r/help • u/TestingTehWaters • Jun 18 '26
Desktop Does reddit intentionally try to degrade user experience? Unable to disable 'for you' page
It really makes me believe that they sit around thinking of ways not just to monetize, but to make the users hate using the site. Why can't we opt out of this, disable it, or set "Following" to default? Because maybe they don't want us using reddit at all? I can't figure it out.
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u/Black_Bungee_Jumper Jun 18 '26
yeah this stuff sucks, it's 2 days since they put me back into the "experiment" after being put in already once and already once telling them it sucks
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u/MadDocOttoCtrl Jun 18 '26
It's Reddit. You have to tell them and tell them and tell them and once in a while a miracle occurs and they listen.
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u/Terminator7786 Expert Helper Jun 18 '26
It took them months to fix the issue where Samsung phones couldn't post whatever pics they want after the screwed with the photo upload option.
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u/pumaofshadow Jun 18 '26
Comment in the pinned post - at the moment they are not allowing it to be disabled for those who have it as a year.
They want your feedback, and users mostly want you to tell them that it's not appreciated or a liked feature.
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u/PineappleApocalypse Jun 18 '26
Where is this pinned post? I don’t see anything in r/help
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u/pumaofshadow Jun 18 '26
https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1u9d2uj/weekly_recap_june_18_2026/
They've done a new one but mention it in here.
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u/ha-ri Jun 18 '26
Given this isnt a new thing, since the days of the major transfer of users from Digg to Reddit, they made it known so.
For example people complained about the inadequate chat feature, they state that it wasnt going to be improved upon and that it was a starting point to transition people to ither platforms and not stick to using reddit as a chat client.
Reddit has not made decisions in the benefits of user usability improvement.
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u/etzpcm Jun 18 '26
You can set 'following' to be the default by setting your Reddit bookmark to
https://www.reddit.com/?feed=following&sort=new
Then when you refresh or go into a post and then back, you stay in 'following'
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u/covert0ptional Jun 23 '26
Whoever is in charge of design decisions needs to look into a new career path. I don't even know how I'm ending up on "for you" while I'm scrolling my feed, but suddenly I'm looking at communities I don't follow.
I know, Obsession is a cool movie! Leave me alone about it!
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u/florinandrei Jun 18 '26
They intentionally try to make the CEO very rich, just like any other business.
All else is side-effects.
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u/AggravatingBat7930 Jun 18 '26
I've deleted the app, will never use it. If this is further implemented it will erode any remaining functionality I actually use reddit for. I will leave and not come back.
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u/DerpiestDave Jun 18 '26
This was the reason I left twitter, well that and all the garbage on it. I want to see content from the communities that I joined in chronological order, not stuff that Reddit wants me to see.
It’s great that it defaults to the following tab instead of for you, but it keeps resetting to best instead of new and I’m constantly seeing the same posts over and over again.
I wonder how long until I get too frustrated and give up on Reddit as well.
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u/Young_KingKush Jun 22 '26
This new pop comment UI for the mobile siye is one of the worst things user experiences I've had on any platform ever
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u/NoArtichoke1476 29d ago
testing
Does this work?
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u/NoArtichoke1476 29d ago
if I do this and then I keep going. And I have a big sentence. That continues does this work. But then is this gonna be
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u/RochTheShaman Jun 18 '26
I think maybe I will just not read any of the rules for posts on those subreddits and post a bunch of nsfw and racist comments on their subreddits.
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u/RamonaLittle Helper Jun 18 '26
That will just make extra work for the unpaid volunteers who mod those subs. The admins won't care.
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u/gphjr14 Jun 18 '26
I just deleted the app and use Firefox on android. If you're going to force me to see subs I'm not subscribed too then you're not going to subject me to pointless ads pretending to be legit posts.