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:

  • HerbGrower@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Nope, not listening. I am using the increased friction as a reason for giving up and not using reddit at all.

    • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      29 minutes ago

      Yeah that’s even better. I think the libreddit code could perhaps be used to also to help bootstrap some communities on Lemmy (by just posting the same links).

      Or maybe that’s already happening?