Reddit splits homepage into For You and Following feeds

Reddit is separating its homepage into For You and Following feeds, giving users a dedicated space for personalized recommendations alongside a feed limited to communities they have joined. The company says the two-feed layout will roll out globally over the coming weeks. The For You feed will combine posts from joined communities with recommendations selected according to users’ interests. Following will show posts from communities users have joined, without the added recommendations. Reddit says the arrangement is intended to help people discover communities and conversations they might not otherwise encounter. The change gives recommendations a distinct place on the homepage. Reddit has previously mixed recommended posts into its main feed, but the new layout separates them from updates tied to users’ chosen communities. Both feeds will be available as tabs, allowing users to switch between the broader recommendation stream and the more focused Following feed. Reddit says the app will reopen to whichever feed a user viewed most recently. One report said the new feature was already available to many users in the United States, while the company’s broader rollout timeline is...