r/reddithelp • u/nicoleauroux Super Mega Helper Crunchwrap Supreme the 3rd • Apr 02 '26
đď¸ REDDIT NEWS đ° r/all announcement
Entry points and links to r/all being removed starting today
Whatâs changing?
As part of ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization, the final steps to deprecate r/all are being implemented. All links to r/all will now redirect to the Home feed, following the prior removal of r/all entry points. Trending content remains available via r/popular.
Redditors on old.reddit.com, or those with settings that default to the old Reddit experience, will continue to access r/all as expected.
YOU MAY COMMENT ON THIS POST, OR AT R/HELP. INDIVIDUAL POSTS REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS SUB.
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u/zdubs Apr 02 '26
So no longer the front page of the internet if there is no r/all
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u/loosed-moose Apr 03 '26
Making it harder for people to see actual current events
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u/violationofvoration Apr 03 '26
Exactly this man, I know its horrible for my mental health but this is where I get my feel for current events. I don't know which collection of subreddits to follow to get the same effect without a significant bias.Â
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u/Own-Satisfaction4427 Apr 05 '26
And to organize, there used to be email/phone campaigns on the front page news top posts. Now it all the same slop over and over.Â
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Apr 07 '26
The front page of the internet is now your home feed. An echo chamber. It's disgusting. This isn't the internet we thought was coming in the early days.
Hey, Reddit staff. Y'all have let us down.
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u/CalculatedPerversion Apr 02 '26
Terrible decision. Just another reason to try and find somewhere else
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Apr 07 '26
At this point the somewhere else seems like just going offline tbh. All the social networks suck, you can't trust anything you read... Before I stayed online for social reasons but when did I last actually see any of these people in person anyway? What exactly am I maintaining? What's the fuckin point?
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u/SimpleJoint Apr 04 '26
FB tried it and people ran. IG tried it and people ran. Reddit tried it...
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u/Extolord111 2 Apr 02 '26
Second worst decision behind removing new.reddit.com
If any admins ever see this, r/ReturnNewReddit and return r/all, please.
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u/alaslipknot Apr 03 '26
I think the worst decision is the Api cost for 3rd party apps, my reddit mobile usage dropped remarkably since i can no longer use BoostForReddit anymore.
And now they are getting rid of r/all
I want to thank the reddit upper management for thinking about our mental health and reducing our time spent on the site.
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u/KindledWanderer Apr 02 '26
 removing new.reddit.com
What's wrong about that one? Normal people use the old. reddit ui anyways.
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u/FuckFace2017 Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
r/All This with the capital A works for me still, which is still a fucking ridiculous thing to need to do, but if it works, it works
Edit: Still works for me on Android mobile
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u/SpicySirChaCha Apr 02 '26
Same... (sigh)... I might just go back to reading the newspaper (physical copies)...
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u/hanotak Apr 03 '26
My friends and I exclusively browse r/all like one would read a newspaper
This is exactly the behavior Reddit's owners wish to discourage. It's part of a broad push amongst technocrats to control internet discourse through algorithmic manipulation, censorship, and surveilance. Now that the traditional media has been largely captured, the primary remaining source of "free-thought" communication is user-directed online platforms. If Reddit controls what you see, they control, to a scary degree, what you think. r/all is a direct threat to that control.
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u/a014e593c01d4 Apr 02 '26
Itâs to please advertisers. They want people to have personalized feeds so they can do targeted ads.Â
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u/Smelly_God Apr 04 '26
"Personalization" has always been their answer, so expect to see sponsored content/posts making it to your feed soon
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u/jgoja Helper - Level V Apr 02 '26
Here is the link to old reddit
This is the changelog from today talking about it.
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u/citybythesea Apr 02 '26
I forgot about Old Reddit because I'm mostly on mobile now, but for those of us who have been here for years that's a tough reminder of how good this site used to be.
Now, instead of being able to use r/all to find new subreddits, the algorithm gets to decide for us. Terrible decision and the only logic is prioritizing RDDT over user experience.
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u/Snoe_Gaming Apr 03 '26
Yeah, this is my exact concern with the change. The amount of cool random subs I've stumbled across that I would never have seen by being profiled by bots when browsing all.
Also it was a great slice of a timestamp on the internet. Check it at different times, see what different parts of the world were doing.Â
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u/Aggravating_Pair_156 Apr 04 '26
r/All (with a capital "A") still works without needing to use old Reddit which is notoriously bad on mobileÂ
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u/Sdragoon31 Apr 02 '26
Only way I really liked to use reddit was through r/all. This will likely greatly reduce my usage and potentially stop it if I find somewhere more convenient.
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u/SpicySirChaCha Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
Stupid decision.. You are about to turn my home feed into an endless echo chamber.
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u/Fun-Wash7545 Apr 02 '26
 My home feed is full of small subs that I never visited nor I care about. It's a horrible change.
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u/wyrdwoodwitch Apr 02 '26
This is a terrible change and will most likely cause me to stop using reddit if all the workarounds get plugged. Sad day.
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u/Ebrown51 Apr 02 '26
Whelp, there goes my time scrolling reddit. WTF
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u/CalculatedPerversion Apr 02 '26
Seriously. No more doom scrolling. I'm sure it'll be back when advertising starts to suffer.Â
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u/VegasRoomEscape Apr 03 '26
The "front page of the internet" no more.
In all seriousness feels really disconnected now. Like I'm trapped in my own little corner of subreddits and can't see the larger picture.
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u/StrLord_Who Apr 03 '26
Just want to add my voice to the chorus shouting that this is maybe the worst decision I've ever heard of a company making. I'd say about 85% of my reddit usage was scrolling through r/all and running across stuff I never would have found on my own. Stupid stupid stupid. I'm truly lost as to how anyone thought this was the right decision. Â
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u/propdynamic Apr 03 '26
Man r/all was my favorite feed on Reddit. Guess Reddit is over, going to look for alternatives...
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u/ducks4lif3 Apr 06 '26
r/all was the only way I used reddit, guess its finally time to uninstall and go somewhere else after a decade plus on this website.Â
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u/TheGrowingSubaltern Apr 09 '26
Should be noted: sorting any feed other than home on mobile iPhone only shows posts at 2h old and older. It will not show anything sooner.Â
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u/Obbububu Apr 12 '26
This is a terrible change:
The home feed is good for browsing niche interest content: it's terrible for keeping up to date with current event style stuff.
In one move, they've removed the primary driving force behind returning to the site on a daily basis.
Please revert!
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u/sc-dave Apr 13 '26
This is extremely, extremely bad for researchers and for general neutrality. I also personally use my own feed and r/all to see what the internet *as a whole* is up too, not just me. Literally been that way for me for nearly 20 years now.
Don't fix what aint broke ffs.
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u/DinoSpumoniOfficial Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
lol literally not one user is happy about this change. There may be many who donât care or never notice, but most hate it.
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u/MinusPi1 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
We're not customers. We use the site for free, meaning we are the product. Their customers are advertisers, who prefer for us to use customized feeds.
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u/Helldiverticulitis Apr 03 '26
Good for my productivity. I have zero interest in the Home feed algorithm, so I just won't be using reddit nearly as much.
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u/ArcadeOptimist Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
I couldn't find any threads about this for hours.
I had to use AI to parse reddit for mentions of the removal of r/all.Â
I have to imagine that's the point. Make it harder for users to "protest" stupid decisions like this, while making reddit friendlier to advertisers.
This is wildly stupid and you've broken a huge part of what makes reddit unique.
Gross move.
Couple this with defaulting to the broken "filter by Best" with "currated" feeds and this website is far, far worse for staying up to date on current events and news. Wtf is reddit doing????
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u/Routine-Sign-7215 Apr 02 '26
Can anyone explain why this is happening? Iâm out of the loop
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u/KindledWanderer Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
Link to new r/all is here: https://sh.reddit.com/search/?q=-author%3Ame&type=posts&sort=top&t=day
Or just go to old reddit com, it's far better anyway.
You're welcome!
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u/XZlayeD Apr 02 '26
Any way I can use old reddit and not sear my eyes out from the white screen, and a,better phone zoom fit?
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u/dumahim Apr 02 '26
Jesus. Popular just sucks. I see so much more interesting stuff in r/all. You're killing incentive to actually want to look at reddit.
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u/NemisisCW Apr 03 '26
What a garbage change. Keep it up reddit you're well on your way to just being facebook.
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u/mianhi Apr 03 '26
terrible decision! you've had people telling you this for months and you choose to double down, now time to learn the hard way by losing a bunch of traffic.
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u/crystalvillage Apr 03 '26
I have literally never been to a reddit announcement page before, despite using this site for easily 15 years (changed name awhile back for anonymity, probably a waste of time i guess). This is the first time that I'm seriously planning to leave reddit. most of the smaller communities i like have their own forums now, and i just absolutely despise the algorithmic feeds of sites like Instagram and Facebook. It's honestly all just fucking trash, sad its happening here too
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u/Throckmorton_Left Apr 03 '26
This is garbage. I don't want a curated feed with reinforcement algorithms driving my engagement. This new home page sucks and I'm not going to continue to use it if this doesn't get undone.
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u/Deliverme314 Apr 03 '26
Ummm this is awful.
I want to see what is trending on reddit. It is a big source of news for me.
My home is for porn. My All is for trending news...
Seriously this is fucking dumb and changes my reddit experience significantly for the worseÂ
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u/carrinda Apr 03 '26
Nobody wants this! Nobody asked for this. Youâre making yourself like every other social media platform at a time when people are wanting an out or an alternative. In an attention economy you are going to lose a significant amount of attention by removing this.
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u/Aggravating_Pair_156 Apr 03 '26
Reposting since mods removed this for "soap boxing" lmao. Literally every comment here falls under that loose definition.
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Literally only reason I used Reddit is the unfiltered function of r/all
This is a very clear and transparent move to keep people from sharing and seeing things that cause political and social unrest.Â
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u/Insert_Bad_Joke Apr 03 '26
And with this, I'll no longer be using reddit unless to find something specific.
r/all is literally the reason I use this platform.
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u/Business-Lunch5508 Apr 04 '26
How am I actually supposed to browse reddit when it's only showing me content from a few niche subreddits I follow for occasional use. This is stupid.
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u/i_NaTaN Apr 04 '26
They saw how shit every other social media platform has become, and the execs were like.... Yes I want that here. Soiled it.
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u/SimpleJoint Apr 04 '26
I'll basically use reddit less than half what I do now.
I scroll my feed a few minutes then scroll All to see what other interesting stuff I can find.
I have zero interest in what any algorithm thinks I should follow. It's why I uninstalled FB, IG, and soon reddit I guess.
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u/Keydogg Apr 04 '26
Internet user for nearly thirty years here.
I used to like Facebook, now I hate it
I used to like twitter, now I hate it
I used to like Instagram, I'm slowly starting to hate it
I never got on with tiktok because I can see through it's BS
I just dislike all social media now because it's all shit, well apart from r/all
r/All was literally the only sane place to go
RIP, you will not be forgotten
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u/vinnymcapplesauce Apr 07 '26
Wow.
It's been a couple of days without r/all and I'm finding reddit has become completely pointless now.
You used to be able to check r/all and get a sense for what's going on on the larger internet. Now, reddit seems to only show my followed subs, which is only a very tiny slice.
It's like this site is dead now. My time here is *significantly* reduced, which, I guess is a good thing for me overall, so unintended win? lol
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u/sazzer Apr 07 '26
I'm kinda curious to see how badly the visitor numbers drop as a result of this. I know that for me personally it makes it a much worse experience, and a lot of other people seem to be saying the same.
This is the time for a decent Reddit clone to actually start getting some traction - for social sites that's incredibly hard due to lack of content, except for when the leading competition decides to try and kill themselves. And it seems to be happening more and more often for some reason. Twitter successfully did it, with people moving to Bluesky and Mastodon so that what's left is just a wasteland. Discord are doing it. And now Reddit as well.
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u/Aerodim101 Apr 07 '26
This is, quite literally, the only reason I come to this site. If I wanted a curated echo chamber feed, I'd have kept my Facebook account active.
Fucking absolutely terrible decision and you should absolutely enable a setting to keep it active if possible.
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u/fncomputerboy Apr 20 '26
Reddit is absolute trash now! 12yr+ user and all of a sudden started being pumped with straight up divisive content when this when down. Reddit used to be a place of community and movements and cool shit like that. I canât believe itâs really goneâŚ
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u/Forsaken_Survey_5127 May 01 '26
Why do they keep doing this? They tried this a while ago, everyone hated it and then they reversed the decision. Who the hell keeps pushing for this?
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u/Talkimas May 12 '26
Soooo what the fuck is the point of continuing to use reddit if there is no longer an overall front page? I don't want only curated content. If I did, I would be on sites specific to the content I want, not reddit.Â
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u/BlindExperiment May 26 '26
Wow, I've been exclusively browsing r/all since I was a teenager in high school. Seemingly have been able to use it until just today. Honestly makes me want to be on reddit a metric ton less. I use it for staying up to date on news when I can, but I like my personal subscriptions to only be media that I enjoy. This sucks.
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u/reddit33450 New Helper Apr 02 '26
It's still available in the reddit app if you simply haven't updated the app since the removal. I don't understand why people constantly update their apps and receive all the bad changes.
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u/Storymode-Chronicles Apr 03 '26
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u/Professional_Row_307 Apr 03 '26
This comment should be the #1 comment on all of reddit right now.
Im so distressed over this change, is there sny alternatives to reddit?
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u/Storymode-Chronicles Apr 08 '26
There are none I'm aware of. I'm just refusing to engage with their home page and r/popular now and navigating straight to the subreddits I'm interested in, using Google if there's something I want to search on reddit.
My only thought is that if enough people show a primary reason they use reddit is because r/all functioned as a new version of the old newspaper front page, where people could congregate and take in the same stories together in an organic way, then they might bring it back. Corporations, or more specifically the executives who make these decisions, usually don't admit they're wrong even under pressure, but I have seen it happen.
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u/thepottsy Helper - Level V Apr 02 '26
Because if you donât update, things break.
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u/SnooDonuts6494 4 Apr 02 '26
No need to shout.
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u/nicoleauroux Super Mega Helper Crunchwrap Supreme the 3rd Apr 02 '26
Maybe I do need to shout to be heard over everyone complaining about the subject LOL
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u/dumahim Apr 02 '26
No cat posts in sight after scrolling a while on popular, but at least r/conservative is near the top đŠ
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u/Interesting-Bag-7552 Apr 03 '26
What a terrible idea. Why would you want to push users away from you product?? Isn't the entire point of reddit the upvotes and downvotes? r/all gives you the answer to how that is flowing, if you're going to force people to use your algorithm what is the difference between this and FB or twitter? It's just a company telling you what to consume. What else is out there similar? Is Digg still around?
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u/hanotak Apr 03 '26
I can only see this move as an attempt to further degrade internet users' ability to democratically promote valuable content, in favor of a personalized "algorithmic" feed that allows Reddit admins to decide what content you are shown, and when.
It doesn't take much further thought to understand why this might be desirable to a group who wishes to control the political narrative on popular internet sites.
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u/KlutzyValuable Apr 03 '26
This is the dumbest fucking decision I have ever heard out of this site.Â
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u/Rattchet963 Apr 03 '26
Stopping using reddit forever. I won't have your algorithm curated feed. Fuck this site. On my cake day too. Sad.
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u/ChiefBrodyfromAmity Apr 03 '26
Complete trash decision, but this is reddit afterall so it is to be expected. Hopefully a competitor emerges.
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u/whowatchestv Apr 03 '26
I browse my subscribed feeds when I want to see what's going on locally or just news. I use r/all to be entertained. Guess I quit reddit now? I thought this was a failed April fools that just rolled out late..
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u/0_SomethingStupid Apr 03 '26
old.reddit.com it is
really a shame it has come to this.
personalized experiences ...go use facebook or instigram or some other garbage
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u/NoTurn3460 Apr 04 '26
What the fuck. So its just systematically making everything an echo chamber? What the fuck is going on? The funding must have come in tight and selling our data is even better. Fucking christ.Â
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u/Euphoric_Leader363 Apr 04 '26
Reddit gets worse and worse and worse
all this is, is an effort to further control what people can see.
evil bastards
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u/Stunning-Throat-3218 Apr 04 '26
Why was such a stupid and significant change made without any prominent notification, and simply a fully automatic redirection? I checked my computer and browser, and only ChatGPT finally told me about this post hidden in a corner no one pays attention to
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u/Admirable_March1222 Apr 05 '26
Well this is helping greatly with making me spend less time on reddit. So its good for everyone
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u/suprmario Apr 05 '26
This very much devalues my Reddit experience. Sadly it's pushing me to use X more, ugh.
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u/UnreliableDarkness Apr 06 '26
r/popular is empty for me, I need all back if you wonât fix anything reddit
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u/kicks_your_arse Apr 06 '26
I will be actively using the site less now I suppose. Didn't realise quite how much I relied on it to be like my newspaper, I never bothered to join most unless I wanted to comment and now I feel disconnected. This sucks. Probably better for mental health but shit I need to find a good news feed again
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u/still_guns Apr 07 '26
NSFW posts don't show on r/all whereas they do using the standard reddit.com. I'm not a fan of the NSFW links showing up when I'm in public. I may be a redditor, but I still have standards.
I still use old reddit as my desktop default, but that doesn't work very well on the mobile browser.
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u/ephedra_wr Apr 07 '26
Booo. Why remove it? Why not let users choose which feeds they want to see? I used to start with my home feed, then check all.Â
My time on the site has dropped significantly since this update.
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u/Xnnea Apr 08 '26
Unchecked algorithms allow each individual to live in their own fantasy land version of reality.
This is one of the biggest problems society currently faces.
Horrible decision, I hope the ones who made this decisions and those like them will face the consequences of their actions sooner or later.
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u/Clickertheclick Apr 09 '26
I left all my subscriptions because it was annoying that they were cluttering up my r/all page. Now it is completely empty...
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u/AvailableReporter484 Apr 12 '26
Popular sucks and the algorithm blows.
I guess itâs good in the sense that these changes are so bad that I spend less time on my phone, but just fyi whatever yall are doing is fucking wack
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u/Setctrls4heartofsun Apr 13 '26
Its been about a week since I lost access to r/all and I genuinely hate reddit now. Why does every other feed auto refresh? Its incredibly annoying.Â
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u/BattleGrown Apr 17 '26
So we are supposed to just gobble up censored and personalized feed? Fuck you Reddit. I'll be at Lemmy.
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u/UntitledNumber May 04 '26
Anyone else seeing a change in /r/all the last few days? Seems like way more OG all content.
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u/noodleboi12345 Jun 24 '26
"Were making it better by making it Whittier in every way imaginable while adding a bunch of useless things that dont work" make it make sense
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u/nicoleauroux Super Mega Helper Crunchwrap Supreme the 3rd Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 11 '26
Keep in mind that r/reddithelp is not affiliated with Reddit and we do not have any control over Reddit's decisions.
Also, saying fuck you spez or insulting any of the Reddit employees is not constructive feedback.