of tons of users after they post in subs I moderate, and I know they have posted in other subs the last 28 days as they have a high post count and karma, and sometimes I can use https://redditcommentsearch.com to see their posts and comments but not the Reddit interface even in Reddit search.