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

Post by iLoveOncall » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 5:12 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #160

EMM_386 wrote: post #149

Tested, and ... no? I tried two different VPNs, currently on NordVPN ... no issue accessing Reddit. And I get that it's cool to bash Reddit on HN, but the sense that "I don't visit sites like that ... I exclusively visit HN" is really weird. For what it's worth I have an 18 Year Club account on Reddit and I'm still active.

It's not a perfect "block every VPN ip setup". See this for the screen you get when it's blocking: https://imgur.com/a/3cDv851 Perhaps when they detect abuse (screen scraping folks trying to avoid the API costs) from these shared IPs?

Post by asdff » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 5:13 PM UTC

itsoktocry wrote: post #153

pmdr wrote: post #133

We were told that the boycotts last year were the end of reddit, or at least a substantial brain drain. Reddit was going to be a lawless wasteland because no mod would accept tending the garden anymore. Reddit is now a public company with a CEO that just got a huge compensation package while mods still work for free. Far from lawless, far from being a wasteland. Even the hacker community is still using reddit despite…

Uh, reddit already won what exactly? How does going public have anything to do with success for a company like this? It's a way to raise capital and compensate insiders, nothing special Communities come and go. They are 95% reliant on the members, and some of their recent moves are adversarial. Everything there is becoming corporate, even the porn.

Post by feverzsj » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 5:14 PM UTC

Post by scarface_74 » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 5:15 PM UTC

avtar wrote: post #158

scarface_74 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So exactly what do you propose? Should they pay everyone who makes a post or comment on Reddit? Do you feel the same way about HN? You are posting here for free and providing value. > This has never been my problem. It is a problem that they should have had the foresight to solve before they launched. Do you feel the same way about all of the companies that YC funds? If so, why are you commenting here “adding value”?

AFAIK HN doesn't have similar VPN access limits in place. Nor is HN restricting third party API access [1] or selling user content [2] for model training purposes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy [2] https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-ai-content-licensi...

Post by asdff » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 5:17 PM UTC

zeta0134 wrote: post #42

0cVlTeIATBs wrote: post #27

That's the final blow for me. The last use case was when esoteric discussion there would be one of the few search engine results. I've already long ago edited out all my old posts and deleted the accounts. So sad to see sites grow to become gated advertiser-friendly communities.

As an aside, I get irritated as all heck by the old, previously useful reddit threads that now show up in search results but with the actually useful information deleted by someone in a fit of rage. This is frustrating, since the information is not necessarily easy to find somewhere else. Or at all. If you find that you must do this, could you at least re-host your answers elsewhere and link to them?