So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe

Post by instagib » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC

wraptile wrote: post #79

LaurensBER wrote: post #17

For users, Reddit has been in a downwards spiral since the IPO. It's pretty clear that their focus is no longer on providing the best communities (see the many examples of power hungry mods, see below) or the best UX (see the deprecation of the API or the recent changes to old.reddit.com described in the post). The "product" is now selling data to LLM companies, everything else is clearly a secondary concern. It's a…

> For users, Reddit has been in a downwards spiral since the IPO. I'd argue since redesign that introduced old.reddit > to give some examples of mod abuse You're barely scratching the surface. Many subreddits are directly astroturfed and sold out. The most clear indicator is when a subreddit links to alternative communication platform like Discord - it's there to signal that mods are selling out. This is particularly…

Post by red-iron-pine » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

ditchfieldcaleb wrote: post #94

decimalenough wrote: post #58

> This is because appending site: reddit.com to a search query is basically a surefire way to find results written by genuine humans. This is, sadly, not even remotely the case anymore.

Still works as long as you don't care about recent results and are okay with filtering for pre-2023 answers. (So like, 20% as useful, but still...)

Post by alasdairking » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #99

masfuerte wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My mother tried to buy something on Amazon yesterday. It wouldn't let her check-out until she'd entered a code sent via WhatsApp. Which she doesn't have and doesn't want. She'll be buying her tat on eBay in future. I dream that Amazon will lose lots of sales and backtrack, but I don't suppose they will.

Are you sure it was actually via whatsapp, and not just a six digit code sent via regular SMS to the phone number on record for her account? It's possible whatsapp on her phone has simply hijacked the SMS client functionality and set itself as the default.

Post by tempfile » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #65

tempfile wrote: post #11

I expected this to go for a long time. It's the only way to anonymously browse 18+ subreddits. I would not be surprised if reddit accounts are effectively (if not always) connectable to a legal identity.

They require email and phone verification to sign up now. And if you want to view NSFW you have to verify with Persona.

Post by em-bee » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #99

masfuerte wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My mother tried to buy something on Amazon yesterday. It wouldn't let her check-out until she'd entered a code sent via WhatsApp. Which she doesn't have and doesn't want. She'll be buying her tat on eBay in future. I dream that Amazon will lose lots of sales and backtrack, but I don't suppose they will.

Are you sure it was actually via whatsapp, and not just a six digit code sent via regular SMS to the phone number on record for her account? It's possible whatsapp on her phone has simply hijacked the SMS client functionality and set itself as the default.