Reddit recently announced it is rolling out updates to profile settings in its mobile app, giving users more control over which of their posts and comments are visible on their public Reddit profiles. If you have ever wanted to participate in various communities without every single interaction being displayed for all to see on your profile page, these new options should be welcome news.
The core of this change is a new setting called "Content and activity". Through this, redditors can fine-tune what appears on their profile on a subreddit-by-subreddit basis. You will have a few choices: keep all posts and comments visible, which is how things currently work by default; opt to hide all public posts and comments, including those made directly on your profile; or selectively display posts and comments from specific communities you choose while keeping contributions to other subreddits hidden. It is worth noting that this control is at the community level, not for individual posts or comments.
Reddit says it's making changes to help moderators manage communities more effectively. In certain situations, moderators will still be able to view a user's full public post and comment history for up to 28 days, even if the user has restricted their profile visibility. This access applies when someone interacts with a community by posting, commenting, sending modmail, or requesting to join a restricted space. The company also notes that if someone replies to a post on your profile, you will temporarily be able to see their full post and comment history as well.
All profile settings have been consolidated under a new "Curate your profile" section, which includes the "Content and activities" setting, an NSFW toggle for content and communities on your profile, and a toggle to show or hide your follower count.
Additionally, the personal activity summary has been refreshed to provide a clearer overview of karma, total contributions, account age, and active communities, reflecting your "Content and activity" choices.
This feature for managing profile visibility arrives just a few months after the company introduced Reddit Answers, its AI-powered conversational search tool designed to surface information from across the platform.
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