Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
arstechnica.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

  • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    65·
    4 days ago

    Welcome to Lemmy for the last reddit users, that used old.reddit, looks like we are complete now. The rest of reddit are noobs and bots.

    • Mikekm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      4 days ago

      I came here three years ago when they killed the API and Reddit is Fun on mobile. I refuse to use their mobile site but still used their desktop. If they kill old.reddit I guess I’m done then.

      • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
        11·
        4 days ago

        You can do it. Just delete your account. I did it. I live without Reddit now, and I’m happy. After a while you won’t miss that cesspool

      • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        Same here but when they killed Joey App. But I haven’t gone back for anything and refuse to use it at all. It’s so bad every time my wife shows me shit on there.

      • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Same as me, except I never went back. I don’t spend as much time here as I used to on reddit, but most of that was wasted time anyway.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        i only use it on the browser. got banned last year during the purges. you can make another acc after a while(unknown), with a fork, that reddit is not used to. i just use the niche subs, no interest in the main subs(where most are happening)

    • HerbGrower@slrpnk.netEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      Used Lemmy for a while but still browsed reddit logged out a bit. I noticd this recently so its only Lemmy now.

      • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        BTW: there is libredirect browser extension which redirects Reddit to libreddit instances.

        I am saying this, so people use that instead of giving up and logging in.

        • HerbGrower@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          4 days ago

          Nope, not listening. I am using the increased friction as a reason for giving up and not using reddit at all.

          • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Yeah that’s even better. I think the libreddit code could perhaps be used to also to help bootstrap some communities on Lemmy (by just posting the same links).

            Or maybe that’s already happening?