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Reddit is quietly changing the way its homepage works

And that’s a good thing...

When we reached out to Reddit, they initially told us that the account we were using to collect our data may have been part of a test that had been running for several years, which shows certain users feeds with fresher content. We don’t collect data through one single account, but instead track r/all while logged out of the site and have also accessed Reddit from different Wi-Fi networks over the past year and haven’t seen any inconsistencies with karma totals or visible posts on r/all. In February, rumors started circulat ing among users that the admins for r/all were removing reposts directly from the feed, since they’re more likely to come from spammers or have inauthentic engagement numbers.

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