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:

  • Nobilius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    Reddit being absolutely horrendous is what moved me to this site. I wish there was more people and more prominent communities though.

  • captain_spicard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    5 days 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.

  • ooo_shiny@lemmy.nzEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    Reddit has some cool communities that don’t quite exist elsewhere, and even though I’ve found old-school forums for some of them, the vibe is different (usually older people who are often retired and can’t envision not having money or free time).

    I used to pay a sub to Reddit but stopped back when they shafted Apollo. I wonder how things might have gone had Reddit focused on its community rather than the sad process of enshitificafion.

    • DFX4509B@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Redlib still works, but it’s read-only (not a problem for me, I killed my Reddit account last year), and it’s probably a matter of time before that’s killed off too.

  • TechSquidTV@lemmy.worldEnglish
    232·
    4 days ago

    I’m sick of reddit. I’ve been banned three times for calling out Nazis. Nazis don’t get banned though

  • eggpl4nt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    4 days ago

    This news finally convinced me to make a Lemmy account so I can participate a little more instead of lurk. That, and generally how awful Reddit has been becoming for like, several years at this point, since the IPO.

    I’ve swapped out RedReader on my phone’s home screen with Boost; though I think it’ll take some time to break the Reddit addiction.

    I am looking forward to seeing Lemmy’s growth!

      • eggpl4nt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        Yeah, it’s quite active now, how exciting! I started browsing it just like I did RedReader last night and it didn’t feel like I was missing out on news or conservations. Also I like the Boost UI in some ways more than RedReader’s, so I’m sure that’s helping make the transition easier lol. Reddit really shot itself in the foot destroying all the popular 3rd party apps, reddit is fun was my beloved. RedReader is nice to have still available, but it honestly doesn’t hold a candle to rif’s nice UI/UX. Boost being basically on par with rif for me is making letting go of reddit all the more easier.

    • lemmygarden@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I was addicted to reddit. They killed the Reddit is Fun app that I used every day for 10 years, so I had to switch to Lemmy. It was the best thing that happened to me. It took me a few days to stop missing reddit but I am so much happier with Lemmy and never want to go back there again.

    • imminent_nebula@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I created a new account a year ago to lurk instead of comment, but you’re right, participation = growth. I’ll be joining in again.

    • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Welcome! Lemmy lives on active participation, and you made the right call. Besides, the chatter here can get lively!

      Not to mention we have some Lemmywide games and activities from time to time (the most recent being the Season 4 of [email protected], the basic idea of which you may recognize from Reddit), and you’ll need an account to take part!

  • BuckFutter@timeyak.comEnglish
    862·
    5 days ago

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

  • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    65·
    5 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·
      5 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·
        5 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·
        5 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?

  • Capybara_mdp@reddthat.comEnglish
    24·
    4 days ago

    While I’ve been on Lemmy for a while, I haven’t really seen any hobby - centric or geek centric areas.

    I’ll miss the movie threads in particular, but there were a ton of active crafts, art & ttrpg threads to get inspiration from. Any suggestions?