First off, yes, I’m getting rid of my account, but I decided to have a look around on the official app and

  1. It’s hot garbage
  2. I’m subscribed to a bunch of subs I’ve never even interacted with before in my life. What gives? Did they just sign me up for shit without asking? They sent me emails after promising they wouldn’t, they’ve lied about a lot of stuff, but every time I’m surprised they’re such dicks for some reason.

Has anyone else experienced this?

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Reddit autosubscribes new accounts to “popular” subreddits to help fill the front page. Go make a brand new account, you’ll likely see the same thing.

    • BobOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Ah, that’s probably it. Another user is saying that third party apps ignored those subs for you.

      I took a look around at the rest of the app. It’s amazing how they managed to turn Reddit into as much of a generic social media website as they possibly could.