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    Reddit hopes new social features will keep the trolls in line

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    By Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi on March 23, 2017 Apps, Products, Social Media

    Reddit knows its old-school message board style can be a little intimidating for new users, and its individual user pages have never really expanded beyond a list of submitted comments and some badges — which can make it intimidating for casual redditors to keep up with real people on the service. After all, how many times has some celebrity dropped in for an AMA, only to never be seen again on the site? That changed starting on Tuesday, when Reddit started testing a new format that makes profile pages their own destination and brings the site more in line with social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

    A very small number of redditors will now be able to post directly to their own profile, rather than the old system where users could only post to communities. The new profile pages will also be redesigned to “better showcase the redditor’s avatar, a short description and their posts.” Fans will also be able to follow those testers’ profiles as if they were a subreddit, so the beta tester’s updates will show up in that follower’s front page when they sign in to Reddit. (In the past, users with a big fanbase had to resort to creating their own subreddits that others could follow.) Followers will be able to comment on profile posts, but they can’t start a new post on someone else’s profile.

    The whole experience looks strikingly like a Twitter profile page — complete with banner photo at the top — and users like u/LeagueOfLegends and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are part of the beta test. Reddit says the profile pages are still a work in progress but anyone can nominate themselves or a buddy’s profile for inclusion in the beta test.

    Reddit’s own FAQs on the beta program note that users with a history of abuse may not get the new features at all, in order to prevent “a vehicle for harassment or hate.” That said, “if all goes well,” writes moderator u/hidehidehidden, the features are expected to roll out to everyone “over the course of the next few months.”

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    Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi has been covering blockchain technology, intelligent technologies, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, telecommunications technology, sustainability, autonomous vehicles, and other topics for Innovation Village since 2017. In the years since, he has published over 4,000 articles — a mix of breaking news, reviews, helpful how-tos, industry analysis, and more. | Open DM on Twitter @TapiwaMutisi

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