https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/skfg2n/new_related_communities_sidebar_widget/
created by Dying_Daily on 04/02/2022 at 15:06 UTC*
12 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
We noticed a new widget appearing on our subreddit for related communities that we did not add. Has anyone else noticed this and is there a way to disable this feature?
Comment by Chtorrr at 07/02/2022 at 19:16 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hey everyone - this should no longer appear for logged in users. It was part of an old experiment that was apparently lurking in the code and surfaced again when some other - unrelated - work was being done.
Comment by doublevsn at 04/02/2022 at 17:15 UTC*
4 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It's happened to one of my subreddits as well, it seems to be automated. What worked was adding your own community list - then refresh the page. The automated one will "disappear" - however, what's worth noting is that if you remove the list you made - the automated list will re-appear. It seems to be some filler requiring subreddits to have a community list - if not, Reddit will "make" the list for us. I get the notion on why they would implement this - but I'm not a fan of it by any means.
Tldr; Subreddit requires a "Related Communities" list, if you don't make one - Reddit will automate one for you.