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Reddit has gotten very aggressive about pushing random subs onto you. I’ve really come to loathe the phrase “Because you interacted with a similar community”.

Reddit has gotten very aggressive about pushing random subs onto you. I’ve really come to loathe the phrase “Because you interacted with a similar community”. I have muted so many subs, I’m getting sick of the site.

drivers99 3y ago
Must be an app thing. I use https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com and don’t get that.
- markx2 3y ago
  Agreed. I use old.reddit.com + umatrix + ublock + custom css with tampermonkey I now see nothing they want me to see. I am very happy to leech. Said as a previous mod who helped grow a sub from <25k users to almost 1 million.
  - landmass 3y ago
    My participation has changed since the API change. I use old.reddit and uBlock Origin as I always have. I limit myself to scanning a few sub-reddits to ensure nothing bad has happened to Bitwarden and Yubikey, I don't log in and certainly don't contribute as I used to. If/when old.reddit stops functioning I'll stop even that low level of participation.
jvm___ 3y ago
Facebook's recommended images are even worse. [picture of a surveyors dot on the ground] "This dot in a field in Wisconsin is the center of the world. The other points are inaccessible due to water, but this tiny dot is..." [picture of a dead something with a pig snout completely covered in farmers field mud] "This 30,000 year old cave bear was found with DNA still extractable."
- pndy 3y ago
  > Facebook's recommended images are even worse. I did log into Messenger (Lite version if that matters) quite recently - while I'm not using site anymore for more than 10 years or so, I do periodically check if people on my friends list want something. So I started scrolling thru contact list to see who's online and at some point some random people started to appear. Some whom I sent once a message, then even totally random ones I never heard about (perhaps some cross-friends pairing happen) and next, some local celebrities that perhaps I'd like to talk to acc. to fb, and some weird profiles pulled out of nowhere.
PrimeMcFly 3y ago
I use old.reddit, with ublock origin not just to block ads but to block specific reddit buttons or things they try to introduce, and with res I have my regular subs I visit added as shortcuts in a top bar. I never see anything I don't want to, and it's very useable this way. I literally never just see the 'reddit homepage', it's always a sub I specifically want to see.
- godzillabrennus 3y ago
  Yeah, this is how I use Reddit too. I see the writing on the wall though. They are coming for our beloved old interface. It won’t be long before we are deplatformed so they can try and monetize the crazy ones who make the journey over to the confusing and ad riddled new interface.
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    Yeeeeeah. Honestly don't know if I will keep using it if/when they remove old.
- cimov 3y ago
  Similar here but without any custom blocking. Could you share your filters and which interface elements they target?
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    Happy to share, but honestly I don't specifically remember what they block, it was just anything that annoyed me. I've had them in place for quite a while and the random IDs don't give any clue, although I did leave comments for some and others are self-explanatory. Looking at my list I'm unsure why I have some of what I do in there. I guess just experiment and see if anything is improved. Sorry for the lack of code formatting - didn't want to use a pastebin since it may not persevere. --- www.reddit.com/timings/mount https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-favicon-32x32.png https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-fa... https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-favicon-16x16.png https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-fa... https://strapi.reddit.com/broadcasts https://strapi.reddit.com/broadcasts www.reddit.com##._1NwneinmPwP34LMpJkmKhk www.reddit.com##._2t7CUoLNlBt20iCMaqgpTi www.reddit.com##._3VqiDbufgl9_EiV_tk9L6u www.reddit.com##._2jJNpBqXMbbyOiGCElTYxZ www.reddit.com##._10wb7d3rGvj56Gcs4IQWL5._1FUNcfOeszr8eruqLxCMcR > ._1G4yU68P50vRZ4USXfaceV www.reddit.com##._1b1Jalg2nxA_Z-BjKXRfAV www.reddit.com##._288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8._2h6EM3mo5Qn9Eqm18v5Hiz._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB www.reddit.com##.fuCmx3adjKY3tXA4Zfx2p._1j2O3iNM1HoiXK7B2dmp7b._3aof1UDvKACEvKW4EMZ299 www.reddit.com##._1OZgaZvEs6sdhMUCqaUCW_ www.reddit.com##._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB _3OMmYPy8XZymvnsxBSK3c0 _288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8 www.reddit.com##._288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8._3OMmYPy8XZymvnsxBSK3c0._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB www.reddit.com##._3IIpKn1IlCXgko4sLMEie1._34mO86zNIysmcISYIe8gVT www.reddit.com##._1vbdR0mal1nPuuTOZIemLg www.reddit.com##.SIz6ozr7aqewYGVSLfSf6 www.reddit.com##._3lPlfNiwLG6b9WE7zxkkU5._34mO86zNIysmcISYIe8gVT > ._1tPpYVD73ugqp4k-VMFRki._1h6qKGhVsgNfytYFlo8m3f._3zbhtNO0bdck0oYbYRhjMC._2iuoyPiKHN3kfOoeIQalDT.-Fi_Lr4OQ6XfCIiufmgxa ||www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/wrappedreddit/defaultcard/main_bg_YIR_d2x.png$image ||www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/wrappedreddit/defaultcard/main_bg_YIR_d2x.png$image www.reddit.com##._2prSjBmU3TS_Liup8DFR-2 www.reddit.com##._1o57g3XSOeqm_QEQu824EP > path www.reddit.com##._1o57g3XSOeqm_QEQu824EP www.reddit.com##a._3dZnYgFFpifT-M_Vs2FAq6:nth-of-type(4) www.reddit.com##._3Sym-M5cqi1lDyLwRbM2As www.reddit.com##._2ukk2zBUtkijjIv8uGpGK www.reddit.com##._10IcBRrmressbhblq2bqiU www.reddit.com##.P0AA_X8_E-4IwAxzn2uke www.reddit.com##.HNozj_dKjQZ59ZsfEegz8._10BQ7pjWbeYP63SAPNS8Ts._2iuoyPiKHN3kfOoeIQalDT._3hna43Sh0DTnoV7v2NNc2r www.reddit.com##._24UNt1hkbrZxLzs5vkvuDh www.reddit.com##._6opQAE7SUXi-Fy7P3vItL.yloKeyD8bfd8UJ_Gi9rsR www.reddit.com##button.NiNJXib52w4C8FUidB5af www.reddit.com##.YfUlQeQY0xbmCv-So3isP www.reddit.com##._2j_QTfhxnvmU-5PbhFmkfw www.reddit.com##.happening-now old.reddit.com##.premium-banner old.reddit.com##.happening-now ! Home Icon www.reddit.com##header a[href="/"] ! Advertise with us www.reddit.com##header .icon-campaign:upward(2) ! Reddit Live www.reddit.com##header .icon-video_live:upward(1) ! r/all www.reddit.com##header .icon-all:upward(1) ! r/popular www.reddit.com##header .icon-popular:upward(1) ! Shop Avatars button www.reddit.com##header button:has-text(/Shop Avatars/):upward(1) ! resize chat window reddit.com##div._1ScY1cHS-Vgv6eoU-LmjTi.g:style(width: 932px !important; height: 806px !important;) www.reddit.com##._1ph1IkMoPsBwo5F5FlxxD._2Bejocqb-InO8686E2ehf www.reddit.com##._1acwN_tUhJ8w-n7oCp-Aw3._199HcTqT2ANvw-1B0onPUa._1DK52RbaamLOWw5UPaht_S www.reddit.com##._2LMhJZff8945_s0_DQo77S www.reddit.com##._2ERphYf08pZHF6WWqsLCvA > ._3m3jKYhbht7XVpVtCUwaSo.AxFFdvMbo2xXr6OCphBiA > ._1COswbLUVMVjnhF9iZHqQ4 www.reddit.com##collection-carousel www.reddit.com##._3hew1NnzwygOKDNQDKp6R4 old.reddit.com###tb-notification-alert old.reddit.com###srDropdownContainer > [href="javascript:void 0"] old.reddit.com###RESStaticShortcuts old.reddit.com###sr-header-area > .sr-bar www.reddit.com##div#tb-notification-alert:nth-of-type(12) www.reddit.com##div#tb-notification-alert:nth-of-type(11)
vgbm 3y ago
If you are using the app, I believe you can get rid of this under settings > username > enable home feed recommendations. Turning it off makes the app way more usable.
- mcphage 3y ago
  So it's been a week, and I haven't had to mute a random sub in all that time. Seriously, thank you—maybe it would be better for me to stop using Reddit, but if I'm going to be using it, at least it's not constantly throwing crap I don't care about in my face.
- mcphage 3y ago
  I just turned that off. If it works: thank you so very much!

drivers99 3y ago

Must be an app thing. I use https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com and don’t get that.

markx2 3y ago
Agreed. I use old.reddit.com + umatrix + ublock + custom css with tampermonkey I now see nothing they want me to see. I am very happy to leech. Said as a previous mod who helped grow a sub from <25k users to almost 1 million.
- landmass 3y ago
  My participation has changed since the API change. I use old.reddit and uBlock Origin as I always have. I limit myself to scanning a few sub-reddits to ensure nothing bad has happened to Bitwarden and Yubikey, I don't log in and certainly don't contribute as I used to. If/when old.reddit stops functioning I'll stop even that low level of participation.

jvm___ 3y ago

Facebook's recommended images are even worse. [picture of a surveyors dot on the ground] "This dot in a field in Wisconsin is the center of the world. The other points are inaccessible due to water, but this tiny dot is..." [picture of a dead something with a pig snout completely covered in farmers field mud] "This 30,000 year old cave bear was found with DNA still extractable."

pndy 3y ago
> Facebook's recommended images are even worse. I did log into Messenger (Lite version if that matters) quite recently - while I'm not using site anymore for more than 10 years or so, I do periodically check if people on my friends list want something. So I started scrolling thru contact list to see who's online and at some point some random people started to appear. Some whom I sent once a message, then even totally random ones I never heard about (perhaps some cross-friends pairing happen) and next, some local celebrities that perhaps I'd like to talk to acc. to fb, and some weird profiles pulled out of nowhere.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

I use old.reddit, with ublock origin not just to block ads but to block specific reddit buttons or things they try to introduce, and with res I have my regular subs I visit added as shortcuts in a top bar. I never see anything I don't want to, and it's very useable this way. I literally never just see the 'reddit homepage', it's always a sub I specifically want to see.

godzillabrennus 3y ago
Yeah, this is how I use Reddit too. I see the writing on the wall though. They are coming for our beloved old interface. It won’t be long before we are deplatformed so they can try and monetize the crazy ones who make the journey over to the confusing and ad riddled new interface.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  Yeeeeeah. Honestly don't know if I will keep using it if/when they remove old.
cimov 3y ago
Similar here but without any custom blocking. Could you share your filters and which interface elements they target?
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  Happy to share, but honestly I don't specifically remember what they block, it was just anything that annoyed me. I've had them in place for quite a while and the random IDs don't give any clue, although I did leave comments for some and others are self-explanatory. Looking at my list I'm unsure why I have some of what I do in there. I guess just experiment and see if anything is improved. Sorry for the lack of code formatting - didn't want to use a pastebin since it may not persevere. --- www.reddit.com/timings/mount https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-favicon-32x32.png https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-fa... https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-favicon-16x16.png https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/favicon/badged-fa... https://strapi.reddit.com/broadcasts https://strapi.reddit.com/broadcasts www.reddit.com##._1NwneinmPwP34LMpJkmKhk www.reddit.com##._2t7CUoLNlBt20iCMaqgpTi www.reddit.com##._3VqiDbufgl9_EiV_tk9L6u www.reddit.com##._2jJNpBqXMbbyOiGCElTYxZ www.reddit.com##._10wb7d3rGvj56Gcs4IQWL5._1FUNcfOeszr8eruqLxCMcR > ._1G4yU68P50vRZ4USXfaceV www.reddit.com##._1b1Jalg2nxA_Z-BjKXRfAV www.reddit.com##._288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8._2h6EM3mo5Qn9Eqm18v5Hiz._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB www.reddit.com##.fuCmx3adjKY3tXA4Zfx2p._1j2O3iNM1HoiXK7B2dmp7b._3aof1UDvKACEvKW4EMZ299 www.reddit.com##._1OZgaZvEs6sdhMUCqaUCW_ www.reddit.com##._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB _3OMmYPy8XZymvnsxBSK3c0 _288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8 www.reddit.com##._288IzKhWMb7Dw403RofBU8._3OMmYPy8XZymvnsxBSK3c0._1sDiFFHKyPJghjPpVTW7vB www.reddit.com##._3IIpKn1IlCXgko4sLMEie1._34mO86zNIysmcISYIe8gVT www.reddit.com##._1vbdR0mal1nPuuTOZIemLg www.reddit.com##.SIz6ozr7aqewYGVSLfSf6 www.reddit.com##._3lPlfNiwLG6b9WE7zxkkU5._34mO86zNIysmcISYIe8gVT > ._1tPpYVD73ugqp4k-VMFRki._1h6qKGhVsgNfytYFlo8m3f._3zbhtNO0bdck0oYbYRhjMC._2iuoyPiKHN3kfOoeIQalDT.-Fi_Lr4OQ6XfCIiufmgxa ||www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/wrappedreddit/defaultcard/main_bg_YIR_d2x.png$image ||www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/wrappedreddit/defaultcard/main_bg_YIR_d2x.png$image www.reddit.com##._2prSjBmU3TS_Liup8DFR-2 www.reddit.com##._1o57g3XSOeqm_QEQu824EP > path www.reddit.com##._1o57g3XSOeqm_QEQu824EP www.reddit.com##a._3dZnYgFFpifT-M_Vs2FAq6:nth-of-type(4) www.reddit.com##._3Sym-M5cqi1lDyLwRbM2As www.reddit.com##._2ukk2zBUtkijjIv8uGpGK www.reddit.com##._10IcBRrmressbhblq2bqiU www.reddit.com##.P0AA_X8_E-4IwAxzn2uke www.reddit.com##.HNozj_dKjQZ59ZsfEegz8._10BQ7pjWbeYP63SAPNS8Ts._2iuoyPiKHN3kfOoeIQalDT._3hna43Sh0DTnoV7v2NNc2r www.reddit.com##._24UNt1hkbrZxLzs5vkvuDh www.reddit.com##._6opQAE7SUXi-Fy7P3vItL.yloKeyD8bfd8UJ_Gi9rsR www.reddit.com##button.NiNJXib52w4C8FUidB5af www.reddit.com##.YfUlQeQY0xbmCv-So3isP www.reddit.com##._2j_QTfhxnvmU-5PbhFmkfw www.reddit.com##.happening-now old.reddit.com##.premium-banner old.reddit.com##.happening-now ! Home Icon www.reddit.com##header a[href="/"] ! Advertise with us www.reddit.com##header .icon-campaign:upward(2) ! Reddit Live www.reddit.com##header .icon-video_live:upward(1) ! r/all www.reddit.com##header .icon-all:upward(1) ! r/popular www.reddit.com##header .icon-popular:upward(1) ! Shop Avatars button www.reddit.com##header button:has-text(/Shop Avatars/):upward(1) ! resize chat window reddit.com##div._1ScY1cHS-Vgv6eoU-LmjTi.g:style(width: 932px !important; height: 806px !important;) www.reddit.com##._1ph1IkMoPsBwo5F5FlxxD._2Bejocqb-InO8686E2ehf www.reddit.com##._1acwN_tUhJ8w-n7oCp-Aw3._199HcTqT2ANvw-1B0onPUa._1DK52RbaamLOWw5UPaht_S www.reddit.com##._2LMhJZff8945_s0_DQo77S www.reddit.com##._2ERphYf08pZHF6WWqsLCvA > ._3m3jKYhbht7XVpVtCUwaSo.AxFFdvMbo2xXr6OCphBiA > ._1COswbLUVMVjnhF9iZHqQ4 www.reddit.com##collection-carousel www.reddit.com##._3hew1NnzwygOKDNQDKp6R4 old.reddit.com###tb-notification-alert old.reddit.com###srDropdownContainer > [href="javascript:void 0"] old.reddit.com###RESStaticShortcuts old.reddit.com###sr-header-area > .sr-bar www.reddit.com##div#tb-notification-alert:nth-of-type(12) www.reddit.com##div#tb-notification-alert:nth-of-type(11)

vgbm 3y ago

If you are using the app, I believe you can get rid of this under settings > username > enable home feed recommendations. Turning it off makes the app way more usable.

mcphage 3y ago
So it's been a week, and I haven't had to mute a random sub in all that time. Seriously, thank you—maybe it would be better for me to stop using Reddit, but if I'm going to be using it, at least it's not constantly throwing crap I don't care about in my face.
mcphage 3y ago
I just turned that off. If it works: thank you so very much!