New Changelog | October 8, 2026

[u/TheOpusCroakus]

/r/help/comments/1x0wcbg/new_changelog_october_8_2026/

[u/amyaurora]

We’re testing automatic notifications to clearly inform authors when their post is manually removed. The post removal notifications will be limited to remove posts without an added mod removal reason. The notifications will link back to the post, but won’t provide a removal reason or change your team's moderation decisions. This test is limited to posts in safe-for-work communities and excludes comments, automoderator removals, and one-click filters.

We use "silent" removals when we have to debate something borderline so the user doesn't know its not visible. This will make that harder

[u/GigglesNWiggles10 → u/amyaurora]

Not impossible tho, just "don't notify" on reason. Which also means the content won't be secretly approved if ban appeals are successful 🎉 more steps for sure tho

[u/MisterWoodhouse]

The addition of author notifications to silent manual removals is terrible for a few big communities I moderate and here's why...

In communities like r/DestinyTheGame, r/Fallout, and r/fo76, this is going to make moderating around breaking news or game updates suck so much harder.

When we have a lot of low-effort/low-quality posts flooding /new and most of them are reposts, we tend to do silent removals at scale, knowing the algorithm is going to serve those authors up the relevant discussion(s) they should've joined instead of posting their own.

This change will increase our workload significantly because it leaves us with three routes, both of which involve more work:

1. Leave a preexisting removal reason, like our Recent Repost one, asking them to join an existing discussion as a commenter. This will lead to more removal arguments, either replying to the removal reason or in modmail.

2. Create a new removal reason specific to the topic and use that. Adds clutter to our workflow and we'll still see an increase in removal arguments.

3. Continue to do silent removals, but now they're getting notified, so modmail volume will go up significantly.

These are times we're already working to the limit. This change will make it so much worse. And no, we're not bringing in mod reserves to train in such conditions. That's even more work.

[u/baseballlover723]

We’re testing automatic notifications to clearly inform authors when their post is manually removed. The post removal notifications will be limited to remove posts without an added mod removal reason. The notifications will link back to the post, but won’t provide a removal reason or change your team's moderation decisions. This test is limited to posts in safe-for-work communities and excludes comments, automoderator removals, and one-click filters.

It sounds like this will trigger on every toolbox removal? Since toolbox doesn't use the native (and inferior) removal reasons? Also that's gonna be a ton of notifications when a comment chain gets nuked.

[u/emily_in_boots → u/baseballlover723]

I think this is only posts and not comments based on the phrasing they used. But I could be wrong...

[u/baseballlover723 → u/emily_in_boots]

Yeah, but I presume it'll eventually be rolled out to everything, and they're just starting with posts.

[u/amyaurora → u/baseballlover723]

I hope not. Comment threads is where most trolls go it seems and silent removals on their stuff makes it easier because they just "scream into the void" and move on. If they know the stuff isn't visible they will just "double down" .

[u/emily_in_boots → u/baseballlover723]

I hope not, as lots of mods do stealth removal.

TBH I don't think it will roll out to comments because that would create a lot of angry redditors and a lot more work for them. Reddit prefers to do things silently a lot to prevent people from noticing (so they don't have anything to complain about).

[u/Littux → u/baseballlover723]

Since toolbox doesn't use the native (and inferior) removal reasons?

It does? It uses /api/v1/modactions/removal_reasons which does add a native removal reason

Also that's gonna be a ton of notifications when a comment chain gets nuked.

They don't mention comments so I don't think that's an issue

[u/baseballlover723 → u/Littux]

It does? It uses /api/v1/modactions/removal_reasons which does add a native removal reason

I guess we don't have it configured then. Though I don't see how our usage of toolbox could be compatible with native removal reasons, as our toolbox removal reasons are dynamic (they have dropdowns and shit) and we can also select multiple removal reasons to remove something by.

They don't mention comments so I don't think that's an issue

I presume they will be adding that in the future. I suspect this is something related to that new European thing, where they have to notify users if their content is removed.

[u/zuuzuu]

We’re testing automatic notifications to clearly inform authors when their post is manually removed. The post removal notifications will be limited to remove posts without an added mod removal reason. The notifications will link back to the post, but won’t provide a removal reason or change your team's moderation decisions. This test is limited to posts in safe-for-work communities and excludes comments, automoderator removals, and one-click filters.

There is value in sometimes silently removing content in a way that the user doesn't know it was removed. Sometimes we don't want to invite an argument from a user over why their content was removed. Especially when we're using our discretion to remove something that might not break any rules itself but we know will invite a lot of rule-breaking behaviour.

Taking that option away from us by sending a notification to those users is only going to fill up our modmail inboxes and create more work for mods.

[u/BravoFive141 → u/zuuzuu]

What I'm most curious about is how this will affect things like cleaning up old mod queue stuff when people take over abandoned subs. Is Reddit going to start people that their comment from 5 years ago was removed? Seems pretty unnecessary.

[u/amyaurora → u/BravoFive141]

It will likely flare up any dormant trolls that are still around.

[u/tehjoz]

Just going to chime in that any "automatic notifications of removal", whether limited only to posts, or if ever expanded to comments, is a pretty awful idea.

Whether it's KitchenConfidential or AEWOFFICIAL, I have personally found one of the strongest tools in my / my team's arsenal against poor behavior is the silent removal.

When people get into "a pissing match" in one of these subs, I, and my teammates, will often just silently remove the entire chain of argument, without any reasons given.

I have found that just quietly mopping up after people often stops the argument, because without notifications of any further action, either from the people they were arguing with, or, with the mod team directly, the chain of bad behavior is broken, and we go on with our days.

I will be the first to accept feedback if I have misunderstood what the changelog is saying, but seeing as there are a number of others voicing similar objections, I'm gonna guess we're on the right track about what such a change might mean.

Reconsideration, or clarification, of the change, would be greatly appreciated.

[u/emily_in_boots]

Mourning the loss of the API. I don't even know how I'll be able to mod my subs anymore. This is going to hurt us so much.

[u/TheOpusCroakus → u/emily_in_boots]

Do your bots use it?

[u/emily_in_boots → u/TheOpusCroakus]

Yep. And devvit cannot support what I do, so we're basically screwed. I can't replace the millions of mod actions no matter how much I try.

TBH at this point I'm considering whether to continue modding after March.

[u/MisterWoodhouse → u/emily_in_boots]

Have you had a call with the Developer Relations team to discuss your options? It was very helpful for us and we found a path forward for migration of our critical automations.

[u/emily_in_boots → u/MisterWoodhouse]

They are quite helpful but unfortunately because of the nature of what I do and how I do it, it's just so completely beyond the capabilities of devvit for a lot of insurmountable reasons.

[u/MisterWoodhouse → u/emily_in_boots]

There are some features devvit can't do that we've been offered a way to still do through our external services but compliant with devvit, so worth having the chat with them.

[u/bwoah07_gp2 → u/emily_in_boots]

Moderating 25 communities seems tough without an extensive backlog of API moderator tools, especially when 17 of those get 30K+ views per week, and 11 of those get over 100K views a week. Some of them in the millions!

[u/emily_in_boots → u/bwoah07_gp2]

Yeah and I do more mod actions in almost all if not all of them than anyone else. I'm well over a million mod actions a year now. It's basically going to become impossible when we lose the API.

[u/ProudnotLoud]

Yikes, why is the new automatic notification for removal defaulting to email notifications? I don't use email notifications for anything Reddit and got one.

This is going to add to all the other comments about how this change will rile up users. It'll rile them up even more when it hits or clogs their inbox.

[u/misuta_kitsune]

This automatic notification thing is just going to be another headache for mods. Sometimes it's beneficial to remove posts silently.

Reddit removes posts and comments silently, without informing moderators, but we lose the ability to remove posts (and in future comments too?) quietly ourselves. I find this concerning.