I’ve been hearing that Reddit is requiring an account now. But there’s still a workaround. Use old.reddit.com + Tor Browser in the “Safest” security setting (aka Javascript disabled). This is the most private way to browse Reddit, and somehow, it still works. If it’s not working, try clicking the menu and click “New Tor circuit for this site”.

Unfortunately, as of just a few days ago, all the Stack Exchange sites now needs Javascript to view, because they use Cloudflare (and the workaround I was using stopped working). So I have to keep switching between Javascript enabled or disabled, depending on if I want to view a Reddit or StackExchange post. Annoying.

Edit: Redlib is also a great way to access Reddit anonymously. And even if Reddit ends up blocking the Tor workaround, I’m confident that Redlib will continue to work.

Edit2: ok looks like old.reddit.com isn’t working anymore, you have to use the onion link. Still working as of 2026-08-22 8:00 UTC. Or just use RedLib.

  • ooli3@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Ok I tried. This is shit. After reading that fucking github without understanding what the point was. downloading Libredirect as instructed (which I had previously installed, and ditched for Redirector, because libredirect is shitty) , and still not knowing WHERE to redirect, I finally by random chance find a clear link here: https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md

    So redlib, is just a complicated way to get one of those link. BUT Those links (which is redlib without the extra step… so link to them instead please) are shit

    because the default visualisation is modern reddit, which is just a endless tiktok/insta/fb-like feed of shit. If you want to see past all the pile of shit , and then select the one post that might be a good one, you have to select the “compact” visualisation. You can change that in Setting. Great.

    BUT

    Now, we have the second shitty UI implementation: they miss the basic feature that old reddit and LEMMY use. 1 click preview of image or text, without quitting the actual page. Without that feature, every thing need 2 clic and 2 move across the screen : you clic a thing that might be cool, that open the second page with the image/video/text… you realize it was shit, you have to move the mouse to go back in your browser, and clic there. Then move back to the next image, clic it… and so on.

    Without the one clic preview, all those feed app are shit. You cant find anything without an extended amount of time or endless scrolling…

    The good new in all that is that Lemmy was very well done. It has the perfect UI to favor the finding of information, instead of favoring mindless scrolling. But the pile in Lemmy is small, and you have to skim through reddit to find some interesting stuff still… and with the death of old reddit, you cant anymore.