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:

  • [object Object]@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    32 minutes ago

    What are they going to do when they kill the rest of the olds that contributed and built that site?

    My local subreddit replaced the mod during the APIpocalypse and it has turned to next door style whining and bickering. Then there are the also-whining counter whiners, and the shills.

  • KingPorkChop@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    37 minutes ago

    My old account was banned from reddit a bit over a year ago. I don’t remember what I said that caused it, but it was anti-Musk.

    I used to contribute a ton to that site, but after the ban I didn’t bother making a new account. I just leeched the site using old.reddit and had ad-block on. I found my use was reduced over the last few months because it’s just recycled posts these days.

    I’m not creating an account just to browse old.reddit and see memes from 3 years ago.

  • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    3 hours 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.

    • HerbGrower@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      59 minutes ago

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

    • Mikekm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      3 hours 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
        6·
        2 hours 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·
        2 hours 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.

  • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 hours ago

    I used python to write a program that bypasses the login prompt and displays the site in a wrapper that’s identical to old reddit. It’s honestly been kind of fun adding in features that were removed from the site years ago. Fuck spez and fuck all of his admins.

    • 50MYT@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Revanced has the pirated version of the app, gives full premium features too.

  • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

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

    ||reddit.com^$header=referer:

    No bueno here, it just redirected me to a blank page. Still couldn’t use old reddit.

  • captain_spicard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    115·
    5 hours ago

    I discovered Lemmy last week. Lurked for a while, then finally created an account. The experience is much better than Reddit so I say good riddance.

  • ulkesh@piefed.socialEnglish
    161·
    4 hours ago

    I’ll just keep saying it…

    Fuck spez, the greedy tiny penis-head that he is.

  • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    4 hours ago

    I haven’t participated in reddit in quite awhile. But I still lurk on some niche communities, and often the site is the best result from search results. For those like me, I recommend redlib. It’s a reddit front-end that lets you browse reddit without the abusive behavior. It won’t allow you to post or comment, but you can still browse.

    Reddit lost access to my comment contributions when their AI banned me for stupid reasons. They lost what ad revenue they could get from me when they blocked old reddit.

    The harder you squeeze, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

    • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Thanks for that link there’s 3 subreddits I keep an eye on and haven’t found a replacement and the mobile site and now old are being enshittified. Redlib is working great.

      • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        45 minutes ago

        Yeah you can run it yourself, of there are some public instances that seem to work well enough. I imagine it’s going to be a long term cat-and-mouse game between reddit and the reddit front ends. Reddit will figure out a way to break them, then the devs will find a workaround. Rince and repeat.

        If anyone knows of a similar tool to access Facebook marketplace, I would be very interested.

  • BuckFutter@timeyak.comEnglish
    601·
    6 hours ago

    Yep loved old.reddit but nope, no more. Happy to be a Lemmyor now 😀 or whats the correct term? Lol. Cheers!

  • brownsugga@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    6 hours ago

    I knew it was over when the CEO payed himself 200 million the year before it went public (or whatever) he basically looted the fucking place cause he knew it’d be worthless soon after

      • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        Yeah but the site is worthless now, so the stock price will follow when the market realises what’s going on.

        • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          Yes, Reddit now is truly worthless because:

          • it’s riddled with bots, so humans can’t have real conversations
          • AI companies already scraped all old content and now they can’t scrape the newer content because it’s poisoned by AI itself
          • Google won’t index subreddits anymore now that you can’t see the content unless logged in