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> I mean do you really want subreddit name and subreddit_name_prefixed? They’re the same, one just has an “r/” in front of it. This is (unfortunately) not quit
by 333c 8y ago
> I mean do you really want subreddit name and subreddit_name_prefixed? They’re the same, one just has an “r/” in front of it.
This is (unfortunately) not quite true. Since Reddit introduced "profile posts," there can be a post where the subreddit name is something like "u_Shitty_Watercolour" but the subreddit_name_prefixed is actually "u/Shitty_Watercolour", rather than "r/u_Shitty_Watercolour".
Example: https://www.reddit.com/user/Shitty_Watercolour/comments/84nhwi/here_is_my_patreon_if_you_would_like_to_support/.json https://www.reddit.com/user/Shitty_Watercolour/comments/84nh...
- jshap70 8y agoI'm not sure that's true. I think they both work, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/u_Shitty_Watercolour/ https://www.reddit.com/r/u_Shitty_Watercolour/ Maybe one is just an alias though? I wonder if you can make a r/u_$unused_username and then later register $unused_username edit: nope, you can't make a sub that starts with "u_"
- 333c 8y agoThey do both work, you're correct. However the point of subreddit_name_prefixed (I assume) is to display something in a user-facing way. For this purpose, r/u_something is correct but not proper.
- ddingus 8y agoUsers can post to their own profile subreddit, or any of the other subreddits that they have permission to post to. That's relatively new, and came with the new profiles and part of the redesign. Both are needed, information could be missed.