While the option is enabled to disable snowflakes, they are still present while viewing certain pages. So far I've found them to be active on these pages (adding more as I encounter them): - Any user's profile page - All the "View X" user pages (but not the "Edit user info"/preferences page) - While making this new text post and writing these words - The PIF (People I Follow) page - MOD (sub moderation) page (from top toolbar) - All private message/notification pages it seems