Reddit is officially deprecating r/all, the less-filtered sitewide feed that included NSFW posts outside of explicit content. The move is framed as part of efforts to simplify the platform and improve Home feed personalization.
This did not happen overnight. Reddit quietly removed r/all from its apps in January 2026 under the label of an 'experiment,' and simultaneously tested hiding it from desktop sidebars. The full story traces that staged rollout and what it signals about Reddit's push toward algorithmic, personalized feeds over open aggregation.
r/popular remains as the sanitized alternative, but the death of r/all marks a concrete shift in how Reddit wants users to discover content. Read the full piece for the timeline of removals and what Reddit has said, and not said, about where feed personalization goes next.
[READ ORIGINAL →]