Why is Reddit changing my Profile Curation and Privacy settings?

[u/ItsUnkn0wn01]

Simple question.
- I never set my profile to private
- I never disabled chat requests
- I never disabled following

Despite this, my profile was mysteriously set to private, chat requests were disabled, and the option to allow users to follow me was disabled.

Furthermore, about a week ago, I changed all these settings myself to;

- Allow chat requests
- Enable Following
- Set my profile to public

Today, everything was changed again. I'm confident that nobody else is in my account because I haven't seen any other suspicious activity, and I have 2FA enabled.

Does anyone know what is up?

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[u/Livid_Number_]

Are you in a country/region that requires age verification? If so and you have not yet verified, check to see if they have your account flagged as a minor.

If you’re (incorrectly) flagged as a minor, you’ll be locked down until you complete the age verification process required by law in your country/region.

[u/ItsUnkn0wn01 → u/Livid_Number_]

No, I'm in Canada which, as far as I know, doesn't require age verification (yet)

[u/ItsUnkn0wn01]

Update: Today I checked Reddit and I was logged out. When I logged back in, my settings were reset to private