Add a preference for trending on the front page

r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py

@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ class HotController(ListingWithPromos):
 
     @classmethod
     def trending_info(cls):
+        if not c.user.pref_show_trending:
+            return None
+
         trending_data = trending.get_trending_subreddits()
 
         if not trending_data:

r2/r2/lib/validator/preferences.py

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ PREFS_VALIDATORS = dict(
     pref_show_adbox=VBoolean("show_adbox"),
     pref_show_sponsors=VBoolean("show_sponsors"),
     pref_show_sponsorships=VBoolean("show_sponsorships"),
+    pref_show_trending=VBoolean("show_trending"),
     pref_highlight_new_comments=VBoolean("highlight_new_comments"),
     pref_monitor_mentions=VBoolean("monitor_mentions"),
 )

r2/r2/models/account.py

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class Account(Thing):
                      pref_show_adbox = True,
                      pref_show_sponsors = True, # sponsored links
                      pref_show_sponsorships = True,
+                     pref_show_trending=True,
                      pref_highlight_new_comments = True,
                      pref_monitor_mentions=True,
                      pref_collapse_left_bar=False,

r2/r2/templates/prefoptions.html

@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@
       <p>${checkbox(_("show me new links on the front page"), "organic")}</p>
 %endif
 
+      <p>
+        ${checkbox(_("show trending subreddits on the front page"), "show_trending")}
+        &#32;
+        <span class="little gray">
+          ${_("(a list of popular and notable subreddits to check out)")}
+        </span>
+      </p>
+
       <p>${checkbox(_("show me links I've recently viewed"), "clickgadget")}</p>
       <p>${checkbox(_("compress the link display"), "compress")}</p>
       <p>${checkbox(_("show additional details in the domain text when available"), "domain_details")}