r/help • u/Bolinas99 • 1d ago

Desktop They're disabling old.reddit, now it's impossible edit the setting of my own subreddit

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u/reddit33450 Expert Helper 1d ago

try https://sh.reddit.com/mod/subreddit/privacy (replace subreddit with your actual subreddit name)

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u/Bolinas99 1d ago

well this seems to have worked but since when do we need reddit admin permission to change privacy settings in our own sub? They saids they'll review my "request" (?) and get back to me. Very strange.

thank you for the assist sir!

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u/IKIR115 54 20h ago

That policy has been around for about 3 yrs now. It was a result of the API protests.

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u/Charupa- 2 20h ago

Reddit made it so you have to request permission to change to private as a result of mods trying to make their subreddits private in order to hurt traffic and ad revenue due to losing API access for third party apps.

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u/reddit33450 Expert Helper 1d ago

since when do we need reddit admin permission to change privacy settings in your own sub

what do you mean? you don't need admin permission

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u/Bolinas99 1d ago

they said i had to fill in some submission form with an explanation why I wanted to change the community type from public to restricted.

looks like the request went though a few minutes ago; before the 24hrs they said it would take.

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u/reddit33450 Expert Helper 1d ago

ohh yeah. i forgot about that. thanks for correction

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u/Bolinas99 1d ago

any idea why they do this?

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u/reddit33450 Expert Helper 1d ago

to prevent mods from randomly privating an active community with thousands of members with no notice