r/help • u/Sandy-Anne • Oct 18 '23

Suggested Subs

So I pay for Premium. I don’t understand why I subscribe to a large amount of subs, yet Reddit feels like I need to see more suggested subs I do not follow more than I need to see the subs I actually DO follow.

I don’t care about the Millennial sub, the Little House on the Prairie sub, the sub for therapists or for teachers or any of the dumb suggestions I am shown.

“You showed interest in TV, so here is a sub about people talking about LHOTP! You will love it!” “You are Gen X so you MUST want to see the Millennial sub instead of the Gen X sub, right?” “Ah, we see you like cats! Here is the cat sub where they talk about how their treasured cats have passed away! Fun, right?”

Why?

I have to specifically hide these subs to make them stop showing up over and over? It’s really frustrating. If I wanted to read about how annoyed therapists are with people who seek therapy, for instance, I would subscribe.

Is there a way to make Reddit only show me subs I subscribe to? What more do they want from me?

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u/jgoja Expert Helper Oct 18 '23

You can turn off all those recommendations. On desktop. Go to user setting, click the feed tab, scroll down to home feed recommendations and turn it off. Here is a link to the feed setting tab https://www.reddit.com/settings/feed

For iOS or Android: Go to your account settings and scroll down to Personalized Recommendations. From there, you'll see the option to turn off the toggle to Enable home feed recommendations

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u/Sandy-Anne Oct 18 '23

I love you! I wish they hadn’t taken away awards or I would give you one! Thank you so much! I feel dumb for not asking sooner, but at least I finally did ask! I will never have to see discussions about Baby Carrie’s acting skills on LHOTP again! Or posts about the passing of beloved pets! Or posts about The Nanny, a show I never even watched an entire episode of! Pat yourself on the back! I needed a win today! Thanks for giving me one!

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u/SoakingWetCricket Oct 18 '23

Aren't gold upvotes the awards now? I'm confused about this too.

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u/Sandy-Anne Oct 18 '23

If it’s something I can give to someone without additional payment like the awards were, I don’t know how to do it. I did see a gold upvote somewhere but only once.

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u/SoakingWetCricket Oct 18 '23

oh the gold upvotes cost money

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u/Sandy-Anne Oct 19 '23

Yeah I guess Reddit wants someone else’s mo eh instead of mine because i don’t plan on keeping my premium. Taking away awards took away some joy from me and im not ever gonna be over it.