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Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

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Post by I_Byte »

different_base wrote: post #93

I deleted my Reddit account long back after they blocked VPNs. I used old.reddit.com usually from DDG or Google search results. Now this is fucked up. I am not able to access Reddit through either VPN or Tor. They are dead to me now. I just want a solution to completely remove Reddit links from appearing in search results. Anyone has any solution?

You may be able to find an extension for your browser of choice to do just that! I have one for Firefox but I’m on mobile right now and can’t find it. I can send it later if you’d like. But they do exist!

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

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Post by I_Byte »

lgvld wrote: post #97
different_base wrote: post #93

I deleted my Reddit account long back after they blocked VPNs. I used old.reddit.com usually from DDG or Google search results. Now this is fucked up. I am not able to access Reddit through either VPN or Tor. They are dead to me now. I just want a solution to completely remove Reddit links from appearing in search results. Anyone has any solution?

uBlacklist maybe? if you use Google for search https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist

This is what I use! I recommend it.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

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Post by danslaboudoir »

sunshine_reggae wrote: post #32

Yes, same here. Let's just QUIT using Reddit. Enough is enough. If we tolerate corrupt behavior, we support corrupt behavior. And quite honestly, it's become such a pile of trash, anyway. Also, it's become so obvious that submissions and comments are being manipulated and pushed by tons of bots and industry interests, it's just a bad joke at this point.

The day Apollo ceased connecting is the day I deleted my account. I wish Steve and the crew my very worst.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

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Post by darby_eight »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #35
mfiro wrote: post #19

It's been a while that VPNs were blocked on the main website. But I have noticed this since a week that old.reddit.com subdomain has been included. The next step for Reddit would be a complete Login wall like Instagram and co. I would be happy if they do, because it will save my time more (like twitter).

> I would be happy if they do, because it will save my time more (like twitter). Why is that? If you don't have enough self-control to not use Reddit, a login wall won't stop you.

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Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

#105

Post by AnarchismIsCool »

sentientslug wrote: post #100
Kuinox wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fediverse, lemmy, mastodon.

I suppose that works if you want to interact with the three people on there.

It's actually starting to get really good. It's like early reddit before eternal September

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

#106

Post by nouryqt »

SushiHippie wrote: post #73

If you don't need to be logged in, redlib (previously libreddit) works well. Similar to what nitter was to twitter. https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib?tab=readme-ov-file#inst...

I would like to add the browser extension LibRedirect[0] that automatically redirects your reddit (and others) links to your configured instance

[0]: https://libredirect.github.io/

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

#107

Post by lxgr »

pixl97 wrote: post #69
lxgr wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this is incredibly frustrating. I wonder if we've surpassed "peak publicly searchable discussion". It definitely seems harder to find quick answers to obscure topics than it used to be 2-3 years ago. LLMs will gladly hallucinate something, but given that this stuff is literally the training data that could help ground them in truth, I wonder where we're going to go next.

I mean yes, tons of discussion has moved to places like Discord to disappear forever. But unlike the previous poster, who blames the information creator for revoking what they published, why are we not blaming the actual abusers? Every site that is build on growth, Facebook, Google, Reddit, et al eventually turns into an authoritarian capitalist nightmare dystopia. Gobble up, lock down, and extract wealth.

> tons of discussion has moved to places like Discord to disappear forever.

This is actually even worse than the new Reddit.

Every open source or other project that links to their Discord as a main place of providing support immediately loses a lot of respect from me: Chat is a horrible way of creating a searchable knowledge base.

Besides being opaque to search engines, it effectively signs up their users and contributors for either having to maintain parallel long-term-visible and searchable FAQs and other docs, or answering the same new user questions over and over again.

Having to publicly join a Discord (unlike Reddit there seems to be no way at all to browse anonymously) just to be able to see if anybody else has had my compile or setup error is completely unacceptable as well.

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

#108

Post by scarface_74 »

doodlebugging wrote: post #90
sunshine_reggae wrote: post #32

Yes, same here. Let's just QUIT using Reddit. Enough is enough. If we tolerate corrupt behavior, we support corrupt behavior. And quite honestly, it's become such a pile of trash, anyway. Also, it's become so obvious that submissions and comments are being manipulated and pushed by tons of bots and industry interests, it's just a bad joke at this point.

>it's become such a pile of trash, anyway. Also, it's become so obvious that submissions and comments are being manipulated and pushed by tons of bots and industry interests, it's just a bad joke at this point. Very true. Over the last few months as more bots and reposters come online you have seen the subreddits bleed back into related subreddits. Most of the posts on /r/popular (landing point for navigating to old.…

> been cutting way back on my engagement. I have walked back through my post history and edited a bunch of them, using Yossarian's censoring rules - death to all adverbs, nouns, verbs, adjectives - or just replacing the posts with meme text or song lyrics to stupid songs.

So you don’t see that you are being part of the problem?

Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included

#109

Post by throwanem »

AnarchismIsCool wrote: post #105
sentientslug wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose that works if you want to interact with the three people on there.

It's actually starting to get really good. It's like early reddit before eternal September

On the fediverse it currently is eternal September.
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