Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would also add https://tildes.net
This is a website for people who think reddit is too conservative for them.
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Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
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Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#182Tested, 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.
Just because you can't presently reproduce something doesn't mean that others are imagining it or making it up / "bashing". Remember that, besides VPN blocking being an imperfect and fickle thing, these companies like to A/B test on the unwitting public so different people can inexplicably get different experiences. When you can't reproduce something other people claim to be experiencing, resist the urge to call them a liar and spend a moment to consider other possibilities.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#183Yes, 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.
If Lemmy had an automod I'd happily try to move the niche communities I help mod over, but without even the basics (regex rules + mod queue) attempting to mod any sizeable community is ime an exercise in frustration, making Lemmy essentially useless for us. That's a real shame, because otherwise it looks like great software. I've got an offline instance sitting on AWS since last summer just waiting for any bit of pro…
https://github.com/hjalp/automod
It seems like someone has made an autoposter. Maybe someone could have a look to extend it.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#184We 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.
> Uh, reddit already won what exactly?
The right to do whatever they want and still keep the communities and content with pretty much no impact on their bottom line thereafter.
> 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
You raise capital if investors believe in the direction the company is heading. They're betting on reddit to make them money.
> Everything there is becoming corporate
Reddit didn't start out that way, at least it wasn't the impression that seasoned internet users got. It used to be developer-friendly and open, whether you were using Tor, a VPN or a datacenter's IP.
It's, of course, their right to steer the company as they see fit and towards profitability. My only wish is that people providing valuable content and moderation work would start to see that the company's values have changed.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#185I have had the same results with multiple VPN providers for the better part a month now.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
So do you propose that Reddit fund startups every year and use Reddit to promote the startups it funds? How do you propose Reddit make money?
Sounds like they are proposing reddit shouldn't make money through the content, and die if that is the only path.
This is reasonable.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#187Yes, 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.
Unfortunatelly it won't work/happen... even after huge protest and backlash reddit is still strong and go-to-place :-(
I have observed a recurring pattern of "this popular place is doing something I don't like! Let's all move to a less popular place, that will show them!" Time and time again, the people who made the move learned that they were the minority in what they didn't like. Also, while the old place might have a greater variety of people (good and bad), the new place is often filled with many people who were angry about the old place (maybe mostly "good", but makes a lot of angry posts).
So now, people who are at this newer, possibly better, but quieter and angrier place, they have to wonder if they made a good move. Sometimes, with enough patience, the new place do eventually turned out to be just as great. But usually my observation is that people just give up and leave, possibly returning to the old (still popular) place.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#188Yes, 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.
Agreed. The manipulation became obvious with the capital fueled shareblue / "correct the record" campaign from Dems years ago and has only gotten worse since. The stated purpose of CTR was to defend against Trump, but it was of course also abused to help sabotage Sanders. A tool like this will always be abused to perpetually elevate capital interests over human interests. Whatever solution everybody jumps to, it need…
Is this "CTR" from the world of alternative facts, or a real thing?
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> Uh, reddit already won what exactly? The right to do whatever they want and still keep the communities and content with pretty much no impact on their bottom line thereafter. > 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 You raise capital if investors believe in the direction the company is heading. They're bett…
For today. Even Facebook is in decline. Online platforms don't last forever.
Re: Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
#190We 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…
Anecdotally I am seeing communities I am part of gone from Reddit and other public social media in favor of private or semiprivate ones like Discord, or avoiding digital entirely in favor of physical spaces. What I see on social media is more just the leftovers. There's little authentic interaction and engagement there.
Respectfully, this is a small sampling of what's happening.
Reddit and Twitter, the two posterchildren of poor management, have plenty of actual interaction. They also have a significant amount of shitty noise, which is incredibly off putting, but the average person is still more likely to go there than where our niche communities end up.
They might be dying slowly, but they're not even on life support yet.