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Title: Reddit will let you hide posts, comments and NSFW activity from your
public profile

Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:19:56 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-...

Reddit will now allow its users to do something it never before has
permitted: to selectively "curate" their public-facing profiles by hiding
some of their posting and commenting activity from other users.

Up to now, Reddit has included users' full commenting and posting activity in
profiles. So while most users are anonymous, others could easily check out
their post history and see what communities they're active in. The feature,
which many users see as a key part of Reddit's openness, has helped Redditors
ferret out trolling, lying and numerous other types of bad (or merely
embarrassing) behavior on the platform.

With the update, however, Reddit users will be able to "curate" their
profile. The additional control will allow people to hide all their public
posts and comments from their profile or hide public posts and comments in
specific subreddits from their profiles. There is also a "NSFW" toggle, which
would hide posts and comments in NSFW subreddits. The setting won't hide a
comment or post in the subreddit where it originally appeared, but it won't
be visible on a user's profile.

The company notes that there will be some carveouts to these settings for
moderators, who may rely on users' past activity to suss out rule-breakers or
decide who is eligible to join their community. "If you post, comment, send
modmail, request to be an approved poster, or request to join a private
subreddit, that mod team will have access to your full profile content
history for 28 days after the interaction ΓÇô regardless of your settings,"
Reddit says in an FAQ.

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Despite that concession, many Redditors aren't exactly happy about the
changes, which could alter some of the core dynamics of the platform. "This
seems like it's going to lead to bad actors being able to more easily hide
their behavior from the average user," one of the most-upvoted comments on
Reddit's post says. "Unless you're a mod, you won't be able to see that
they're posting inflammatory misinformation across a dozen different subs,
for instance."

Others have noted the feature also means that creating an alt or throwaway
account is somewhat less necessary, as it's easier to hide posts you don't
want linked to your presence on the app. While that may be an added
convenience for some, it also raises questions about the company's approach
to making new accounts. During the company's most recent earnings call, CEO
Steve Huffman suggested that Reddit was considering ways to "evolve" its
"historically permissive account creation" process. Huffman didn't elaborate
on what that may look like, but said changes would be necessary to fight AI-
powered "abuse or manipulation" of the platform.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-...
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