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Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

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post #137

I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)

Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#152
post #133
post #10

Good to know I'm not the only one. I thought I was IP banned or something. It works when accessed with Edge (chromium) *EDIT:* Looks like it's back up.

Initially I thought my account was banned, so I tried incognito mode and it didn't work either, so I knew it was not an account ban. Then I thought it was an IP ban so I tried on my phone and it worked, so I knew it was not an IP ban. The only reasonable explanation from that point on was something bad was going on on reddit side.

Hah! These were my exact same steps as well. I was wondering which of my nonsense finally pushed them over the edge and IP banned me.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#153

I can't help but have a sinking feeling that this as a result of the wider trend of using only Chromium-based browsers. If they were the ones affected by this issue, I feel like it would get solved almost immediately.

Seems a bit of a dramatic take. I think Firefox has a few engineers on staff.

I think GP's point was Reddit breaking Chrome would cause a big uproar and result in the issue being fixed quickly, not that Chrome has more engineers.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#154
post #137

I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

old.reddit.com until they finally kill it off, then I'll just stop going.

i.reddit.com actually works quite well on mobile, but I think this has even more risk of being shut down at a moment's notice so try not to mention it too much.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)

Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.

They built a frontend, not a clone

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#156
post #137

I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)

Do you think they are going to limit their api like Twitter?

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#157

I can't help but have a sinking feeling that this as a result of the wider trend of using only Chromium-based browsers. If they were the ones affected by this issue, I feel like it would get solved almost immediately.

It was fixed within an hour or so. I didn't even realize, surfing on reddit and it was working. I was just mindlessly surfing like I normally do and then it clicked, "oh cool, Reddit is back up".

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#159
post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

old.reddit.com until they finally kill it off, then I'll just stop going.

i.reddit.com actually works quite well on mobile, but I think this has even more risk of being shut down at a moment's notice so try not to mention it too much.

there's also ns.reddit.com that appears to be the same as old.reddit.com

Re: Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox

#160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)

Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.

The network effect in 2005 was 5 people including a link on their site.
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