Removing the username attribution is annoying and seems like an unhelpful change. Why was that decision made?
Edit: see admin response below. Not satisfactory, in my opinion. [4 awards]
In making the main feeds easier to digest, we had to make some hard choices on removing low usage attributes — and found that very few redditors in our mixed feeds actually click on the username. You’ll still be able to get the username attribution in our community page and comments page, where this info will be more relevant as people dive into conversations and interest areas [-149 points, admin]
I suddenly no longer feel a thirst for a refreshing, classic taste with fewer calories — as if millions of usernames suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced [-26 points, ]
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lol
how'd I know he'd be a /r/whitepeopletwitter and /r/politics poster
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Before I switched to rdrama I used RES to label all the trains in nerd subreddits, after a while they became the majority of commenters
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Poor, sweaty.
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Where's the lie though? That's a fricking r-slurred change lmao. But as long as it doesn't change old reddit I don't care.
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anyone keeping a RES tag so they can 'consider the source' and avoid wrongthinkerinos should face the wall
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No
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this is good for baitmaxxing as new redditeurs can't see that "sneedmarsey420bussy" posted the low-effort meme they're about to get mad about
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If they can't click on the username will they still be able to creep your account history and whine about how you post in wrongthonk subs?
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Dude they just deprecated .compact. old reddit is next up on the chopping block. And since new reddit users never end up going through the effort to switch to old reddit the reddit admins will feel more and more justified in removing it.
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