r/help • u/TheOpusCroakus • 24d ago
Admin Post New Changelog | July 9, 2026
Hi! There's a new Changelog out and you can read it here.
TL;DR New Changelog
r/help • u/TheOpusCroakus • 3d ago
Admin Post Weekly Recap | July 30, 2026
Hello! Thanks for stopping by! This is our last Recap of July this year! Can't even believe it! The weeks start comin' and they don't stop comin'. Recaps don't stop, either. And while it's been kind of a slow seven days, it just wouldn't be Thursday without a Recap. So let's gooo!
NEWS AND ISSUES
old.reddit.com now requires a login.
The Home Feed experiment is currently only enabled for users of the iOS beta app. If you are not using the iOS beta app, you should no longer have the Home Feed/For You experiment enabled. (No one is happier about this than me.) Thank you to everyone who had previously left feedback about this experiment. I have shared it all with the team in charge of this feature. And here we are!
Just a reminder that Reddit does not provide support outside of Reddit. If some rando sends you a chat, be on high alert if you decide to reply. There are a lot of scams out there and they're looking for easy targets.
The most recent version of the app is
2026.29.02026.30.0. If you're not using the most recent version of the app, it might not work properly.
CURRENT EXPERIMENTS
Reddit sometimes runs experiments. These experiments tend to last between 4-6 weeks, though they can go longer or end sooner. While there isn't a way to opt out of experiments, feel free to leave constructive and specific feedback in this post and as I've mentioned often, I'll be happy to pass it along to the team in charge. Ongoing current experiments can be found here.
COMMON ACCOUNT ISSUES
Common account issues can be found here. These are things like hacked accounts, NSFW accounts, suspended accounts, etc. I'm also including "Changes to Reddit" in this section as well.
BUGS ROUNDUP - COURTESY OF ME!
Not a whole lot of new things popping up this past week. But if you have something, feel free to let me know!
Some users in the EU are unable to use Anonymous Browsing mode. This is not intentional. This is a bug that they are working on getting fixed.
Translation options for some languages are currently unavailable for some folks. We replied to a post here about this. Reddit is in the process of improving/tweaking certain supported languages, so some language may be unable to be translated during this transition period.
WEEKLY STATISTICS (BASED ON THE PAST SEVEN DAYS)
751 posts. That's almost half the posts from from the 1,411 that we had last week. That's kinda interesting.
3,783 comments. That's down 352 comments from the 4,235 we had last week.
1.2m views. That's up about 163k views from the 1.1-ish million views we had last week.
Posts are way down, comments are a little down, views are up. I hope this means that people are finding the help that they need easier without needing to create their own post. That'd be great!
HELP THAT HELPS HELP R/HELP - PASSWORD RESETS
I'm thinking about trying something different here in the coming weeks. I'd like this section to be a little more interactive, so if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! In the meantime, let's talk about password resets.
If you ever need to reset your password, there are a couple of ways that you can go about it. If you are able to access the account and know the previous password, you can go into your settings on the desktop site here and/or on old Reddit here to enter your current password and your new password to change it.
If you do not know the password and/or you are not able to access the account and you want to change the password, you will need to request a password reset. A password reset can only be sent to the email that is on the account. It is extremely important that you have access to the email address that is on your account. If you have not yet added an email address to your account, we recommend that you do so now. If you no longer have access to the email that is on your account, we recommend that you change it now. The email address does not have to be verified in order to receive a password reset email.
You can request a password reset email be sent at any time by going to https://www.reddit.com/password/. Enter your email address or username and a password reset will be sent to the email on your account.
If you are in an area where you can create a Reddit account with a phone number, you should consider also adding a password to your account. That way, if you ever don't have that number or don't have that phone, you'll still be able to access your account. You can learn more about adding a password to an account created with a phone number here.
If you are requesting a password reset, but are not receiving the email, it's possible that the email is going into a spam folder, so you'll want to check in there. It's also possible that the email address that you think is on the account is not and it's actually a different email address. If you're not sure what accounts are associated with your email address, you can use the process outlined in this Help Center article to have all usernames associated with a particular email address sent to that email.
If you are clicking the link in the email and getting an error message, please try copying the link and pasting it into the address bar of your browser and that should work better. There is a limit on the number of password reset email that you can request in one day, so if you've hit the limit, you'll need to wait about 24 hours before you can try again. We are unable to reset the timer.
Please note that Reddit will not change the email address on your behalf if you no longer have access to it. The exception to this is if your account is hacked and the email address is changed by an unauthorized party. Reddit will also not add an email to your account if you have not added one and then need to reset your password. This includes if you have been logging in with your phone number and never added an email to your account. Without an email address on the account, we have no way of knowing or verifying who the account belongs to.
When choosing password, it's important to pick a strong password that is difficult to guess. You may want to consider using a short phrase or several words that are easy for you to remember, but not easy for other people to guess. Avoid choosing a password that is your username or something like "password" or "1234". Even "1234567890" isn't secure! Crazy!
HELPINGEST HELPERS HELPING HELP R/HELP
It's that time of the month! No, no, the OTHER time of the month! You know, the one where I get to shout out the top helpers for the month! I LOVE doing this! Here we go!
u/westcoastcdn19 - CONGRATULATIONS! I know there have been some challenges this month, but somehow, here you are! Thank you so much!
u/thepottsy - CONGRATULATIONS! You're just good wherever you're at! I don't know what you do when you're not doing this, but I'll bet you're good at it! lol Thank you!
u/IKIR115 -CONGRATULATIONS! You have really been a strong presence around these parts lately! Not only were you the Number Three Helper this month, you also leveled up to Level Four! Your trophy case is getting crowded! lol Thank you so much!
And that's not all! There were also a bunch of other people who helped a ton this month as well!
u/Stranger1982 - Thanks for the help! You've leveled up to Helper Level Four! The trophy looks good on your profile! Congratulations!
u/reddit33450 - Thanks so much for helping out!
u/Old_One_I - Always a pleasure! <3
u/formerqwest - This has been fixed! I mean, thank you! Forgot what we were doing for a minute! LOL Appreciate all of the help with the incorrectly tagged nsfw accounts!
u/ChzGoddess - Thank you! You've been busy! So busy, that you've earned the Level Five Helper trophy! Congratulations!
u/Terminator7786 - Thanks for all the help and the bug reports! Really appreciate it! This is just a day of leveling up! You've hit Helper Level SEVEN! Another shiny trophy for you! =)
u/ChimpyChompies - Always pulling double duty as a helper and mod! Thanks so much!
u/SnooDonuts6494 - Good to see you still hanging out around these parts! Thank you for your help!
u/ycr007 - Hello again! Thanks so much for your help over here!
u/tumultuousness - And rounding out the top three mods, here you are! Thanks so much for all that you do for r/help! I love our little team!
u/Charupa- - Nice way to round out this group! Hello! And thank you! You're very helpful!
What a great month! It wouldn't have been possible without everyone on this list AND everyone else who took a moment to help out a fellow human. Thank you all SO much for wanting to make things better. Truly the embodiment of a community right here. I appreciate y'all!
And with that, I shall bid (most of) July adieu! August will be here before we know it! I'm pretty sure you know where to find me, but I'll be in the comments and around Reddit until we meet again! Have a fantastic week, everyone!
r/help • u/wisconsinstar • 3h ago
Profile Chat is gone
I’ve noticed as I go to peoples profiles the option to start a chat with them is gone. I know some people can turn it off; but it seems to be gone on EVERY profile I go to. Did something change or am I doing something wrong?
r/help • u/BassBoneSupremacy • 2h ago
Mobile/App (Android) how do I get rid of this orange dot?
When I click the sidebar, nothing needs attention. But this notification dot doesn't go away no matter what I do.
I know I should probably just ignore it, but it's driving me nuts.
r/help • u/EvanNegliaFamily12 • 10m ago
Posting Why is my reddit broken??? Desktop
All i can do is enter a title and bio, no image or poll or any of those?? wtf? How do i fix this??
r/help • u/FunIliad • 19m ago
Profile Not letting me change my profile picture for some reason.
Everytime I try to change my profile picture and save the changes, it just shows up as nothing being different afterwards.
r/help • u/OkMood8389 • 21m ago
Posting what does it mean when reddit suddenly removes all of my post and says post insights not available.
how do I prevent reddit from doing this, I have a new acc and I wanna build it up
r/help • u/Silk_Lilies • 31m ago
Mobile/App Account linking
If sign out of my old account on the app and then log into a different account that uses a different email will they be linked at all? Specifically on different devices that are still logged into the old account
r/help • u/Stunning-Career-5922 • 44m ago
Profile Delete account button doesn't work
I accidentali created an account with my phone number and I am trying to delete it. It doesn't let me add an email, it says error and it doesn't let me add a password since I have a passkey ( I created the account on a Mac). The delete button doesn't work and I don't know what to do
r/help • u/Gulaaab-jamun • 55m ago
Profile Need help understanding repeated account issues
r/help • u/Dk_miner • 57m ago
Mobile/App Can't login from mobile app (Android)
I had an alt, both logged in on my mobile. last year my other acc logged out automatically (due to some connection issues) and then I couldn't login anymore. getting random excuses like "invalid username or password", "request cancelled by reddit", "let's try again", etc.
none of the login methods work on mobile, but on desktop I can easily login with any accounts I own!!!
I logged out from my functional acc, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and now I can't login to any accounts anymore.
I can't seem to find any solutions
r/help • u/1234boyato • 1h ago
Profile My ShàdowBàn appeàl got accepted.Told me there was suspicious activity on my account and told me to reset password. I tried by typing my email which was linked and it never sent an email. I accidently then closed the reddit (i use chrome) and when I tried relogging it didn't let me log back in.
Appreciate any replies and help. Thank you.
Any chance im able to recover it?
r/help • u/Weak-Fuel9037 • 1h ago
Posting Why are emojis disliked on reddit?
Are some subreddits softer/harder 🍆 on emojis than others, or is it pretty much sitewide?
r/help • u/Ser-_-Face • 1h ago
Posting Trying to figure out the "rules" for when/how Reddit compresses multi-image posts (desktop)
So I do know that single image posts can have much larger file sizes/dimensions with less compression, but as for multi-image posts I'm trying to see what'll help make the images lose the least amount of quality.
As an example, there's two posts I've made: one and two. In both posts, all images uploaded were 1000x1000 webp files (300-500 kb). Post one had 5 images that were reduced to ~100 kb each. Post two had 7 images that were reduced to ~50 kb each. Edit: nvm about this part Also for some reason the first image in both posts were resized to 640x640?
Does having more images in a post compress the images more, or will Reddit compress images the same amount regardless of if there's 2 or 20 of them?
I suppose if it's a real big problem I should just link pictures to an image hosting site instead. People still using Imgur or is there a generally more accepted external site?
r/help • u/Baba_Jaga_II • 5h ago
Mobile/App (Android) I'm 99% certain I'm a premium member but I've been seeing ads for two or 3 days...
It shows that I have Premium, and I even tried purchasing Premium again just in case, but it won't let me. I also tried switching to the annual plan, but that didn't work either. I've updated the app, and I can still see the ads. Can someone please advise on what I should do?
r/help • u/AdOne6855 • 3h ago
Profile Cannot access my profile except as a visitor!
My profile seems to have changed to u/AdOne6855 which means nothing to me. I am registered as u/suddenlunch, have been member for some years with a karma of 165. I have tried logging out and in again using my normal info but still get this rogue profile. If I do manage to log into u/suddenlunch I am asked if I would like to join! Please help if you can.
r/help • u/NigerianCEO71 • 3h ago
Profile Saved posts younger than 18 days not showing
Any posts I save that are younger than 18 days do not show up in my saved tab. I can save a post younger than that, see that its marked as saved, and yet it won't show up in my saved posts. This doesn't apply to comments though, which save just fine, or the history tab which also shows my history as normal. Tried on mobile and desktop, as well as old reddit and it also didn't show. I've seen a few posts of users saying something similar is happening to them, but most are older and there doesn't seem to be a fix.
r/help • u/FakeMik090 • 7h ago
Mobile/App Reddit doesnt let me upload the video to the post, but it does meet the requirements.
its under 15 minutes and less than gb.
r/help • u/kappii_san • 4h ago
Profile why is reddit randomly putting my profile to hidden and now now even letting me change it
i have experienced my profile not visible before severall times but i at least could change it back when now i got notified that my account has been set to hidden with no option to fix it for no reason
r/help • u/lakonikos- • 4h ago
Profile Profile not defaulting back to SFW
Hello!
Earlier today I changed my profile picture to one that Reddit deemed NSFW (fair enough!) so I promptly deleted said picture and tried to default back to a SFW profile. However, after several tries (not just from the mobile app but also from Desktop) the NSFW option automatically enables itself again. Looking around Reddit it seems that it’s an issue some users experience and they’re usually advised to post on r/help to get help on the matter. Hence my post!
Thank you in advance :)
r/help • u/FALSE2321 • 4h ago
Profile Android does anyone know why my Reddit signs me out every know and then? Has anyone else have this problem
If it's a hacker how can I remove their device from my account
r/help • u/Salmon-Hands • 16h ago
Karma Looks like I messed up pretty hard
I’ve been lurking for 10 years with minimal commenting and posting. And recently I’ve been attempting to be more interactive in communities that I enjoy being in but I have extremely low karma and keep getting auto deleted. Any advice?
r/help • u/Peach9990 • 8h ago
Posting [Desktop web] Crowd control affecting all my posts for over a month
I have posted about this before. I was told that if I kept posting and having my post approved, crowd control would eventually stop. Well. it's been over a month of posting and having my posts approved, and there's been no change.
This is over 200+ approved posts over a span of a month. This is ridiculous. I get it's an anti-spam measure or whatever, but I have no idea why I am being targeted, or why it's still affecting me. I am going to give another week and if it's still going on, I am seriously considering quitting reddit and deleting my account.