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Is Reddit still a thing? I wasn't aware?
I thought that it had evolved into a bot parliament.
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it already requires being loggd in for about 2 weeks
Edit: the post title is also wrong. the interface is still available. you just need to be logged in
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They probably are tightening down to try and slow AI scraper bots.
Either way, I've mostly given up Reddit for Lemmy anyway. I looked the other day and realized I haven't even commented on Reddit in 4 months.
Been gone. Fuck reddit!
Still works on desktop, but doesn't work if you force desktop site on mobile from my teats
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They are also forcing it for regular reddit. I get a pop up and when closed you can't scroll. There is even a thread about what to put in ublock to work around it.
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Not just old reddit. Regular reddit also got login gated
I've seen this a few times, I've just abandoned the thing I clicked and quickly found a different source.
Wasn't even an inconvenience. This is a real stupid idea on Reddit's part.
reddit.com resolves to ::1 for me :)
That way I can't even accidentally click on a reddit link.
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I found something interesting when I check a few hours ago. I was logged out to set the stage. I goto the main page it works. I use the search bar to find a sub and it works. But all the links on that subs page to related subs direct you to the "You have to log in"
So I was like, hmm what if I type one of these links into the search bar and see if I can get the link that way? It worked I could access the link that previous required a log in
I'm sure they will close that loophole and reddit will continue its decline...
I don't like to spend my days on reddit, so I have my Hermes agent scrape the subreddits I want news from to get a digest. Today it started failing. So my Hermes agent got the credentials to a throwaway and carried on like usual.
I can still see it while not logged in but I assume it is only a matter of time. https://old.lemmy.world/ ftw
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I use safereddit.com now, it's unfortunate I can't access old reddit. New reddit is safer my ass
You shouldn't be propping up fascists & chatbot companies by using reddit.
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Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:
||reddit.com^$header=referer:
No bueno here, it just redirected me to a blank page. Still couldn't use old reddit.