Comment by [deleted] on 15/02/2017 at 19:58 UTC*

755 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

So why still have people auto-subscribed to the 50 "defaults" anymore? If I'm used to seeing /r/popular as a logged out user, then I would create a new account and instantly see an entirely different page than I'm used to, which is jarring. Why not make /r/popular the default for all newly created accounts from now forward, and only change that (or better yet, have it be a toggle-able option) once they actually manually start subscribing to subs for themselves?

I'm thinking that logged in users should have a nice visible switch at the top of their front page to toggle between "popular" and "subscribed". Then you can eliminate the whole concept of defaults entirely.

Edit: To clarify, it wouldn't automatically switch your front page to "subscribed" once you subscribed to anything. It would stay as /r/popular until you manually switched it.

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Comment by Mason11987 at 15/02/2017 at 20:05 UTC

220 upvotes, 3 direct replies

So why still have people auto-subscribed to the 50 "defaults" anymore?

Because they're coming up with a better on-boarding process, which isn't yet set up. When they roll that out it should finish up the push away from defaults.

Comment by simbawulf at 16/02/2017 at 17:24 UTC

29 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Great question, we're working on improving this experience and removing the auto-subscription behavior. Thanks!

Comment by [deleted] at 15/02/2017 at 22:39 UTC

9 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Because it'd be super weird if you subscribed to a single subreddit and then your front page switched from /r/popular to literally just that one sub.

Comment by JakenVeina at 16/02/2017 at 06:35 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Say you've been a lurker for a while. Now, your frontpage is no longer the 50 defaults, it's /r/popular. But, damnit, I don't like /r/popular, I want the 50 defaults back. You can get them back simply by making an account, without having to go look up and subscribe to all the defaults. As mentioned in the post, "We are working on making that transition experience smoother."

I will second the idea that if I have no subscriptions, I should be handed /r/popular by default. Or /r/all, maybe that could be an option in settings somewhere.

Comment by [deleted] at 16/02/2017 at 00:20 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

They really don't want to answer this it seems.

Comment by TunaLobster at 15/02/2017 at 23:38 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This would also help with older users that have no clue what the current defaults are.