Reddit separates community posts from interest-based recommendations

Reddit announced a new homepage feed experience that separates posts from followed communities into a Following feed and offers recommended content through a For You feed. The company’s description of For You includes both posts from subreddits users follow and recommendations related to their interests, while Engadget describes it as a section for algorithmic recommendations.

The two feeds are the central change, with each publication emphasizing a different aspect of how they are organized. The Following feed is designed to surface posts from subreddits users follow or have joined. The For You feed is the recommendation-focused destination.

Reddit said it aims to help users discover relevant communities and conversations they might not otherwise come across; it also described the new feed experience as a first step toward discovery of ideas, connections, perspectives and interests. The app’s opening behavior is also changing.

Engadget reports that it will initially open to For You, then use the feed the person last viewed when they launch the app again. That makes the first launch different from later launches: recommendations appear first, while subsequent openings follow the user’s most recent feed choice. Reddit’s announcement sits alongside an earlier change to the homepage.

The Verge reports that the company had announced it would deprecate r/all, a feed that surfaced posts popular across the platform, as part of efforts it described as simplifying Reddit and improving Home feed personalization.

That context links the new pair of feeds to a shift in the homepage’s available destinations, though the sources do not specify when r/all will be removed. The outlets emphasize different parts of the update rather than reporting conflicting details.

The Verge highlights that For You combines followed-subreddit posts with interest-related recommendations and places the change alongside the planned deprecation of r/all. Engadget focuses on algorithmic recommendations, the app’s launch behavior, and Reddit’s intention to keep experimenting with navigation.

The Times of India headline also identifies the two homepage feeds, but supplies no further detail beyond that point. For users, the practical distinction is between a feed centered on communities they follow and one featuring recommendations. Reddit says the latter is intended to aid discovery, while the app’s subsequent launch behavior will depend on which feed was last used.

Reddit also says it plans to keep experimenting with ways to navigate and explore the app; the sources do not give a schedule for those tests or for the full rollout of the feed changes.