• DigDoug@lemmy.world
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    I have to say, this war on Old Reddit is doing wonders to curb my Reddit use.

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        10 minutes ago

        I used Stealth for a while, and it was awesome, but it would go in and out, and a few months ago it just stopped working completely.

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      It’s actually amazing how quickly it killed my usage of the site. I deleted my account years ago but still lurked every now and then. Now I literally can’t go back, I won’t download the app and the new site layout is pretty much unusable for me.

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    2 hours ago

    I cant get into old reddit anymore. Im kinda bummed as there is some subreddits like the litrpg community I cant find here or anywhere on the fedi. Oh well…

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    So when the shitty AI moderation kills your latest account, your new one won’t be able to access the only decent interface. Good to know.

    I only use reddit now to mod two subreddits. If I lose that account, that’s it, I’m gone. I already stopped posting news to my local city one because I just don’t care enough.

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      Same, a long time ago.

      I never posted anything close to political or “sketchy” either. Was never impolite; it was just a place for niches. I still don’t know why I was banned/shadowbanned…

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      1 hour ago

      I am not signed in and old reddit works fine. I have noticed that subreddit specific search nsfw tick boxes dont always load for whatever reason.

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    That change helped reduce scraping and automated abuse, but still allowed any logged-in account to access Old Reddit, including accounts with no prior Old Reddit use.

    To close this gap, in the next few months, we’ll further limit access for logged-in users to only those who have used Old Reddit in the last six months

    How horrible, ANY logged-in account can just access old reddit?? That needs to be fixed asap, how dare new users just use old reddit when they have a perfectly good shreddit available to them. — Reddit admins apparently

    Nice admission there. Didn’t expect them to be this open about their true feelings on the matter.

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    4 hours ago

    We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,

    It’s like they aren’t even listening to the words they are saying themselves

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      Its a good thing Aaron isn’t alive to see the thing he created being stripped away from the other thing he created.

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      Oh God they are dumping RSS too? Fucking hell that’s the only way I even use that platform anymore since it means getting a handful of news updates on some games without going there.

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      Because realistically I can only scroll on Fedi for maybe 20-30 minutes in a day before I’ve seen everything and if I have more time to kill, Reddit is there. Although I don’t comment there at all anymore, it’s truly worthless for conversation.

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      Reddit is fantastic for certain niche communities. On the whole, it fucking sucks, but it does contain so much helpful info because it just brings people together over a specific topic.

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      Because when Reddit fucks up those users will look for alternatives, like Lemmy.

      In this case it’s important to highlight that Lemmy has many different front ends and apps available. Lemmy can look however you’d like it to look.

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    “In the next few months, we’ll further limit access for logged-in users to only those who have used Old Reddit in the last six months (which covers the vast majority of all Old Reddit users),”

    really? you expect me to believe the majority of old reddit users are old reddit users?

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    3 hours ago

    existing users who haven’t used it for six months will also be barred.

    Wow, that really is awful. If I don’t use Reddit every six months I’m permanently kicked out of it?

    I rarely go there, but when I do want to look up something I like to have the option.

    (pls don’t pretend like new reddit exists, thx)

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    I still follow some webcomics and search for things occasionally on Reddit. Using Redlib has been fantastic. Don’t need to worry about their interface changes. Don’t need to worry about having an account. Just input the few subscriptions I need into the Redlib docker container. All my devices are setup to redirect Reddit links to my Redlib deployment.

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    “We’re concentrating our resources on the areas that will drive results for our most pressing needs, improving the core product, making Reddit a go-to search engine, and expanding internationally.” --Steve Huffman

    “Wait. No! Not like that!” --Also Steve Huffman