Reddit rolls out For You and Following home feeds
Reddit has started offering a new homepage with two options, For You and Following. For You mixes posts from joined communities with recommendations based on a user's interests, while Following shows only joined communities. The app opens to For You first and then returns to whichever feed the user last chose. Reddit says the change is meant to help people find relevant communities and make the platform feel more human. The company earlier this year said it would retire r/all, a feed of posts popular across the whole platform. Some users who tried the feed during initial testing have voiced frustration. Reddit's older homepage remains available through old.reddit.com and in settings.
Key facts
- Instagram, X, Threads and Facebook already offer similar For You-style feeds.
- Reddit CEO Steve Huffman wants casual users to return more easily and older relevant posts surfaced more often.
- Reddit is testing video and audio versions of popular posts, some from threads several years old.
- Reddit says it will keep testing navigation and is building tools for users to give feedback on recommendations.
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Why it matters
The change reshapes how most Reddit users reach content, shifting the homepage toward algorithmic recommendations.
What changed
First published from The Verge, TechCrunch and Engadget