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Reddit is dividing its home page feed into two separate tabs: For You, which blends posts from communities you've joined with algorithmic recommendations, and Following, which shows only posts from communities you've actually joined. The change is rolling out globally over the coming weeks.
Reddit is dividing its main feed into two sections: a 'For You' feed powered by algorithmic recommendations, and a 'Following' feed showing posts only from subreddits users have joined. The app will open to 'For You' initially, then default to whichever feed was last used.
Reddit announced a redesigned homepage with two feed options: 'For You,' which blends posts from joined communities with algorithmic recommendations, and 'Following,' which shows only subscribed communities. The company says the feeds are meant to boost discovery, connection and participation, and users can toggle between them with their last choice remembered on return visits.
Reddit announced a new homepage experience with two tabs: a Following feed showing posts from subscribed subreddits, and a For You feed that mixes those posts with recommendations based on user interests. The rollout follows Reddit's earlier move to deprecate r/all as part of its push to simplify and personalize the Home feed.
Reddit's r/opensource community introduced new rules on October 24 requiring submitted projects to be at least a year old, have multiple contributors, and not be made by or intended for AI. Moderators argued that AI 'as it exists today' conflicts with open-source values, prompting an influx of critical comments and the creation of at least four rival subreddits, including r/OpenSourceAIAllowed and r/TrueOpenSource.
Moderators of Reddit's r/opensource announced on October 24 a sweeping rulebook barring projects built with or for AI, alongside new requirements that submissions be actively maintained for at least a year, have multiple contributors, an existing community, and an OSI-approved license. The rules also require posting accounts to be at least a year old with a history of meaningful contributions, bar requests for maintainers, and tell non-English speakers to post elsewhere since moderators say they cannot reliably tell AI-written English from AI-translated text.
Moderators of the Reddit community r/opensource issued new submission rules Saturday prohibiting any project that uses AI, is built by AI, or is intended for AI use. The rules also require submitted projects to be at least a year old, actively maintained, and have multiple contributors, and state that non-English speakers should find another community since moderators cannot verify translations.
University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed roughly 150,000 Reddit posts from about 40,000 users to study self-reported effects of retatrutide, an experimental GLP-1 weight-loss drug not yet approved by regulators but obtained by some people in unapproved forms online. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that increased appetite was the most commonly reported symptom among classifiable complaints—contrary to the drug's hunger-suppressing design and the digestive issues emphasized in Phase 2 trials.
A developer says they received a permanent ban from the r/java subreddit after posting a Swing WebView component they built using AI tools. They say the ban stemmed from rule #9, a newly added policy prohibiting sharing any software developed with AI assistance, which they hadn't noticed before posting.
Annie, who relocated from the US to a town near London in late 2024 after her husband got a job offer, says the move fell short of expectations shaped by social media portrayals of British life. She cites maternity care issues with the NHS, lower disposable income, fewer household conveniences, and experiences of anti-American mockery, including at work. She and her husband now plan to move back to the US next summer, and report others who left America for Europe are having similar second thoughts.
A tech report explains that each open browser tab consumes RAM and CPU resources, and that accumulating dozens of them is a common cause of sluggish computer performance. It recommends closing unused tabs or using tab-management tools as a simple way to reclaim system resources without hardware upgrades.
A Reddit thread alleges that Meta's smart glasses have captured audio of conversations even when users did not say the required 'Hey Meta' wake phrase. The claims suggest the device's microphone may activate recording unintentionally, raising privacy concerns among users.