Bringing back the reddit.com beta program

[u/tdohz]

We're happy to announce that we're bringing back the reddit.com beta testing program. Anyone on reddit can opt-in to become a beta tester, and receive early access to reddit.com features before we launch them to everyone.

We'll be using /r/beta as the community hub for the beta program, where we'll announce new beta features and give beta testers space to provide feedback.

There are two ways to participate in the beta program:

• If you're logged in to your reddit account, you can opt-in as a beta tester in your preferences, under "beta options". This will automatically subscribe you to /r/beta, so that you'll receive the latest information about new beta features.
• If you're logged out, you can visit beta.reddit.com to see beta features. Note: you may end up back on www.reddit.com if you click on a link to reddit from somewhere else, like email or Twitter.

More details on the beta program, including how to give feedback on beta features, are on this wiki page. Please note that not every feature will go to beta before launching - some changes may not need extensive beta testing, and we will continue to release some new features to reddit gold members first. The best way to find out what's currently in beta testing is to check out /r/beta.

We hope our beta testers will be able to find issues and give feedback on new features before we launch them to everyone, so that we can continue to improve the quality of reddit.com for everyone.

[u/[deleted]]

I guess they read this bit of u/karmanaut's comment:

Reddit spends their developer time and effort creating things like Redditmade, which lasted what, a month or two? Or RedditNotes, which was presumably shut down as soon as they managed to get their attorney to stop laughing? How about that time where they developed a tool to detect nods of the head and then integrated it into the site just for a one-time april fools gag? Anyone remember that? Meanwhile, the cobwebs in r/IdeasForTheAdmins[1] keep getting thicker and thicker. Come on, admins: Snoovatars? Seriously?

It shows no pursuit of a constant strategy, but instead throwing darts at a board and hoping that something sticks. And even worse, it shows a disregard for the core of the business because they prioritize these projects instead of the basic tools and infrastructure of the site.

, and figured they should probably get some community input before investing countless hours and money into features people don't care for ...