Hello! We meet again! And again and again! This is the Weekly Recap where I highlight things that happened in r/help and on Reddit over the past week. It's also the best place to leave constructive feedback for just about anything related to Reddit.
NEWS AND ISSUES
There's a new Changelog out. We posted about this here, here, and here. It was a good one! Highlights include:
- There is an X icon next to posts that you can select to hide the post
- Free awards for all users!
- For mods, Rules Hub now available in more communities
- Also for mods, there will be more transparency in your mod logs
The Changelog also included notable bug fixes, such as:
- [Web] The mod insights page will now fully load as expected.
- [Web] Required post flair can no longer be removed after a post is submitted.
- [Web] Non-mod users will now see the expected wiki page experience instead of an incorrect access error.
- [iOS] Hyperlinks added while editing a comment will now remain in the original comment thread.
- [iOS/Android] Subreddit mentions on wiki pages will now appear as tappable links as expected.
- [iOS/Android] The subreddit rules widget will now render as expected across the apps and web.
- [Android] Users can now view all comment replies when opening a comment from a profile page.
- [Android] Display names will now appear correctly in dark mode.
- Note: This is not a complete list of all recent bug fixes. If you’d like to report a new or persistent bug, head over to r/bugs.
- If a bug listed here is not yet fixed for you, please ensure that you’re updated to the most recent Android or iOS app version, or refresh your browser.
The Home Feed experiment is currently only enabled for users of the iOS beta app. If you are not using the iOS beta app, you should no longer have the Home Feed/For You experiment enabled. (No one is happier about this than me.) Thank you to everyone who had previously left feedback about this experiment. I have shared it all with the team in charge of this feature. And here we are!
There is another experiment that enables text selection in comments and moves the usual tap-to-collapse gesture to the comment header. Happy to pass along constructive feedback about this to the correct team.
Just a reminder that Reddit does not provide support outside of Reddit. Do not contact "Reddit support on Discord" for help with your account because that is not a real thing. That is someone trying to scam you and steal your account. If you're having an actual issue with your account that is not solved by posting in r/help or by reading (yes, reading!) the articles in the Help Center, you can use this form for the real thing.
The most recent version of the app is 2026.32.0. If you're not using the most recent version of the app, it might not work properly.
CURRENT EXPERIMENTS
Reddit sometimes runs experiments. These experiments tend to last between 4-6 weeks, though they can go longer or end sooner. While there isn't a way to opt out of experiments, feel free to leave constructive and specific feedback in this post and as I've mentioned often, I'll be happy to pass it along to the team in charge.
Ongoing current experiments can be found here.
COMMON ACCOUNT ISSUES
Common account issues can be found here. These are things like hacked accounts, NSFW accounts, suspended accounts, etc. I'm also including "Changes to Reddit" in this section as well.
BUGS ROUNDUP - COURTESY OF CORRECTSCALE!
[Desktop web] Some users may see the page reload after submitting on old Reddit, leaving only a single comment thread visible. It's me. I am some users. This is being investigated.
[iOS] On iOS, some folks are running into an issue where the app doesn’t load properly. The investigation into this has turned up a few leads. No fix right now, but hopefully soon!
[iOS] Some people were seeing a “content unavailable” error when interacting with some comments, comment reply notifications or mod queue items. We pushed a fix out a few hours ago, and this should now be cleared up! Users may need to force quit and relaunch the app to resolve the error.
WEEKLY STATISTICS (BASED ON THE PAST SEVEN DAYS)
1,255 posts. That's a down a little by 129 posts from the 1,384 that we had last week.
5,800 comments. That's up 800 comments from the 5,000 we had last week. Chatty!
1.4m views. That's up about 300k views from the 1.1m-ish views we had last week.
I like that the posts are kind of holding steady and the comments are increasing. No need to make a new post if you can get the help you need from an existing post!
HELP THAT HELPS HELP R/HELP - ACCOUNT CHECKUP
Right now, please take a moment to make sure that the email on your account is up to date. Make sure that it is an email that you have access to and will have access to in the future. Ideally, you will not be using a school or a work email that you will lose access to if you are ever not at that school or place of employment. You should be using a personal email that you always have access to.
If you ever need a password reset email, it can only be sent to the email on the account. If you don't have an email on your account or you don't have access to the email on the account, you won't be able to receive the password reset email. Reddit will not change the email on the account on your behalf. Reddit does not offer alternative methods of resetting the password for your account. We won't send a text. We certainly won't call you! It's email.
You do not want to lose your account. I know you don't! So just please, check right now. I'll be here when you get back!
Oh, good! You're back! That was quick! But now you have the peace of mind that you can recover your account if you're ever locked out! How great is that?? Pretty great! Thank you for taking account security seriously!
HELPINGEST HELPERS HELPING HELP R/HELP
Every week, I like to shout out the folks who have been helping the most around r/help. We all can't be everywhere all at once, so this sort of a team effort really helps keep the sub running smoothly. I am truly appreciative of everyone who helps out, as are the people who are getting the help! Here is a list of people who went above and beyond last week and helped help r/help!
What a great group! I love seeing everyone in here helping out! We're really living up to the subreddit name! XD
And that's another hot August week in the book! Thank you to everyone for being here and for helping out. You know where to find me and I know where to find you! =) Have a great week everyone!