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·
    2 days ago

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

  • ooo_shiny@lemmy.nzEnglish
    11·
    2 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.

  • captain_spicard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    4 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.

  • Balldowern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Good. I knew reddit was going down the tubes when they stopped API access to 3rd parties.

    Let it burn down.

  • TechSquidTV@lemmy.worldEnglish
    232·
    3 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
    37·
    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!

    • lemmygarden@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      2 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.

      • eggpl4nt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 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.

        • vogi@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Welcome to the last human holdout on the world wide web.

          I believe Boost Has Ads right? Im using Summit by @idunnololz@lemmy.world and its phenomenal. It has no ads and is highly customisable or at least the parts you would want to customise are. Its UI is up to date and feels right at home with the rest of Android Apps. Maybe you can give it a try, or not if Boost works for you. :)

    • imminent_nebula@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      3 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·
      3 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 !thebutton@lemmy.zip, the basic idea of which you may recognize from Reddit), and you’ll need an account to take part!

  • fake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Happened weeks ago for me. I begrudgingly made a throwaway account with a throwaway email.

    Then they slapped me with age verification as well.

    Fuck 'em.

    • DFX4509B@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      5·
      3 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.

  • Capybara_mdp@reddthat.comEnglish
    24·
    3 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?