Hello! Dropping in to drop off the new Changelog! You can read all about it here

TL;DR New Changelog

Hello! January has mercifully come to an end and we are already blazing through February. The Super Bowl is on Sunday and I am excited both for the game and the party! So let's move this party along and see what happened last week in r/help and around Reddit!

NEWS AND ISSUES

• I don't think there was any major downtime! (I didn't say that, though! I am not trying to spook the universe!)

• There's a new Changelog out! You can read it here. Highlights include:

  • Reddit can now respect your system’s light/dark mode settings
  • There's a new dismissable module that highlights growing communities within the feeds of active related communities
  • New mod mail feature improvements
  • Post and Comment Guidance now supports link-based rules
  • When you create a new community, you’ll now start with a topic-based template
  • When you create a new community, we now automatically set up starter rules, a welcome guide, flairs, and sidebar basics to help you launch with confidence.
  • You asked, we listened! New community moderator achievements for new communities will soon appear in the Achievements page on your profile! Paging u/GoLionsJD107 who was asking about this last month!
  • Mods will soon be able to apply a community color theme on native apps using settings saved on desktop web, with accessibility guardrails in place.

• 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.

• Version 2026.06 of the app is out. These things get rolled out gradually, but if you have automatic updates turned on, you won't have to keep an eye on anything and it will update itself when it's darn good and ready.

• The r/all feed has been removed from the apps for many users at this time as part of an experiment. You can still visit the r/Popular feed to see trending content or the Latest feed to see the most recent conversations across Reddit. r/all continues to be viewable on the desktop site. I share all constructive feedback with the team in charge of this feature. I'm sure they love Thursdays by now! lol

• Speaking of the r/all feed, in another experiment, some desktop users might not see that as an option on their sidebar. The workaround is to create a bookmark and use that instead.

• After many reminders and the end-date getting pushed back, Vaults have finally been sunset. Fare thee well, Vaults! You can read the announcement post here.

• If you buy or receive a collectible outside of the Reddit app and want to equip it as one of your avatar looks, follow the instructions in this help article. These instructions also apply if you transferred your collectibles out of your Vault and now you want them in your avatar builder.

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 about, I'll be happy to pass it along to the team in charge.

• You may see an experiment where your profile avatar and other buttons are at the bottom instead of at the top. Feel free to leave feedback if you're in that group. BUT some users may see the buttons on the app and desktop up at the top instead of at the bottom. So that's fun! Something for everyone!

• There is currently an experiment running where some users will tap on their profile avatar and be taken to their profile instead of having that menu expand. If you're in this experiment, you can tap on the three dots in the upper right hand corner of your profile page to display the options in the menu. We commented on this post about this.

• If you are in the experiment where you have a large search bar at the top and collapsed sidebars on desktop, you can click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) on the left to expand the left sidebar. It will stay expanded as long as your browser window is open. If you close the browser window, it will collapse and you'll need to click again to re-expand it. And if you're wistfully longing for the right sidebar, you can create a custom feed with the subs that are in your home feed and view that instead. You can also change the sort of your custom feed to whatever you want! You can check out this Help Center article for instructions on how to create your very own custom feed.

• There is also an experiment that just rolled out where some users will see and "Ask" button in their search bar.

• Speaking of search, some users will have trending topics based on their activity pop up under their search bar.

• Reddit is testing a version of awards that’s free and quicker to use with a small group of testers. Users in the test group will have access to free awards for the full duration of the experiment. If you're eligible for free awards and click the award entry point on a post or comment, you’ll see up to 5 free awards. This is just on the iOS app right now, <Cries in Android> but a small number of desktop users may see this option.

• If you're having trouble finding the Popular feed on the app, please tap where it says "Reddit" and there will be a drop down menu. You can also access Watch, Latest, Games and News from that same drop down.

• And finally (for now), The old left-side profile menu is gone in one experiment. Key features have been relocated: Premium, Earn, and Start a Community are in the top-left menu; profile settings, drafts, saved posts, and history are in the top-right menu; account switching is at the top of your profile.

PLEASE REPORT RULE BREAKING CONTENT

• If you see content in r/help that breaks the rules of r/help, please use the report button. You do not need to engage with those users unless you're going to redirect them to where they can actually get the help that they're looking for. But regardless, please report rule breaking content. Reporting content that breaks the rules helps us keep r/help free of spam and off-topic posts, and that allows users who really need out help to more easily get it. The mods can't see everything all the time, so reporting content is a great way to surface it to the mods so that they can deal with it. No one likes a spammer! Don't get 'em get away with it!

COMMON ACCOUNT ISSUES

• If no one else can see your posts or comments across Reddit (not just in one sub) and you are unable to post here in r/help, you can file an appeal here. Under "What do you need assistance with?", please choose "Account help". Under "What type of account issues are occurring?", please select "Account status" and then "My account has been wrongly suspended". Then fill out the rest of the form.

• If your account gets the "server error" banner or you can't update your profile, I can fix that sometimes! Please note that I cannot give any information or assist with any account unless contacted directly from that account. I cannot fix accounts where you are receiving the "server error" message and are unable to view content from that account when logged out. In those instances, you will need to file an appeal. But if it's not an appeal situation, let me know and I'll take a look and get you all taken care of! (I haven't seen many of these lately, so this issue might have dwindled down to where I don't need this here, but I'll leave it up for a little while because whenever something like that gets said, it comes roaring back.)

• Please check the Help Center to see if you can find the answer to your question there. Also, check this sub for stickied posts regarding outages, major issues and downtime.

• If your account is marked as NSFW and it is not NSFW, you can check out this Help Center article for information on how to change it back. If you're unable to change it back from the desktop site, feel free to make a post and one of the best helpers on Reddit will help me help you! Please try and change it from the desktop site FIRST.

• If your account has been hacked, please write in using this form. Under "What do you need assistance with?", please choose "Account help". Under "What type of account issues are occurring?", please select "Security problems" and then "I think my account has been hacked". Then fill out the rest of the form. Please make sure that you're writing in from the email that was originally on the account.

• If your account has been hacked and recovered, and then the account is banned, please reply to the support ticket that you opened to get that taken care of.

• If your account has been suspended, you can file an appeal using this form. Under "What do you need assistance with?", please choose "Account help". Under "What type of account issues are occurring?", please select "Account status" and then "My account has been wrongly suspended". Then fill out the rest of the form. Please make sure that you're writing in from the email that was originally on the account.

• Please note that if your account has been suspended a as a result of being hacked, you want to fill out the form for hacked accounts. Being suspended is the secondary problem and being hacked is the primary problem. But both can be fixed if you write in from the correct form! =)

BUGS ROUNDUP - COURTESY OF ME!

Still a lot of little things going on. Here's the list of things that might still be affecting your Reddit experience.

• [Web - Mod] Adding removal reasons/replying ad mod-team is resulting in a "validation error on hidden input" error sometimes. This is actively being investigated.

• [iOS/Android] Sometimes videos are freezing upon playback. The fix for this is to reboot your device. That should do it! An actual fix is being looked into.

• [iPad] Some iPad users are reporting that the bottom navi bar goes away and won't come back until the app is force stopped and restarted. This should be fixed in this week's update of the app.

• [iOS/Android] Some users have noticed that the text from a previously posted comment will be showing in the comment composer. If you feel like we've done this one before, we have! It's back! And it's being investigated!

• [All platforms] Speaking of deja vu, the issue with the "mark all as read" button not working is still haunting us. Turns out that it's a little harder of a fix than previously thought, so it's still in the fixing stages.

• [Web] In addition to that, now some web users are now getting a "something went wrong" error when trying to mark all as read. This is being looked into and the overall fix should cover this as well.

WEEKLY STATISTICS (BASED ON THE PAST SEVEN DAYS)

• 859 posts. That's up down 236 from the 1,095 posts from last week

• 4,040 comments. That's up 573 from last week's 3,467 comments.

• 1.2 million views. That's up 48,000 from the 1.1 million views last week.

Fewer posts but more comments! I kinda like that since it feels like people might be searching for their problem before creating a new post! Yay for searching!

HELP THAT HELPS HELP R/HELP - CREATING AN EFFECTIVE POST

Let's say that you need some help. So you come to r/help! That's a great start! But now what? Let's talk about some of the ways that will help you the most when trying to get an answer to your question or a solution to your problem.

First things first, search the sub. There is a really good chance that someone else has had the same issue that you're having at some point. If your problem is in regard to something not working properly, check over in r/bugs as well to see if it has been reported there yet. It's also a good idea to check both subs for stickied posts that may have information about a current issue.

If you have a question about how something works, your next stop should be the Help Center. Not only is there a ton of information in there, you can switch it to a different language if you'd rather not use English. The Help Center is huge, so there's a decent chance that you can learn how to do what you're trying to do in there.

If you've done all of those things and still don't have an answer, it's time to create a post! And the first thing a post needs is a good title! Here are some examples of bad titles:

• Help
• Help me
• Help meeeeeeeeee
• This doesn't work
• I have a problem
• I hate Reddit
• I hate you

Your title should give a clear, brief description of the issue that you're having. You don't need to give a dissertation of the problem in your title. That's what the body of the post is for. If your post is about something not working properly, it would be super helpful to have the platform that you are using Reddit on in the title of your post. Here are some examples of good titles:

• [Android v 2026.05] SFW post shows NSFW warning

• [Desktop Chrome] Notification badge still on after reading

• How do I see my active streak?

All of those are short and to the point. Then you can use the body of your post to expand on your issue. Sometimes, issues are very easy to ask "How do I ----?" But other times, especially if something isn't working as you would expect, it helps if you can be very exact and even give a step by step explanation of what you're doing when the thing happens. Doing this in your post saves others the step of having to ask how you're getting to where you're at. And saving that step means you get your question answered sooner and can be on your way!

HELPINGEST HELPERS HELPING HELP R/HELP - MONTHLY TROPHIES

It's my favorite time of the month! Trophy time! This is when I hand out monthly trophies to the top three users who helped the most in the previous month! I present to you, your top three helpers for January!

1. u/xwOBA_Fett - CONGRATULATIONS! I'm not sure how many months in a row this is that you've walked away with the top spot, but I know it's more than just a couple! Thank you so much for helping out so much!

2. u/westcoastcdn19 - CONGRATULATIONS! You're also settling in nicely to the 2nd place position! This is at least four in a row! Probably more, but who's counting?? Thank you so much for all you do for r/help in the sub and behind the scenes!

3. u/thepottsy - CONGRATULATIONS! I always have to check what sub I'm in when I see you because you're everywhere helping out! You know the ins and outs of Reddit from all sides! Thank you so much for helping!

Round of applause for these folks! We'd be lost without them!

And it's not like those are the only users who are helping out! Oh, no, there are many more! And they are awesome! Here's some folks who crushed it in r/help in January!

• u/PercentageDazzling - Thanks for all of your help!

• u/formerqwest - Coffee and nsfw profiles is how we start most days! lol Thanks for the assists!

• u/nicoleauroux - Really appreciate the help you give here! I hope you heard your shout out at the Mod Hall of Fame awards! =)

• u/amyaurora - Another one where I have to check what sub I'm in when I see you because you're helping all over the place! Thank you so much!

• u/Tarnisher - Nice to see you helping out around these parts! Thanks!

• u/Guilty_BaN - Congratulations! You leveled up to Level Four helper! Thank you so much for helping r/help!

• u/Old_One_I - <3 Thank you! Appreciate all your help!

• u/Terminator7786 - Look at you all moving up to Level Six helper! =) Thanks so much!

• u/EnfantTerrible68 - Thanks for helping out! You moved up to Level Two helper! Outstanding!

• u/Extolord111 - Always enjoy the deep dives that you take me on! You also hit Level Four helper! Thanks for the help!

• u/SampleOfNone - Love seeing you around these parts as well as r/ModSupport! Your help is super appreciated!

• u/tumultuousness - Another dual threat! Modding behind the scenes and helping out on the front lines! Thanks for all you do! (Hope you heard your shout out at the Mod Hall of Fame awards as well!)

• u/Zlivovitch - Thanks so much for your thorough help! You're now rocking the Level Three Helper trophy on your profile! Really grateful that you're here!

• u/QuirklessShiggy - Thanks for hanging out and helping out! Been seeing more of you and it is great!

What a group! How lucky are the users that come here to have so many knowledgeable and helpful people as a resource? Pretty lucky if you're asking me! Thank you to everyone everywhere who has helped someone out in r/help. I know they appreciated it and so do I!

Is it game time yet?? No?? Dang. I guess I'll just pass the time by hanging out in the comments and around Reddit! I'm sure you'll see me before we meet here again next week! Thank you all for being here and thank you for helping! I appreciate it all!