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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Obversa on 2025-04-01 01:13:25+00:00.

TL;DR To make messaging on Reddit faster and more reliable, we’re replacing Private Messages (PMs) with Reddit Chat and inbox notifications. This transition is necessary to maintain and improve Reddit’s messaging infrastructure. We aim to make these changes with minimal disruption while improving the user experience.

• Reddit Chat is replacing user PMs: This transition consolidates messaging on Reddit and introduces features like pinned chats for better organization, an unread filter, a new spam folder, more sender context when accepting invites, an allowlist, and a faster experience.
• Mod Mail stays the same, but Mod Mail messages will now go to Reddit Chat: Mods will follow the same flows, but recipients will receive chat messages instead of PMs. This change is aimed at improving efficiency and reliability in mod-user interactions.
• PM APIs remain active for 99% of requests: Developers can continue using PM API endpoints to send and read chat messages without code changes. During the transition, we’ll remove five API endpoints that saw minimal use and developer value.
• Admin notifications: Reddit admin messages that don’t support replies will now appear as inbox notifications.
• Access to old PMs: Existing PMs will remain archived as read-only for reference.

Why & When Is This Happening?

To make Reddit faster, simpler, and easier to use, we needed to unify our messaging platforms. This consolidation helps us focus on improving one system instead of maintaining multiple. Plus, Reddit Chat's infrastructure is built for the future, unlike the PM system which is about as old as Reddit itself.

We’re sharing this change early because we want your feedback! We've spent months talking to mods, developers, and users to ensure this migration works for everyone (shoutout to u/RemindMeBot fans). But there might be scenarios we've missed, and we need your input to address them. You can share feedback directly with the team working on this project in the comments below.

Timeline: Starting at the end of March, we'll roll out these changes in phases over the next three months to ensure everything goes smoothly

What Is (and Isn’t) Changing?

• Existing PMs: Before we disable sending and receiving PMs, you'll have access to your messages as a read-only archive on the updated reddit.com website.
• Mods and developers: No changes to Mod Mail, and about 99% of existing Reddit API endpoints remain unchanged. Check out our posts in r/modnews and r/redditdev for full details.
• Admin notifications: Reddit admin messages that don't support replies will now appear as inbox notifications. You can set your preferences for certain admin notifications in your settings. More details coming soon.

Private Message archive (web only)

Updated user to mod messaging

Updated Admin inbox notifications

Reddit Chat Upgrades

We're not just replacing PMs; we're enhancing the chat experience with:

• Enhanced performance: Faster, more reliable chat loading and messaging.
• Better organization: Features like pinned chats and an unread filter to help you catch up on conversations.
• New spam features: A new spam folder that automatically filters out potentially spammy invites.
• More control and context: More insights when accepting chat invites and within conversations, helping you make informed decisions about who you want to chat with.
• Continued improvements: Expect future updates like unique links for each chat message, Reddit Chat on mobile web, expandable text box sizes, resizable chat window on web, single-side delete options, email notification support, accessibility enhancements, and migration of your existing PM allowlist to chat.

Upgrades to Chat

Looking Ahead

We have more chat improvements in the works, so stay tuned for updates as they become available over the coming months.

Thank you! A huge shoutout to our mod and user councils for their candid feedback and feature suggestions. Your input has been fundamental in shaping a better chat experience. We'll keep listening and adapting as we move forward. Stay tuned for more updates, and drop your questions in the comments!

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Obversa on 2025-03-27 16:37:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/flowerlovingatheist on 2025-03-23 14:28:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/sageleader on 2025-03-06 16:42:14+00:00.

I've been using Boost for Reddit on Android this entire time and it has worked flawlessly up until last night. Seems no matter what I do it says Blocked now. I know most people moved on to the official app months and months ago but it always worked for me as a mod. Is the end finally here?

EDIT: I was able to get it to work using these instructions.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/QuicklyThisWay on 2025-02-04 05:56:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/jalepinocheezit on 2025-02-02 20:31:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheTwelveYearOld on 2025-02-01 05:23:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Gman325 on 2025-01-22 07:50:26+00:00.

That seems a reasonable response to yesterday. Thoughts?

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Stroov on 2025-01-20 14:36:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/wolfchaldo on 2025-01-11 23:04:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheTwelveYearOld on 2024-12-22 20:09:20+00:00.

The (2018) redesign was out by the time I joined Reddit and find it much better looking than old Reddit. I could never get used to the 2023 redesign (sh.reddit.com, now the default), even after several days of using it. It's full of bugs and little annoyances, like not seeeing post flairs in feeds (which is especially annoying on posts from subreddits you moderate). I couldn't take it so I threw in the towel and switched to Old Reddit. While it's not as good looking as either, I actually really like the list view and clicking when you actually want to view a post, image, or video. It's helping a lot against my bad scrolling habits. I spent lots of time on my own CSS and now Im pretty happy with how it turned out.

I'm seriously how many other users also made the switch.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/ardi62 on 2024-12-19 03:39:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheMcG on 2024-12-12 15:47:31+00:00.

Hi everyone

We wanted to reach out to tell you all that we have officially been notified by Reddit that we must adhere strictly to their site-wide rules regarding violent content. Specifically, Reddit has told us that we are not allowed to post Luigi Mangione’s manifesto, even if it is reported neutrally.

To protect r/popculturechat, we must enforce these guidelines to the letter. Failure to comply could lead to severe consequences, including site-wide permanent bans on your accounts (including alt accounts) and the potential shutdown of this subreddit.

As much as we are disappointed by Reddit’s stance on this issue, we have no choice but to follow these rules. Therefore, moving forward:

• Any posts or comments that repost or encourage the manifesto will be removed.
• Any posts or comments that show support for violence, including expressing positive feelings toward the death of Brian Thompson or similar content, will be removed.
• We will be extremely strict in moderating these discussions to ensure compliance with Reddit’s policies.
• If rule violations persist, we will be forced to implement a “cool down” period, meaning we will temporarily remove any posts about Luigi Mangione for a period of time to allow the situation to settle.

We understand that this may be frustrating, especially when neutrally reporting on this topic. However, we have no choice but to follow Reddit’s guidelines to protect the future of this subreddit and the safety of our members.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

PS: We’ve decided to leave the comments of this post open to let you express your feelings about this- but please be mindful of everything said above.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Blubbpaule on 2024-12-11 19:37:15+00:00.

I hate the new design.

I stop using reddit on Desktop now. Because this r/assholedesign is just unbearable.

I am used to modding in new.reddit - having to learn a new design by force absolutely SUCKS.

Who doesn't love massive moats of empty space on both sides?

What a waste of SPACE.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Content_Link_2084 on 2024-12-04 20:34:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Tinawebmom on 2024-11-26 03:31:33+00:00.

I mod a sister subreddit to R/randomactsofcards. Over the last few months we've seen an uptick in users being banned for sending messages.

Not only new users but users who've participated 10 or more years.

In order to send cards you need to give/receive addresses. Clearly the address must be sent via pm or dm. Preferably pm per most of the sub.

Yet this very act "pm me your address" and they do is what is getting them perma banned from reddit.

They all appeal and hear nothing.

What can we do?

We've advised them to change each message to decrease the chance of being banned. We use forms as much as possible. We only send addresses to those who ask for them.

Any ideas?

Edited to add: this subreddit is not new. People being perma banned prior to the last few months was very rare. Something changed in the last few months.

This is reddit banning the username from reddit not the subreddit only

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/ardi62 on 2024-09-30 16:59:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/KillerFrankie on 2024-08-11 19:27:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/rglullis on 2024-08-02 15:32:15+00:00.

It has been more than an year since the Reddit protests. Things only got worse since then. Most activity in popular mods seem to be from bots or corporate shills who are trying to push their product or service. For all intents and purposes, Reddit has ultimately won the war against the community.

Yet, it seems that there is no more talk about effective actions. The whole thing with Blackouts was nothing more than "a warning strike". Very few people that "left" showed enough fortitude to stick to their guns and develop the alternatives.

We now have a set of tools that can help people:

• migrate from Reddit to a diverse set of Lemmy servers with a single click (using Reddit OAuth to automatically get their list of subreddits and find the best suitable server)
• Solve the content discovery problem (users get automatically subscribed to the communities that are replacing their subreddits)
• coordinate their migration efforts, by keeping track of "who is moving where".

Would that be enough to get some renewed effort to ditch Reddit?

If not, what is missing?

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TiffanyGaming on 2024-07-11 18:02:32+00:00.

Recently to the surprise of many users when they went to download videos from RedGIFs they were met with this. Save video greyed out.

As it turns out RedGIFs moved to obfuscated m3u streams in the form of blobs to prevent downloading.

And from RedGIFs themselves:

Hi there! Thanks for reaching out. Per our copyright policy and to ensure the protection of our content creators and their content, we do not support nor implement any downloading feature with RedGIFs. Any downloading function is not any function we support on the site, and therefore, we cannot further advise. Thank you!

And so, it is confirmed.

There's a lot of convoluted ways users can still download them, though none of which are convenient. VLC, third party sites, extensions...

Ultimately their move is anti-user and has become out of touch and disconnected from their purpose as it's been since they were sold from gfycat (then sold again to these bozos). Its purpose has always been for sharing gifs (videos tbh), and a key part of that is for the end user being able to save it. Many artists have also used them for years for sharing videos for download. Well, that's no longer an option.

It seems to me the only way they'll get the hint that it's not okay is if subs start blacklisting them en masse. And if they don't get the idea maybe a strong replacement will emerge and see popular use.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/cavscout43 on 2024-07-11 19:33:43+00:00.

After the blackouts, I started muting the annoying "front page" subs, since they were just full of spam bots reposting old memes and shit for karma. And noticed something interesting after that.

Gradually over the last 6-8 months or so, it's been wild watching the commercialization of Reddit. Most everything that swims to the top is some variant of marketing or a product fan base.

Every TV series, video game, streaming service, sports team, anime, celebrity, "streamer content creator influencer," or even movie that isn't in theaters yet gets a dozen subs, from serious to memes/circle jerks. I've muted 7x subs about Fallout alone (loved the classic 90s ones, not bothering with the TV series) and I keep seeing new ones every few weeks. Often I'll see posts with 2-3x as many upvotes on them than subscribers of the entire community end up on the front page, not so stealthily promoting something specific.

There aren't many generic communities which have broad discussion topics making it to the front page anymore, even if they have way more active members. Sure the plural of anecdotes are not data, but I think we've shifted from the "front page of the internet" to the "ad page of the internet" quietly since the IPO. That in addition to fucking annoying ads being stuffed in between every 5-6x posts on top of all that.

But to wit, the TL;DR - Reddit has Balkanized in that it's no longer of collection of forums and content sharing, it's turning into little niche product / media focused commercial YT comments sections. I've managed to keep my communities I help mod open and active discussions, but the platform as a whole doesn't seem to embody that anymore sadly.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/Someoneman on 2024-06-29 19:48:18+00:00.

It's a huge problem in many subreddits, especially pet, fandom, and sports subs. A post shows a picture of an art print, mug, or t-shirt. An account comments that it's the best thing ever and asks where to buy it. Another account or OP replies with a shop link. The asker account leaves a message of gratitude. All the accounts involved are used by the same person. The site in question is unaffiliated with the actual artist who made the art. The shop site always has a "Powered by Gearlaunch" logo.

Usually, the accounts doing it are either very new (less than a day old) or very old (over 6 years, probably bought or hacked). The same applies to some accounts praising the art or asking for a shop link.

That many non-spambot users still comment on these posts that they love the art and want to buy the item shown proves that this is a huge issue that still needs to be solved. How do I spread awareness about this problem? My idea would be to contact many large subreddits' mod teams (plus those I managed to worm my way onto, mostly by warning them about these scam posts), but I'm worried about being annoying, spammy, and getting banned/muted. And what would I do after contacting them?

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheTwelveYearOld on 2024-05-20 14:57:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheTwelveYearOld on 2024-05-19 21:55:18+00:00.

I can't fucking believe I spent so much time making post collections just to have all of that work just wiped out. Reddit didn't even have the decency to notify mods beforehand, I could've moved the collections into lists before they were deleted. Now I'm really convinced they don't give a fuck about mods, I've never seen them go this far, straight up reversing work mods did.

I also recently spent a bunch of time make rules with the new Post Guidance feature, if that wasn't released before or around the same time collections got deleted I wouldn't have worked on it all. Is Reddit the new Google in this sense?! Are they gonna release new features just to kill them like Google does?!

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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/cavscout43 on 2024-04-23 01:22:03.

Just curious what folks thoughts are, since a lot of power users / mods were run off beginning of last summer. I checked Reddit stats on subs, and most lost like 90% of their user engagement, even if their "members" hit record highs from subscribing bots.

Anecdotally, we lost a lot of quality of the platform. I've muted the majority of the annoying "front page" subs because they're full of zero effort karma whoring reposts, or reprocessed shit ingested from other social media apps.

There were a few "mod tool" improvements rolled out, but they're mostly good at identifying obviously harassing behavior or ban evasion alt accounts...not so much for straight up bot spam. So guess that's a mixed bag and not really a win or loss.

I'd struggle to claim Reddit is the "front page of the internet" anymore, since it's becoming a repost dumping ground for shit people found on Instagram or TikTok, which itself wasn't even new or original content.

What're you all's thoughts? Reddit is dead, long live Reddit? We're just hear in lieu of any better alternative taking off? Or things are pretty good and the concern was overblown?