Redit on Tuesday Announced A new feature that will provide more privacy to its users when it is shared on their user profiles.
The company says it is rolling out an update that will introduce a “content and activity” setting that allows users to decide that the subdits they participate will appear on their profiles. This includes both his posting and comment history.
By default, all posts and comments will look as before. However, the new setting allows users to hide all their public positions and comments, in which they are directly done on their profiles.
Alternatively, users can decide to select post and comments from specific communities on their profiles, while hiding others.
The setting is available under a new “curate your profile” section, where users can control the visibility of their content. NSFW content and an alternative to turning on or off the activity is also available, as the followers tongue to show or hide the follower count.
The update adds a layer of privacy to the reddit that was not available earlier. As a result, many reddit users created “throwway” accounts when they wanted to ask more personal questions. But in one more as reddit morphs Advertising technology company Post-IPO, it probably prefers that user data-like engagement and interests are associated with single user profile for advertising targeting.
The joint joint of the feature can also encourage users to take over the site, as they now know that they can somewhat obscure their activity from the public view.
For example, users can ask questions about the subject of more sensitive nature or ask questions, such as relationship or dating advice, or a health issue they are facing. Earlier, they can only be selected to read through others’ posts, but may not be directly attached to keeping information from being displayed on their own user profiles.
Reddit says that the option to hide or display posts and comments is available only on the basis of per-community, not at individual posts or comments levels. This makes it easy to manage settings, even if it means you cannot choose and choose which specific comments and posts show and those who do not.
Nevertheless, users should know that the curition option does not mean that they have true privacy. His user name will still appear next to their positions and comments in communities. In addition, some mediators will still have access to the user’s public post and history will comment for 28 days, whether the user’s content is called reddit, regardless of the visibility settings.
This access is useful for the moderators who may need to review the history of the user while posting or commenting, as well as when they send the model, such as requests to join the requests, or to join a restricted community.
The profile owner will also be able to temporarily see the history of a user’s full post and comment, if another user directly comments on his profile post, the company notes.
Along with this change, Reddit introduced updated individual activity summary, providing observation of user activity, including their karma calculation, total contribution, account age, and active communities. The latter will be based on their content and activity settings.
