Reddit is finally entirely dead to me
Submitted 6 days ago by Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 days ago
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I haven’t read a Reddit page since I switched from Protonvpn to Mullvadvpn.
Reddit seems to allow Proton but blocks Mullvad.
Another reason to appreciate Mullvad.
piyuv@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Try an alternative fronted like redlib.catsarch.com for when you really need to view the page. Unfortunately, there is still too much valuable info there, which is surfaced by search engines
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve been seeing this for a long time now, as they blocked VPN and anonymous access, so I use a combination of cached pages and libredirect if I really want to bother going there.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
reddit blocks people who use vpns, or will shadowban you if it somehow evades this page. they are too aware of it now.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I’ve hit that and just switched IPs on the same VPN. The other VPN I use has never hit the screen.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
They did that about a year or so after I blocked reddit via DNS. No idea why, I don’t use a VPN for reddit, and I hadent given them any traffic outside the once and awhile checking a tech support post, but something about my network triggered it.
No big loss.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I know, I know, reddit sucks ass. I’ve been using firefox with ublock to read the best ofs for the unquenchable need for bullshit drama in my life.
But now it’s not just a pop up saying to use the app, but a full ass unpassable thing. Old Reddit still works, but that’s just another step for something that’s already so not worthwhile.
Welp…
Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 days ago
old reddit still works. I had to install an extension to auto redirect to the old.reddit URL the other day cuz I was troubleshooting something and the ONLY things about it were on Reddit and I noticed that bullshit app advertisement too.
ponypuncher@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I got permabanned this morning. Made a joke that automod thought was inciting violence (said people who don’t punch their ponies in their face make me sick - not even my joke or a joke but a reference to someone else’s joke - in response to someone calling horses disgusting) and all my alts were banned too. Which is fine but I miss my TV show communities a bunch. I like to discuss my stories!
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Username checks out
andyburke@fedia.io 6 days ago
Start a community here. Be the change you want to see.
ponypuncher@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I lack diplomacy when I get annoyed.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
that is what happened to the purges last year, only need 1 ban/shadowban if any of your other accts even participated in the one you banned it(even if your dormant accounts dint get banned), even temporarily it just shadowbanned it. this was a new tactic reddit used. originally they dint care as long as you wait a long time with a new account before using it.
tackleberry@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
Majority of the posts on the popular subreddots are written by bots.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
the subs that allow pictures, and screenshots, and videos are the most obvious. you can tell they are reposting but they try to obscure when the "tweet’ was posted by blacking out the date/time.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Don’t get me started on the powermods. How to go on power trips online to distract from how much of absolute losers they are IRL. I used to know some of them back in my reddit days and holy hell they are some of the most insufferable fuckwits you’d ever interact with
Bongles@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Reddit doesn’t like my VPN, so for the times when it comes up in my search or a buddy sends me something from there I have an extension in firefox now to redirect reddit links to redlib.
It’s called libredirect. It’s got a bunch of sites so you can avoid most of those shitty pop-ups if you set them up.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 days ago
Better late than never!
skuwubi@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Problem is that it’s still where so many people are. It’s honestly such a shame that more people won’t move to lemmy… Because in comparison there’s barely anyone here. And the only reason these kinds of websites are useful is that there’s a lot of people on them
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
finally? since they unilaterally banned people with no ability to appeal because they cant be bothered to “hear all the appeals” its been dead since they use AI moderation.
auzy1@lemmy.world 6 days ago
That’s why I just left. You can use the redirect to old Reddit extension, but this is just so fucking dumb.
It’s like an extra step, to get access to their ads too. No idea why anyone was paying for ads on Reddit before, but seems more pointless now
comador@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Welcome to the dark side for good and yes, it is better… overall. I’ve been on Lemmy now since the first mass exodus when I deleted my reddit account of 15+ years.
While Lemmy is now my ‘home’, I do occasionally visit 3 reddit subs that have no equivalent elsewhere. It just happens and I see nothing wrong with the occasional view. It’s not like /u/Spez can monitize my VPN anonymous visit. So don’t feel bad if you end up doing the same, Lemmy just doesn’t have the same volume.
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
For research purposes use a frontend like redlib
cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 days ago
Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
If it wasnt so toxic it would be nice.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
f-droid.org/packages/com.cosmos.unreddit
It may stop working at some point
baizi@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’ve been on Reddit for 16 years now, it’s just not the same anymore. The only reason I stick around is my local subreddit. I have no interest in Reddit anymore.
renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
FWIW I get that pop up on my iphone, but it goes away and proceeds to the site using Safari.
Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
it also seems to work on incognito with firefox
altphoto@lemmy.today 6 days ago
Anyone else still there? Hopefully they stay there if they’re trolls and trilobites (I don’t know what that means in this context)
lobut@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I’m not like actively there but an example, for me, is that I just watched the Hateful Eight and thought it’d be nice to see what others said about it and the main links were Reddit and they hard pushed me to the app. All the other links had ads that actively blocked me from reading the article.
altphoto@lemmy.today 6 days ago
I watched the parody version. The ridiculous 6.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
reddit is useful for niches, but not for news, politics(includes any sub that is remotely political) discussion, it just get people too argumentative.
daychilde@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I mod my city’s subreddit and Colonial Williamsburg. And that’s it.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 days ago
No one in my real life left reddit. Reddit and Facebook are the only ones with active communities for many of my games and interests. I avoid it, but yes, it’s quite active and is now the only relevant search result on recent news and strategies.
altphoto@lemmy.today 6 days ago
That’s sad news. Its a simple decision. Just stop going to reddit.
I never used reddit until one day. And then I stopped sometime later. It may sound ridiculous but its as simple as just logging out and starting a new elsewhere.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 days ago
true, since i cant login/or have an account due thier purges, i scroll through various subs usually non-political ones. ive seen people on public transports have thier phones out, its mostly reddit, tiktok .
glimse@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What is this community? First it’s all reddit reposts and now it’s this
yakko@feddit.uk 6 days ago
It’s a loss, but I’ve come to see it as just a part of the endless treadmill of 1. Go to where the cool people are 2. Uncool people show up 3. It gets bad 4. Look for the cool people. Feels like that’s always going to be the way of it.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Always has been.
yakko@feddit.uk 6 days ago
I’m always happy when people bring that up, it happens too rarely. I was exposed to Discordianism as a kid, which is kind of the Idiot’s Guide version of culture jamming. I didn’t come across Guy Debord until later, when I’d already made up my mind that everything about mainstream society needed to be subverted. Sadly, it seems I’m not very good at it.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s almost like we’re suppose to build and guard our communities and interest against tho… sorry I meant do nothing and complain.
yakko@feddit.uk 6 days ago
Support your local federated instance, hold mods and admins to task, get to know people in your community, report trolls and push to defederate instances run poorly or in bad faith. If that ends up not being enough, fuck I dunno.