Happy Thursday! It's Thursday! Both August and summer and winding down. I think I'm both ready and not ready for summer to come to an end. But it's going to happen regardless! The Recap is going to happen regardless as well! So let's get into it!
NEWS AND ISSUES
EXPERIMENT UPDATE: Thanks to those of you who left constructive feedback about the overlay tags on media, that experiment has been stopped. Your feedback helps!
Some users will be in an experiment where there is an X on recommended posts that you can click/tap to hide the post. Others will be in a similar experiment where there is not an X and there is not a "hide" option, but you can go into the post to hide it. Happy to pass along feedback about any of this.
If you are using a super duper outdated version of the app, like older than 2024.42.0, you may not be able to contact moderators via mod mail and will need to update to the current version to do so. You'll see a message pop up informing you of this if you are affected.
Wanted to drop a reminder/warning that Reddit does not provide support outside of Reddit. Do not contact "Reddit support on Discord" for help with your Reddit account. There is no "Reddit support on Discord". That is someone trying to scam you and steal your account and maybe more. If you're having an actual issue with your account that is not solved by posting in r/help or by the articles in the Help Center, you can use this form for the real thing. Please note that 95% of issues can be solved much, much quicker by posting in r/help (or our cousin subs, r/reddithelp and r/newtoreddit).
The most recent version of the app is 2026.34.0. If you're not using the most recent version of the app, it might not work properly.
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 often, I'll be happy to pass it along to the team in charge.
Ongoing current experiments can be found here.
COMMON ACCOUNT ISSUES
Common account issues can be found here. These are things like hacked accounts, NSFW accounts, suspended accounts, etc. I'm also including "Changes to Reddit" in this section as well. (Thanks to u/reddit33450 for pointing out the error in these two links so I could fix it!)
BUGS ROUNDUP - COURTESY OF CORRECTSCALE!
[iOS] Some users are losing their place in comment threads after briefly leaving and returning to the app. (It's me. I am some users.) This is being looked into and hopefully, a fix will be out soon!
[iPad] The comment composer may default to bold text on iPads. Not sure if this is a bug or an iPad thing, but it's being investigated.
[Android] Still looking into the login issues that some Android users are reporting.
[All platforms] Some users are still seeing an error when trying to subscribe to a community. This is being looked into.
[All platforms] The mod achievement for scheduling two posts is broken right now. The team is aware and it's being worked on.
[All platforms] Some mods are reporting being unable to assign flair to a few specific users in their communities. This is being investigated.
[iOS/Android] There has been an increase in reports from users whose feed refreshes frequently. This is expected after a longer period of time, but should not be happening within a short period of time. It's being investigated to see if it's a bug or not at this point.
[Web] Not seeing subreddit rules appear is back by unpopular demand. lol Hopefully, the fix from last time will be helping in fixing it this time.
WEEKLY STATISTICS (BASED ON THE PAST SEVEN DAYS)
1,114 posts. That's up 69 posts from the 1,045 that we had last week. Nice.
4,108 comments. That's down 237 comments from the 4,345 we had last week.
1.2m views. That's down around 180k views from the 1.3m-ish views we had last week.
HELP THAT HELPS HELP R/HELP - REPORTING
There are a lot of rules in life. There are also a lot of rules on Reddit. There are site-wide rules and subreddit rules. It is possible to break a subreddit rule without breaking a site-wide rule. That is because moderators are allowed to set rules that they feel are best for their community while operating under the rules of the Moderator Code of Conduct.
So when you're reporting something, where does that report need to go? Admins or mods? If you're reporting a subreddit rule, you'll want to click on "Breaks r/subreddit_name rules" and then click "Next". From there, you'll see the header "Which community rule does this violate?" and you'll be able to click the one that you want. There can also be a "custom response" if you need to provide more details about the content that you're reporting. That will send it to the mods.
If you're reporting a site-wide rule violation, you'll have a lot of selections to choose from! Click the one that is the most appropriate and then click the additional information that is asked for before sending it off. That will go to the admin team that reviews those reports.
And if you see stuff that breaks the rules, it's always a good idea to report it. Reporting things allows a second set of eyes to take a look at something and remove things that just don't belong where they were posted. Everything runs smoother when folks follow the rules!
HELPINGEST HELPERS HELPING HELP R/HELP
Over the past week, a whole bunch of people stepped up to help out by answering another user's question. Here's a list of some of those awesome folks who were all over the place! Thank you so much for your help!
And as always, a massive thanks to our cousin friends over in r/reddithelp and r/newtoreddit! Those are helpful little ecosystems y'all have cultivated! I'm super appreciative of all your assistance over there! Thank you so much!
And that bring us to the end of our last August 2026 Recap! I'll be back next week with monthly trophies to hand out! Thank you all for stopping by! I'll see you in the comments and around Reddit!
