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Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by krazingans12346 »

kaseijin wrote: post #62

Not surprised. They've tried this many times before but never stuck with it for long as far as I can tell because I was able to see it fine a few days later. Can't see how it works out well for them. More hoops to jump through has to equal less views and less advertising revenue. Reddit has already become quite shit in the last 10 years so it's not like I'm keen to jump through extra hoops to use it. I'll just go els…

im guessing since last year they banned so many real users, most with multiple accounts. they mustve lost genuine traffic to the site, which is mostly filled with AI/BOTS now, and is actually started to annoy people. also openAI, google needs constant fresh data to scrape. so i think reddits response was to force lurkers(who were likely banned before) to make a datamining account.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by krazingans12346 »

Lio wrote: post #64

The main thing I notice about new Reddit is the amount of autoplaying videos. I wonder if this is at least partially motivated by the more addictive endless scrolling design of new Reddit.

or the amount of Ai reposted, and some posts vid/pics are AI generated too.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by krazingans12346 »

red-iron-pine wrote: post #48
expedited123 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lemmy (part of of fediverse), HN, Tildes, Lobste.rs.

i liked lemmy but was put off by how mixed the quality was, and how many random images seemed to link to dubious image repos or otherwise set off malware alarms. reddits heavy monetization means they at least try to keep out a majority of the bad actors but lemmy always seemed a wild west. perhaps i will revisit soon.

i dont know which instance you joined, but most lemmy doesnt encounter those links, you mustve went to a spam/botting part of lemmy. Each instance of lemmy is essentially its own little "Reddit". the ones you shouldnt join is ml, lemmygrad, or hexbear those are "far left" tankies.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by krazingans12346 »

Ageodene wrote: post #68
enjoyyourlife wrote: post #57

Try using https://github.com/mkornreich/old_reddit

>needs a logged-in Reddit session This might be useful for active Reddit users once they sunset Old Reddit for good, but this doesn't solve the issue of lurkers being unable to use an Old-Reddit-like interface. The current alternatives being: - RedLib - That one userscript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983857#48988887

i think reddit users got burned when they purged so many accounts last year, that people dint want to risk getting banned again, so they all lurk now, including me. because how reddit filters work and the subs too, you can get banned very indiscriminately. and its almost impossible to appeal shadowbans.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by enjoyyourlife »

Ageodene wrote: post #68
enjoyyourlife wrote: post #57

Try using https://github.com/mkornreich/old_reddit

>needs a logged-in Reddit session This might be useful for active Reddit users once they sunset Old Reddit for good, but this doesn't solve the issue of lurkers being unable to use an Old-Reddit-like interface. The current alternatives being: - RedLib - That one userscript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983857#48988887

It works when logged out
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