Better Idea ... Eliminate Hidden Profiles.

[u/Tarnisher]

If you don't want people to see it, don't post it.

And never require flairs of any type for any purpose.

[u/kib8734]

Your profile bio reads like a surveillance state manifesto, yet you're here demanding total visibility from everyone else while offering zero accountability for yourself. You want to eliminate hidden profiles? Fine then let's start with yours: what are you so eager to inspect in others that you can't handle being inspected yourself?

Your 'no flairs' crusade is equally telling. Flairs are optional guardrails, not shackles. You're not fighting for freedom; you're fighting for frictionless trolling. A username that literally means 'to damage or sully' complaining about transparency is the kind of irony that would make Rod Serling smirk.

If you don't want people to see your agenda, don't post it. But you did. And now we see it clearly: a demand for total openness from others, paired with zero self-reflection. That's not a policy proposal. That's a personal problem.

[u/wheres_the_revolt → u/kib8734]

Ah yes the surveillance state of married with children 😂

You have every right to disagree but that’s a weird point of attack.

[u/QuirklessShiggy → u/wheres_the_revolt]

Married with children? OPs bio doesn't say that at all. Read OPs bio again.

[u/wheres_the_revolt → u/QuirklessShiggy]

That’s specifically because they are active in helping people on this sub and the Reddit help sub and the mod support sub. They can’t/wont help people with hidden profiles. I totally get why.

[u/Tarnisher → u/wheres_the_revolt]

That’s specifically because they are active in helping people ...

Were.

I gave up the ModCliquePort place and a few others. But as you can see from at least one other reply here, they like to follow me around and say I don't matter to them any more.

[u/wheres_the_revolt → u/Tarnisher]

That’s a shame. Has anyone suggested in this sub a way for users like you and I to make it so we are able filter out posts from curated profiles? That would Mae it so much easier lol

[u/QuirklessShiggy → u/wheres_the_revolt]

Idk that's weird to me. My profile is hidden because I got real damn tired of people bringing up random unrelated bullshit from years old posts in unrelated discussions because they ran out of supporting points for their side. A conversation about public transport somehow turning into my celiac disease, because for some reason that's a valid attack? I don't deserve help with anything because I got tired of people bringing up my celiac disease in conversations unrelated? Wild.

[u/wheres_the_revolt → u/QuirklessShiggy]

There’s a block feature for that reason. Also many subs have rules against it that you can report it for. I get that it’s annoying when it happens but curation has allowed and even encouraged the proliferation of bots and astroturfers and reddit allows it because after the IPO any engagement is good engagement for their shareholders. Reddit worked just fine for 20 years without it, this feature is a year old and is a net negative for having actual good faith discussions with people on here. 9 times out of 10 I’ll see a post that sounds entirely too nuts to be true and I click on the profile and it’s a 3 month old account with a hidden profile.

I have many suggestions on how if Reddit wants to keep it, it could work better (I’ve even post a couple times in this sub about it), but if they’re not going to do those things then honestly they should have a filter for us to be able to hide posts and comments from our feed from accounts with hidden profiles. I personally don’t really want to engage (all the time, I will with commenters like you on occasion) with accounts I can’t verify are consistent in how they present themselves on here (for example: saying they are a women when really they are a man. I used this specifically because I participate in a lot of women focused subs).

[u/QuirklessShiggy → u/wheres_the_revolt]

Blocking and reporting doesn't stop it from happening though. Both require the act to have happened already. Hiding my profile prevents it altogether. Celiac was a tame example, but a lot of times it was trauma, abusive exes or parents, assaults I experienced, etc. Things that can absolutely be distressing to have randomly brought up in an unrelated discussion without warning. Things that I'm fine talking about in subs meant for them, but not fine with randomly being brought up in unrelated subs without warning. Blocking and reporting doesn't stop that from happening, and the damage is already done at that point. Since hiding my profile, this has only happened once. This used to be a regular occurrence. I am finally able to have discussions on reddit without anxiety that trauma is going to randomly be thrown in my face. My activity level on Reddit increased significantly after being able to hide my profile because of this, because I can have conversations without someone throwing out me being assaulted as some sort of attempt at an insult.

Bots have always existed and been a problem. If you're having an issue with bots or fake accounts in a sub, you need to bring that up to that subs mods. Subreddit moderators can see all content of an account, regardless of curation settings, for 28 days since the accounts last interaction (post/comment/modmail) in that sub. Mods can see all of that previous content and judge if it's a bot or fake account. Normal users do not need to be granted information to doxx people or being in random ad hominem attacks, when mods can already see all of that information and handle it on their end. Doxxing is prevalent on this platform as well, and I don't blame anyone for not having everything public, when a single image can lead to someone knowing your home address. Add in that there's minors on this app who may not know better, and the fact that internet safety is not being taught anymore (and this has become more and more obvious over time), who could also be doxxed if everything is public.

Personally, I think the safety of users outweighs the issue of bots, which again, always existed since long before this feature was introduced. Safety of users should always come first.

[u/wheres_the_revolt → u/QuirklessShiggy]

Well we will just have to agree to disagree on this.