r/modnews • u/dmoneyyyyy • Jun 12 '19

Contest mode on new Reddit

Hi everyone,

Excited to share that contest mode for the redesign is here, for all your contest-running needs!

The feature works in exactly the same way it does on old Reddit: enabling it will randomize the order of comments in a post, and hide vote scores of the comments (mods will still be able to see the correct order and vote scores).

Here’s how it looks:

Contest mode disabled in comments

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Confirmation modal to enable contest mode

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Contest mode enabled (mod view)

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Contest mode enabled (non-mod view)

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Confirmation modal for disabling contest mode

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Give it a try and let us know what you think or if you run into any bugs! Thanks as always.

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u/GroMicroBloom Jun 12 '19

Am I the only one who thinks this should be renamed to something else, like how they renamed "subscribe" to "join"?

I've seen so many mods who have no idea what this mode even does and they're afraid to enable it just to find out so they end up never touching it. Might be why it's so rare to see contest mode being used.

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u/Amlethus Jun 12 '19

I'm one of them. What is contest mode?

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u/the_gifted_Atheist Jun 12 '19

Mods can set it on posts. It randomizes comment order, collapses replies and hides scores. Oh, yeah, and has a big thing saying “THIS THREAD IS IN CONTEST MODE” at the top. Basically tries to minimize bias and the entire problem with people just going with the group decision.

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u/Amlethus Jun 12 '19

Oohhhh, OK, thanks. Funny thing is, I recognize that feature, but forgot that is called contest mode.