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

221 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)

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.

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Comment by FieryCharizard7 at 15/02/2017 at 22:14 UTC

22 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Maybe it should be a survey of interests and you get subbed to those sorts of subreddits by default?

Comment by [deleted] at 15/02/2017 at 20:08 UTC

9 upvotes, 3 direct replies

I think the way I outlined is the way to do it, personally. It prevents them from having to choose *any* subs (therefore showing favoritism), keeps the transition from logged out to logged in initially seamless (because the front page does not change at first), and allows people to add subs at their own pace and as they see fit from what they see in /r/popular. It's also very easy to implement.

Comment by [deleted] at 15/02/2017 at 21:11 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That would be nice. First thing's first when you create an account you're not just subbed into the 50 defaults but instead driven into a subreddit discovery wizard.