This is not a Reddit problem. A lot of websites throw a fucking hissy fit if you have a VPN turned on, and I’m also over it.
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At some point, the mistake was using Reddit to begin with.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Aux@feddit.uk 2 months ago
There’s a good reason for that, VPNs are extensively used by bot networks for all kinds of activity. But VPN use by bots is actually coming down slowly as bot networks start to switch to residential mobile networks - it’s impossible to block them and you can cycle connections automatically like you do with VPN when using specialised residential mobile IP providers. So maybe web sites will stop blocking VPNs in a few years.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was the only search result relevant to my query.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Does anyone else remember back in the early days of the internet when experts used to say, “The internet routes around problems”.
I miss those early days.
To @daggermoon@lemmy.world , I see that a lot with searches now too but I just keep searching or find some other way around the problem. There’s no way I click in to Reddit any more. You do you, but I’m saying there’s always another option.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Honestly the internet will route around the loss of reddit just like it did with the loss of forums and other crowdsourced platforms that have died off over time. Yeah, we will lose a treasure trove of knowledge, but a lot of it was also outdated and the same questions will be asked again so the knowledge can be rebuilt.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
forums are still there btw
towelie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Reddit is definitely not the final evolution of the internet board. It goes without saying that we can do better. And when a better iteration comes along nobody will even need to ask the Reddit users to switch. And then that thing will eventually be decrowned as well
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I only hear people talking about Reddit on Lemmy to be honest
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Paste it into archive.org’s Wayback Machine. Good odds that they’ve stored a copy. I’d do it for you, but you don’t list the URL…
web.archive.org
Tyoda@lemm.ee 2 months ago
IME the wayback machine might give you the post body. I tend to need the comments as well, and archive.today can save all that properly. It usually isn’t saved already, so you’ll have to wait a minute or two. I just use this time to look for other sources.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I know about that. I do that sometimes. It just isn’t practical every time.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, the site is great but it’s a bit slow and clunky when I need it most.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
That’s the problem isn’t it? We used to have forums where people discus things and blogs where people share what they’ve learned, now it is all Reddit and discord and absolute trash in between.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We still have forums and blogs. Search engines just don’t both including them in search results.
You need to know about these niche communities, which are increasingly in micro-spaces like Discord or Mastodon channels or unmonitored communities like Lemmy.
Which is more in line with Bad Old Web 1.0 than Good Old Web 1.5
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Discord is like gated communities on the internet. Not open to the public and not something that is publically indexed.
It isn’t even comparable to mastadon or lemmy when it comes to being a source of information.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
They’re there, but harder to find. And some are closing. I’ve had two or three in the last couple years that closed, in the reasonably popular world of cars.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
idk lately ive had more help outside it on random forums, just dont add reddit to your search