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Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by kooi »

viccis wrote: post #19
ColdStream wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alas, you are already on the alternative. Hacker news feels like one of the last hold outs of the old internet.

Literally why I started to come here. r/programming because a derelict wasteland. What commentary you got was frivolous and unhelpful. Posts about CockroachDB there would all be jokes or other commentary on its name, while you'd have the engineers who created it in here. I started to notice a lot of posts with mediocre discussion had a related post in the r/hackernews. While I had come here now and then, I started to…

skill issue /s

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

#22

Post by sixhobbits »

a_e_k wrote: post #13

Earlier today I started getting a "Get the app to keep using Reddit" popup when browsing while logged out on my phone. (I prefer to use Firefox Android exclusively in private mode to reduce the temptation to doom scroll and to have the added friction of manually logging in when commenting on any site.) Unlike the prior nag screens, this one was modal, blocked any scrolling, and had no way to close it. It seemed to po…

I started getting this occasionally months ago. I added these ublock rules and haven't been bothered since but I suspect they will change to a hard wall in future

! 28 Apr 2026 https://www.reddit.com www.reddit.com###app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-direct > .bg-transparent www.reddit.com###app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-direct

www.reddit.com###xpromo-bottom-sheet reddit.com#?##app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-seo:remove() reddit.com#%#//scriptlet('prevent-addEventListener', 'touchmove', 'preventDefault') reddit.com#%#//scriptlet('remove-class', 'rpl-scroll-lock|scroll-is-blocked', 'html, body', 'asap stay') reddit.com#$#html, body, shreddit-app { overflow-y: scroll !important; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch !important; touch-action: pan-y !important; overscroll-behavior: auto !important; } www.reddit.com##.rpl-bottom-sheet www.reddit.com##body:remove-class(rpl-scroll-lock)

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

#23

Post by unsupp0rted »

mandarinclips wrote: post #12

It's difficult for me to post on Reddit now; it's very restrictive, mainly because my karma score is too low. There will be even more restrictions going forward; AI automation is becoming too powerful.

It doesn't matter if you did post on Reddit: the userbase is so hostile that you'd be instantly downvoted unless it's one of the sub's existing 10 talking-points.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

#24

Post by 0xhald »

expedited123 wrote: post #17
shawn_w wrote: post #14

Are there any decent alternatives to reddit? When they finish killing off old reddit I'm gone, and will need a new time waster.

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

I can’t seem to read comments on Lobsters or I don’t know where they are. Do I need an account to see the discussion over there?

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

#26

Post by numpad0 »

dostoynikov wrote: post #5

It does not require me to login. I am from Japan tho. Maybe this requirement is kind of European freedom stuff lol.

Places like Japan are always treated very differently on social media from the rest of the world. The system doesn't work, the contents don't work, memes don't work. They won't do anything that shrinks an already postage stamp sized Japanese community on Reddit.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by numpad0 »

sixhobbits wrote: post #22
a_e_k wrote: post #13

Earlier today I started getting a "Get the app to keep using Reddit" popup when browsing while logged out on my phone. (I prefer to use Firefox Android exclusively in private mode to reduce the temptation to doom scroll and to have the added friction of manually logging in when commenting on any site.) Unlike the prior nag screens, this one was modal, blocked any scrolling, and had no way to close it. It seemed to po…

I started getting this occasionally months ago. I added these ublock rules and haven't been bothered since but I suspect they will change to a hard wall in future ! 28 Apr 2026 https://www.reddit.com www.reddit.com###app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-direct > .bg-transparent www.reddit.com###app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-direct www.reddit.com###xpromo-bottom-sheet reddit.com#?##app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-seo:…

insert double space following newline for formatting or use double newline to force a break. double space before newline works on Reddit but not on HN

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

#28

Post by expedited123 »

0xhald wrote: post #24
expedited123 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I can’t seem to read comments on Lobsters or I don’t know where they are. Do I need an account to see the discussion over there?

Nope, I can see them just fine without any account. Not sure what the problem might be on your side. They're in the same place as on HN.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by reorder9695 »

0xhald wrote: post #24
expedited123 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I can’t seem to read comments on Lobsters or I don’t know where they are. Do I need an account to see the discussion over there?

On desktop they're same as HN, on mobile click the number in the bubble on the far right hand side.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by shiomiru »

numpad0 wrote: post #26
dostoynikov wrote: post #5

It does not require me to login. I am from Japan tho. Maybe this requirement is kind of European freedom stuff lol.

Places like Japan are always treated very differently on social media from the rest of the world. The system doesn't work, the contents don't work, memes don't work. They won't do anything that shrinks an already postage stamp sized Japanese community on Reddit.

I think it's just a divide and conquer approach: if they killed it everywhere at once, there would be a larger backlash, so they are careful to roll out the change gradually.
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