Using User Flair

[u/joh_ah]

Did you know you can set a "User Flair" for yourself that is specific to r/pregnancyafterloss? It provides other members a quick way of knowing your history.

Use this space to share context regarding your TTC journey, including

• how long you've been trying
• your losses/when you experienced them (including your babies names, if you wish)
• if you're trying for #1/#2/etc.
• Your EDD
• a note regarding your current pregnancy or special circumstances (e.g. one IC mom included "Stitched 'til September"
• if you're the father or non-gestational partner

You can share as much or a little as you'd like (within character limits). You may mention your living children, but please do so in a sensitive manner (examples: "2LCs" or "LC 3/2015").

How to set user flair?

First navigate to the r/pregnancyafterloss subreddit.

On desktop, there will be an option on the sidebar, near the top, to set/edit your user flair. Click the pencil icon to edit.

On mobile, there are typically three dots in the upper left corner of the sub's homepage. Click on those, select "Edit User flair" from the menu that appears, and go from there.

The Apollo app is currently incompatible with editing user flair on PAL. This is something we hope to fix in the future, but for the moment, Apollo users will have to set their flair on desktop. If you encounter incompatibilities with other apps, please let us know in the comments.

[u/frenchdresses]

Just an fyi, but this post refers to the Apollo app which does not exist any more

[u/joh_ah → u/frenchdresses]

If you read the post again, you’ll see at the end that it says these instructions are explicitly not for the Apollo app. Apollo never let users set or change user flair.

These instructions do work for Reddit’s app on mobile. Though this post is three years old, and you’ll find the “three dots in the corner” are on the right side now.

Hope that helps!

[u/frenchdresses → u/joh_ah]

I guess what I'm saying is that "the Apollo app doesn't exist anymore, no one can use it, so you don't need that disclaimer anymore".

[u/Intrepid_Talk_8416]

Custom user flair is not available, can you fix this?

[u/joh_ah → u/Intrepid_Talk_8416]

Sometimes setting the flair is buggy. That's a Reddit thing and not something the Mods can control.

I just checked on desktop and mobile, though, and it seems to be working. Can you share a little more information about the steps you're taking and what problem you're encountering where?

[u/Intrepid_Talk_8416 → u/joh_ah]

Yes, the options for flair are ‘none’ and ‘set flair here’ which does not adjust, as you can see in my flair (I left up as an example)

[u/joh_ah → u/Intrepid_Talk_8416]

Sorry for the delay in replying.

I toyed around with it, and it looks like in the Reddit app, the first time you navigate to a sub, click the three dots in the upper right corner, and select the drop down menu option to set user flair, what you should see in the upper right corner of the flair screen is the word “Edit”. And then you select the “set flair here”, click that “Edit”, and you can set your flair.

However, what I’m seeing is that if you don’t set your flair immediately, and instead close out the window, then if you go back and try to set the flair, that “Edit” no longer appears in the upper right corner.

How do you get it back? I had to close my Reddit app entirely and reopen it. Then when I came back to PAL, the edit button was back.

So try that and let me know if it works. Others probably have the same issue.

[u/Intrepid_Talk_8416 → u/joh_ah]

Thank you! I had to open and close the three dot tab and user flair several times before edit appeared, but it eventually did!