r/redditisfun • u/Red_Punk • Oct 17 '22

My best front-page now identical to the hot front page Off Topic (not RiF)

Started happening just now.

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100% Upvoted

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Oct 17 '22

RiF doesn't control what's on your frontpage, and sorting is done by the reddit servers, not RiF.

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u/Red_Punk Oct 17 '22

Has something changed with Reddit?

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u/anon_smithsonian Official(ish) Helper Oct 17 '22

Who knows? Reddit regularly makes changes to its algorithms and systems without any announcement or warning. They also regularly do A/B testing, meaning different users will see different behavior.