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:
I got shut out last night, I’d guess my traffic will go down about 95%.
Congrats reddit!
Interestingly enough, old.reddit users are in the single digit percentages:
Even if they weren’t hostile towards old.reddit (the ads are far less invasive and effective), they could make a strong argument for not wanting to support a dwindling, tiny userbase.
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.
I’m going to try hard to make Lemmy the thing I open before Reddit.
There just isnt enough ativity to scroll.
Also I had to unblock ML for some commjnities and those guys suck
Maybe time to do something else than scroll? Books or hiking or video games, anything!?
It’s why I moved onto Lemmy. I can’t stand new Reddit.
For me it was the API changes that was the final straw. 3 years ago.
I don’t use Lemmy as much as I did Reddit. But I’ve also never missed Reddit.
God, was that really 3 years ago?
Welcome
Still works using Tor Browser
Depends on your exit node.
Also if you change the front page to be US-specific it’ll force a login.
As usual, people in the US get the shaft when it comes to privacy things.
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.
The Footnote of the Internet.
Lol. Like wtf even. I love it!
Gotta love how people continue to post this lol. Fuck spez.
I assume this is some reddit thing from after I left
Why tits Garfield…?
Peg Spez
Not only fuck. I hope for the worse to him.
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.
Used Lemmy for a while but still browsed reddit logged out a bit. I noticd this recently so its only Lemmy now.
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.
Same here.
BTW: technically they just killed it.
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
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.
Why aren’t they just making the new version better, so that people are happy to use it?
The old reddit was optimized for users, then new reddit is optimized for the shareholders to maximize profit, this is why it is shitty.
It has a technical name: enshittification
They want the shareholders happy, not the people.
People are the product.
Afaik they got tired of winning, and want their users to use Lemmy instead.
“Better” means extracting as much data and value from users as possible to appease the Capitalist machine. What users want or need is irrelevant.
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.
Revanced has the pirated version of the app, gives full premium features too.
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.
Did the switch as well and feel the same. Welcome and Cheers!
Yay! Welcome! I’m pretty new too and I find the quality of conversation much higher over here.
Welcome!
Le narwhal eats bacon at midnight! An updoot for you, good sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar. That’s a heckin cute pupperino, too precious do not deserve!
EDIT: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
To make you feel as if you never left
And my axe!
You are missing the second edit saying that this is your top post
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We also have snarky dweebs apparently.
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Lies! There’s also star trek
Skill issue
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You suggest that there is only anime porn and Linux here, and yet, you are here. So either you loathe yourself, adore Linux and anime porn, or adore those things AND loathe yourself. I don’t think you’re in a position to be snarky, kiddo.
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You’re welcome
I see similar comments every now and then. What exactly is missing here for you? There’s a community for almost anything except some niche topics
Local communities are lacking. We don’t have the critical mass for that.
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More diversity, but since we’re commenting under a new user’s comment, that may be correcting itself.
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Hey there are some people here that are not into those things, we just got banned from that shit hole and refuse to give them my eye for their ads any longer.
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.
I’ll just keep saying it…
Fuck spez, the greedy tiny penis-head that he is.
I swear he looks like one of the children of the corn
Malachai Huffman.
Oh shit, he does!
I can’t unsee that now.
*funny games
Are the allegations about him being attracted to kids true? I remember reading about it some years ago
