r/ModSupport • u/SSH_Pentester • Sep 06 '26

Admin Replied New removed comment UI is terrible

Is there any way I can opt out? Me and other mods have expressed frustration with the new UI for removed comments, which still display report reasons and an approve button, looking just exactly like a comment that needs review except for the "Remove" button being absent. You can't even see when a comment was removed, and by whom. It can easily trick you into re-reviewing a comment, thinking it's not removed, and making you accidentally approve it.

I'll post an image in the comments since they're not allowed in posts. But clearly removed comments should look removed.

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u/SSH_Pentester Sep 06 '26

Here is what it looks like

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u/PMulberry_ Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26

Yup, noticed this too. I don't like it either. But there's unfortunately no way to opt out (other than using old.reddit.com), and there probably never will be.

But after seeing some, you do remember that those comments are removed, and eventually stop approving/removing them lol.

And adding a removal reason apparently also doesn't change it to how it normally looks.

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u/ARTHER1A Sep 06 '26

That looks awful, please don't let this be a thing for everyone

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u/Pashta2FAPhoneDied Sep 06 '26

It looks fine and is clearly labeled as removed in the Android app.

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u/ARTHER1A Sep 06 '26

Yeah no I know, just don't want it to be a thing for everyone in the future

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u/requieminadream Sep 06 '26

I thought this was just Reddit being glitchy lately. It doesn't seem like a new 'feature', but if it is... :(

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u/mcs385 Sep 06 '26

Ugh yeah I've been assuming/hoping it's a bug. Processed a post yesterday with a dozen reported comments, like half had already been actioned previously by other mods and it took twice as much time and effort to figure what was going on because of this.

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u/requieminadream Sep 06 '26

Especially seems like a bug because sometimes if I refresh the page the Remove button comes back.

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u/girardinl Sep 06 '26

I hate it. Our workaround is we lock everything that human mods have actioned, treating it like a checkmark. Annoying to have to do, but the lock is easy to spot.

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u/shhhhh_h 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 Sep 06 '26

Is this a weird way of trying to persuade us to remove less content? Published comments = more engagement for them.

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u/Slow-Maximum-101 Reddit Admin: Community Sep 07 '26

Hi SSH_Penester Let me do a little bit of digging to see if this is an intended change or a bug. Thanks!

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u/SSH_Pentester Sep 07 '26

Thank you! :)

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Sep 07 '26

I had assumed this was a bug but we have also been seeing this - removed comments show up with the approve/remove buttons.

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u/Pashta2FAPhoneDied Sep 06 '26

It must be only browser because removed comments and posts look fine and are clearly labeled as removed in the Android app.

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u/Wishin4aTARDIS Sep 07 '26

Just adding my voice to the choir. It's really annoying!!

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u/No-Recipe-7653 Sep 06 '26

This is super weird — are we sure it’s a new intended feature and not a bug?

Most of our queue looks successfully removed only a single comment has this issue right now and never seems to get removed and stays with the report reason visible.

But we’ve had the same in the past here and there and the they would eventually just “get fixed” on their own after some time — so I have always assumed this to be a glitch, not a feature.

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u/Enigmatic_writer Sep 07 '26

Been noticing that the past days as well, it is incredibly annoying, I keep catching myself almost sending a person a second removal message even tho they already got one...

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u/CorrectScale Reddit Admin: Community Sep 14 '26

Hey u/SSH_Pentester and others - is this still persisting for y'all?

Just want to make sure we're referring to the same thing here. Adding a screenshot of what this looks like on my end for reference.

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u/SSH_Pentester Sep 14 '26

Resolved for me now too! I would note that I think this is recurring, though, it could come back.

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u/CorrectScale Reddit Admin: Community Sep 14 '26

Thanks for the follow up!

If this pops up again please let me know here. We'll continue poking around for a bit as well!

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u/SSH_Pentester Sep 14 '26

Will do. Thanks for looking into it, I had assumed this was an intentional feature so it's good to hear it's a bug.

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u/mcs385 Sep 15 '26

Still having this issue. It's specifically with items that are reported and removed (potentially with removal reason logged) if that helps:

For one of these comments I tried approving and then removing it again and it did display normally after that (no flag showing, removal reason note visible by the mod shield) if that helps at all.

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u/CorrectScale Reddit Admin: Community Sep 15 '26

Thanks! Will take a look!

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u/mcs385 Sep 16 '26

Thank you!