r/reddithelp 8d ago

🗞️ REDDIT NEWS 📰 Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions - General Information

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General information related to Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions

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Snippet of recent news from the pinned weekly recap in r/help - 7/2/2026

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1ulob97/weekly_recap_july_2_2026/

  • In ongoing efforts to prevent abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month, Reddit will start requiring users to log in to use old Reddit. This was announced on Tuesday here.
  • If you are in the EU, you may be asked to verify your age. This is a legal requirement to comply with the EU Digital Services Act. You can check out the Help Center article here. Little more info about this here.
  • If you are trying to use a selfie to verify your age and it fails, the only other options are to upload your ID or contact Persona for support. Reddit cannot help you with a failed selfie for age verification purposes.
  • Right now, these are the countries that have age requirements:
  • If you are not in those countries, but your account is unable to do certain things like chat, it may be due to Teen Safety restrictions. The ability to unlock settings in the iOS app if you're a teen will be coming soon. Not sure if that ability will come to Android.
  • If you need to have something fixed regarding your age, you can use this form and then select your region and what your issue is. I do not know what the turnaround time is on those requests.
  • Some users in the EU are unable to use Anonymous Browsing mode. This is not intentional. This is a bug that they are working on getting fixed.

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I posted this info in r/privacy last week, but probably should have posted it here first and then crossposted it over there.


r/reddithelp Apr 03 '26

🗞️ REDDIT NEWS 📰 Keeping your account safe on reddit

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Here's what u/Reddit has to say today on r/help:

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>Hey Folks! We're here to remind everyone how to keep your accounts safe on reddit. 

>*Reddit will never ask you for your password or 2FA codes, nor will we ask you via private messages to change your email address.* 

>We will only reach out to you via [reddit.com](http://reddit.com) email or reddit platform messaging from this account,  [u/reddit, ](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045734831-How-do-I-know-if-a-message-from-Reddit-is-official)if there are issues with your account. **We will never do so on any other platform.** If you are receiving messages elsewhere about your account status please ignore those messages and report them to the platform where you received them.

>If you suspect any issues with your account you can always [reset your password](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205240005-How-do-I-log-in-to-Reddit-if-I-forgot-my-password). Please make sure to pick a strong, unique password that isn't shared on other sites and check your computer for any malware or other points of weakness. You may also review your recent account activity[ here](https://www.reddit.com/account-activity). Please also consider adding[ two-factor authentication to your account](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043470031-What-is-two-factor-authentication-and-how-do-I-set-it-up) to increase security.

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r/reddithelp 4h ago

Reddit Mobile App Umm, thanks ig?

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6 Upvotes

They just decided to send me this. I'm not even thinking about doing that.


r/reddithelp 1h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Am I muted?

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I don't know if there even is such a thing as site wide muting, but I can't comment anywhere and my profile looks like this, pls help.


r/reddithelp 13h ago

🤷‍♂️Other❓ Is being banned by Reddit official permanently means you can never use Reddit again??

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One Redditor I known and chatted for a while has been ban*ed permanently😔

Bc of this I did many research and what I always saw is the 'ban evasion' thing.

But I am very curious,
So does it mean that once one of your account has been flagged permanently,
then you would never has a chance to register a new account , use Reddit again and make post,DM etc??
Would there be a "cooling period" that after a certain period of time you are allowed to make a new account and not trigger the ban evasion?

Thanks so much for answering.


r/reddithelp 4h ago

❓General Question❓ Message invite

4 Upvotes

Hello! When trying to send a private message to someone I've never talked to before on reddit, I think there was an automated message from reddit about sending a chat invite or something like that. I just sent a regular message. Will the person I wanted to talk to only see an invitation or part of the message or the entire message I sent? Thanks!


r/reddithelp 5h ago

❓General Question❓ Content restore request

3 Upvotes

Hi folks! Just got let out of shadowban jail, and was advised by u/Wombat_7379 to make a post in here to request a moderator reach out to the kind admin who's willing to assist in getting posts restored. I'm not entirely sure how much of my profile is gone. Comments still show without any notice of if they're there or not, but I do see that all my posts (both SFW and NSFW) have been removed by Reddit's filters. I rarely, if ever, posted NSFW stuff, so if those don't get restored, it's fine, but if the kind mod could reach out to the kind admin in question, that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!


r/reddithelp 3h ago

🐞 Possible Reddit Bug? My chat permissions always reset to « nobody » when i post? Can someone explain why?

2 Upvotes

I did some post recently in some subs, and i’m always told that chats are off. However, each time i correct them so that people can reach out, until i post again where it goes back to « nobody » automatically… does anyone know why?


r/reddithelp 6h ago

❓General Question❓ How do Reddit’s automated filters change as an account ages?

3 Upvotes

I’m trying to understand how Reddit’s automated filtering works for newer accounts.

Is there a point where accounts are less likely to be automatically filtered simply because they’ve established a history of normal activity? If so, is that based on account age, successful posts, moderator approvals, or some combination of factors?

I’m not looking for ways to bypass the filters! I just want to understand how the system determines when an account has built enough trust so I can post more :)


r/reddithelp 45m ago

❓Problem❓ How was a user that I have blocked able to comment on my post?

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There’s a user that I blocked over a month ago, and somehow they were able to comment on one of my posts??? I thought that when you blocked someone, they were unable to see your posts/comments/general interactions. Am I misunderstanding the point of blocking someone on this app? And it does say “blocked user” by their name, so I know for a fact that I did block them.

Help please!


r/reddithelp 59m ago

❓General Question❓ Why did reddit delete my comment/post??

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I recently commented as a first time user in a subreddit. I think i got at least 2 likes and a reply. Then when i checked my profile, it says i dont have any posts and i guess it got deleted. I wonder why and how come i still have 1 karma?


r/reddithelp 1h ago

⭐️ Karma❓ New here and want to know what needs to be done

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Got this account while in college. Learning how to and what to do here!!?

I commented a few and thats no where to be seen i beleive.


r/reddithelp 1h ago

❓General Question❓ Why does Reddit search show only one unrelated post when I search for a username in a subreddit?

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Hi everyone,
I'm confused about how Reddit's search works.
When I search for a specific username within a subreddit, sometimes I only get one result, but the post isn't even by that exact username, and I can't find any comments from the user I searchedfor.
Why does this happen? Is it just how Reddit'ssearch algorithm works, or is there another explanation? Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks in advance!


r/reddithelp 1h ago

❓General Question❓ karma breakdown?

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lmk


r/reddithelp 1h ago

❓General Question❓ Help I just want to post?

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Why are some pages telling me I need to add an attachment to my post with the little paper clip thingy next to pictures and videos but all I wanna post is photos?? And what attachment do I add?


r/reddithelp 1h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Someone deleted my account again

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I had on account of 3 years and it suddenly got deleted. I wrote an email Jun 15 and still didn't get a response. Apparently, I registered one more, older, account to the same e-mail. I started using that one, but it got deleted as well. I read that only you can delete your own account but I know I didn't. Why does that happen and is there a way to prevent it? I'm tired of making new accounts.


r/reddithelp 11h ago

❓General Question❓ How does top 1% work?

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5 Upvotes

I have seen a lot of top 1% comments but never understood how it worked. Is there a leaderboard for me to check if my comment or post has made it to the top 1% or can I only tell if I get the little top 1% badge?


r/reddithelp 2h ago

❓General Question❓ Rights to company name for subreddit?

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Hi all, I'm trying to start a subreddit for my company. However, a subreddit has already claimed our brand name, but it's unaffiliated and posts unrelated content. It has only a few posts and minimal activity over the years. What steps can I take to secure our brand name as a subreddit? I have already reached out to the moderator to request a transfer of ownership.


r/reddithelp 7h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ Help with feed please.

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How the f*** do I change my feed. I am a 32 year old accountant. I joined reddit for memes and may be a few accounting or finance related posts.

But all I am getting are gen z, marriage, indian, LGBT, etc recommendations.

Think of me as Hank Hill's but for accounting and finance. How do I change my feed. Have over a 100 blocked communities at this point, Tried see less of this, custom my feed and even added key words to see in my feed.

Is making a new account the only option left.

Any and all advice will be appreciated.


r/reddithelp 3h ago

❓HowTo❓ How can I create a community?

1 Upvotes

I have a big idea but i don't think so it's under the rules/requirements about the minecraft pvp comm. because it's about the real life of major pvpers like swight coldified, itzrealme, flowitives, and more, and although people have talked about it, i'm just thinking that reddit's filters will remove my post, just like they did to me reposting.


r/reddithelp 3h ago

Reddit Mobile App Help, how do i fix this problem

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1 Upvotes

I posted a video in a subreddit, and then this happened, but my video is (.mp4), and not greater than 15 minutes, and not less than 2 seconds, and it is less than 1GB, what should i do?


r/reddithelp 8h ago

🧛‍♂️Account Issues❓ My account is being marked as mature?

2 Upvotes

My PFP keeps being marked as NSFW. I turned off mature mode but it keeps switching back on. I change it PFP, I turn off mature mode and it switches back on. I don't know what's wrong. Can anyone help me please?


r/reddithelp 4h ago

🙏Need Advice❓ If I was to put in a request on r/redditrequest, what sort of modmail message would I need to send?

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Hi everyone, r/spaceshuttle has been pretty much abandoned by its moderators (like, there’s legitimately only one and they haven’t said anything in the sub for the past four months), so I’m trying to launch a request to become a mod for the sub. I know you have to send a modmail message to the current mods, but how should I word it?


r/reddithelp 5h ago

❓Problem❓ Falsely marked as spam/bot?

1 Upvotes

Hello, I’m really not sure if this is the appropriate place to get any sort of answer so I apologize if not. But I recently started using Reddit, and made a NSFW account after this one for content, abided by all the subreddit rules that I was posting in and the Reddit guidelines. But today all my posts suddenly got marked as removed by Reddit filters? I’m kind of confused because I was posting and cross posting actual posts, nothing spammy, scammy, or advertising like. I’m just confused because I sent the appeal in but I have heard most people never even receive replies for false bot filtering, and if they do it takes months. Is there any possibility anyone knows the best way to go about this? I really just hope to continue using the platform as normal. Can provide the username of the other account if requested. Thankyou!


r/reddithelp 9h ago

❓Problem❓ Reddit say I'm not banned but I still am what do I do

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This is what I see, and I need your tips