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Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by arijun » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC

jaggs wrote: post #11

May I suggest - https://old.lemmy.world/?listingType=All&sort=New

Yeah lemmy is just too full of tankies for me. I mean, reddit was full of half baked political takes, but at least they didn't spout apologia for North Korea.

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

#22

Post by autoexec » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC

jubilanti wrote: post #4

So who is going to make the xcancel version for old reddit? edit: https://safereddit.com/ is an instance of https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

"Sadly, you must enable JavaScript to get past this challenge. This is required because AI companies have changed the social contract around how website hosting works. A no-JS solution is a work-in-progress."

One of the best things about old.reddit.com was that it didn't need JS. Now we need someone to make a safesafereddit.com that just lets people see reddit posts without JS enabled

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by AmazingEveryDay » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC

jubilanti wrote: post #4

So who is going to make the xcancel version for old reddit? edit: https://safereddit.com/ is an instance of https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

I'd settle for a Safereddit Enhancement Suite. Hmm.

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by isaachh » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC

arijun wrote: post #20

isaachh wrote: post #19

First I made a userscript that auto-redirects me to old.reddit, then they did this. So now I have my userscript fetch the .json version of the url, and render a minimal hackernews style UI instead of the bloated normal site.

Mind sharing the script? I am certainly not logging in just so they can track me better.

https://github.com/IsaacPushButton/reddit-reader-userscript

I got fable to whip it up, use at your own risk

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

#25

Post by jaggs » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC

arijun wrote: post #21

jaggs wrote: post #11

May I suggest - https://old.lemmy.world/?listingType=All&sort=New

Yeah lemmy is just too full of tankies for me. I mean, reddit was full of half baked political takes, but at least they didn't spout apologia for North Korea.

Really? I've been there for several years now, and not seen any of that stuff. You must be subscribed to the wrong kind of forums. :)

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by arijun » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

jaggs wrote: post #25

arijun wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah lemmy is just too full of tankies for me. I mean, reddit was full of half baked political takes, but at least they didn't spout apologia for North Korea.

Really? I've been there for several years now, and not seen any of that stuff. You must be subscribed to the wrong kind of forums. :)

I almost never log in to any of these sites (hence my problem with reddit requiring login), it would have been the front page. I will say I haven't gone to lemmy recently, so perhaps it's changed.

OTOH the worst offender [1] is lemmy.ml (run by lemmy's lead dev), and it's still federated and going strong.

[1] https://lemmy.world/post/29072279

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

#27

Post by jaggs » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC

arijun wrote: post #26

jaggs wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? I've been there for several years now, and not seen any of that stuff. You must be subscribed to the wrong kind of forums. :)

I almost never log in to any of these sites (hence my problem with reddit requiring login), it would have been the front page. I will say I haven't gone to lemmy recently, so perhaps it's changed. OTOH the worst offender [1] is lemmy.ml (run by lemmy's lead dev), and it's still federated and going strong. [1] https://lemmy.world/post/29072279

Ah, I see. I only use Lemmy.world which has blocked .ml. The beauty of federation, eh?

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by arijun » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC

jaggs wrote: post #27

arijun wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I almost never log in to any of these sites (hence my problem with reddit requiring login), it would have been the front page. I will say I haven't gone to lemmy recently, so perhaps it's changed. OTOH the worst offender [1] is lemmy.ml (run by lemmy's lead dev), and it's still federated and going strong. [1] https://lemmy.world/post/29072279

Ah, I see. I only use Lemmy.world which has blocked .ml. The beauty of federation, eh?

I don't think it has? https://lemmy.world/instances lists lemmy.ml under "linked instances", and not under "blocked instances."

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by arijun » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

isaachh wrote: post #24

arijun wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind sharing the script? I am certainly not logging in just so they can track me better.

https://github.com/IsaacPushButton/reddit-reader-userscript I got fable to whip it up, use at your own risk

Thanks!

Re: Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login

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Post by memcg » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC

I can still access https://old.reddit.com/ using Firefox with Ublock, NoScript Privacy Badger and Old Reddit Redirect addons.

Using Chrome I get: You've been blocked by network security. If you think you've been blocked by mistake, file a ticket below and we'll look into it. File a ticket