I'm publicly disclaiming 'my' Reddit profile.
6 2018-01-17 by txstoploss
A Reddit 'profile' was inflicted on me this afternoon.
I didn't join this site to be a 'personality', and I publicly refute everything on 'my' profile page other than whatever posts and comments I've made. Everything else is 'spezzed'.
47 comments
1 Riceandtits 2018-01-17
What? Can you elaborate or post screen shots of what you are referring too?
1 bradok 2018-01-17
Many of us have had our default overview switched to the new "Reddit Profile" bullshit without opting in.
1 Riceandtits 2018-01-17
Ahh. I thought the new format was only for people who created accounts after they started it? That sucks. The format is shit.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
It really is a shitty format. And Reddit knows goddamn well what they're doing too.
1 Riceandtits 2018-01-17
Your comment seems to be the new SOP for reddit.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
Gotta appeal to the masses, gotta transition to a Social Media platform, if they want to go public by 2020 like they've said. They don't give a fuck.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
Just type in http://reddit.com/u/txstoploss
Bet you didn't know you could 'follow' me! Well, until 1700 this afternoon, neither did I.
Way too much like FakeBook for my taste.
1 Riceandtits 2018-01-17
That is fucking weird. Why do you need to follow someone on reddit?
1 redditeditard 2018-01-17
To brigade or stalk
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-01-17
My thoughts exactly. TMOR, IRCR, SRS, etc etc are going to love this "feature".
1 Mooseisabitfat 2018-01-17
WritingPrompts, PhotoshopBattles, and porn.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
That's their goal. Reddit is going Public by 2020, as stated by Alexis. They are turning into a Social Media platform and these new profiles are a part of it.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
You can turn off the ability to be fallowed.
Also, if you have an older account it's still the same.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
Nope. I didn't convert it, it automatically did. And other users have reported the same thing. Reddit is forcing it on some people, slowly, and eventually they're gonna force it on everyone.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
Click this to opt out.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
I did. And I haven't gotten any response or change. 4 days and counting...
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
An admin probably has to do it manually. Not really surprising.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
I've just given up on it at this point. I use /overview after my username and pinned that to my task bar but after tonight I'm getting RES finally.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
By the way, I HIGHLY doubt that it automatically put you into the beta. Sounds more like you did it then regretted it.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
Lol go ahead and call me a liar. I made a SP about it that I'll link. I would never have opted in because I hated it when I saw other people with it. I was forced into it, and I'm not the only one.
Link- https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/7pz8mw/new_profile_autoopt_in/
1 kit8642 2018-01-17
It did it to me as well. Never opted in and never would have, infact I unchecked subreddits to show me custom themes years ago because I perfer how reddit looked originally.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
I've done no 'manual' anything since I 'verified' my email about nine years ago.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
Except you did, because you have to opt-in to the new system. I know because I saw the option and didn't do it.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
Click this link to opt-out.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
Clicked. Thx.
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
I don't know how fast that works. That is from a months old admin post. It might take them a little while for them to get around to do it.
1 redditeditard 2018-01-17
Holy fuck. That's way too much information. It shows in context comments and replies? That seems like inviting brigades. Wtf.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
Brigades, and user-stalking by those who like to wave 'post histories' around as ad-hominem attacks, usually because they can't argue the issue at hand.
1 accountingisboring 2018-01-17
I’ve already seen people with their actual pictures on their profile. It’s exactly like FB.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would do that.
1 accountingisboring 2018-01-17
Me either, but they are. I think it is mainly people that are new to Reddit and don’t get the anonymous concept.
I noticed it over at CBTS- stream or whatever that sub is. And my mouse just happened to be over a users name and it popped up with a picture. So I started looking and got very creeped out. It was like older people pledging their undying patriotism, fucking bizarre. I almost want to say they were fake, that’s how bad it was.
1 Occams-shaving-cream 2018-01-17
I thought you could do that for a while... or was it app only?
1 asjbdasb123123 2018-01-17
everything i say on the internet is sarcasm works too man
they got you on keylogging biometrics already though bruh
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
I don't type anything I don't want on the gov's servers, but on a site with a proven record of implanted 'posts' and 'comments' I don't mind looking paranoid.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
I agree. Same thing happened to me. Without me opting in it suddenly swapped to the new profile BS from the old default view. I sent a PM to the sub spez said in his bullshit post would revert the changes and haven't heard back. They are forcing it on everyone slowly.
Here's my own bitch post- https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/7pz8mw/new_profile_autoopt_in/
And here's the post spez blatantly lies in- https://np.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/6ifuy5/update_bug_fixes_and_updates_to_the_profiles_beta/
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
If you don't already use Reddit Enhancement Suite, you should give it a look.
Visit /r/enhancement for a work-around here .
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1 bradok 2018-01-17
Thank you! I've been meaning to get RES for some time but I just haven't gotten around to it. If it will get rid of this bullshit then I'm getting it tonight.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
If you have Firefox, you'll first need to get Greasemonkey . Chrome doesn't require anything but the RES extension itself.
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-01-17
You don't need GM for RES.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
What FF version?
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-01-17
I'm running a newish version of it, but, I've never had to use GM and I've been using RES for at least 3 years now.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
I've got 55 on this machine, and had been pairing GM/RES since forever. Maybe the requirement went away...
1 Putin_loves_cats 2018-01-17
That's kind of what I'm thinking.
1 DonnaGail 2018-01-17
Oh, I hate that new page/look! I thought it was something people chose/opted to do. So it isn't?
1 bradok 2018-01-17
It's both. I was forced into it as well, without opting in, because I have hated it since the fucking start. Random users are being afflicted with this shit and eventually they're gonna force it on everyone.
1 DonnaGail 2018-01-17
No! I don't like this at all.
How long have you had it? Are you getting used to it?
1 bradok 2018-01-17
4 days. And no, its terrible and I don't use it. I typed /overview after my user name, the pinned that to my search bar and use that to return to my comments rather than my user names. /overview gives the default view...for now...
1 DonnaGail 2018-01-17
Sounds like a hassle. So I'm guessing they are going to switch us all to this new look eventually. Guess I better get used to it. Ugh!
1 bradok 2018-01-17
Many of us have had our default overview switched to the new "Reddit Profile" bullshit without opting in.
1 txstoploss 2018-01-17
Just type in http://reddit.com/u/txstoploss
Bet you didn't know you could 'follow' me! Well, until 1700 this afternoon, neither did I.
Way too much like FakeBook for my taste.
1 bradok 2018-01-17
It's both. I was forced into it as well, without opting in, because I have hated it since the fucking start. Random users are being afflicted with this shit and eventually they're gonna force it on everyone.
1 DonnaGail 2018-01-17
No! I don't like this at all.
How long have you had it? Are you getting used to it?
1 Fizrock 2018-01-17
I don't know how fast that works. That is from a months old admin post. It might take them a little while for them to get around to do it.
1 accountingisboring 2018-01-17
Me either, but they are. I think it is mainly people that are new to Reddit and don’t get the anonymous concept.
I noticed it over at CBTS- stream or whatever that sub is. And my mouse just happened to be over a users name and it popped up with a picture. So I started looking and got very creeped out. It was like older people pledging their undying patriotism, fucking bizarre. I almost want to say they were fake, that’s how bad it was.