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/bearcat42 Oct 18 '23

It’s a slow burn discovery process, many of us have seen the rise and fall of default subs, learned what to unsub from, found the weird interconnected bizarro subs that make us chuckle (r/trees and r/marijuanaenthusiasts, for example).

The trick is to search for communities over time when you think of something you like that ‘surely must have a sub’ somewhere. It probably does.

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u/Sandy-Anne Oct 18 '23

I love Reddit inside jokes like this! I have actually been here much longer than what his profile says. Back in the day I didn’t save my password nor did I have a recovery email so my multi-year account went poof! I signed up for emails about Reddit’s status but not to get my account back. I’ve learned my lesson though!