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:

  • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    3 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
      26·
      3 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
        5·
        3 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

      • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 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.

      • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 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.