I stopped using reddit on mobile after the api debacle. Once old reddit is done, I won't be visiting on my desktop either. The redesign is and always has been trash.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Tbh i was surprised that it is still up. Aren’t they affected by the API pricing or something

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

old.reddit is just the official website with the old layout from before they redesigned their front end ui. It's part of Reddit's official website that they kept around because so many people hate the redesign, it's not a 3rd party and therefore not affected by any pricing policies.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thank You, kind stranger(s)

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago

It's part of reddit, the api debacle was for 3rd party api users.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Oh, damn...

Rare for me to use, but sucks option is being removed.

I know embedded is an option, and other front ends.

What do y'all use in the rare chance you see a reddit source?

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are you guys only rarely seeing Reddit sources on lemmy? With these shitty lemmit bots inundating this site with literally just links to Reddit without even any preview, I’m seeing almost exclusively Reddit links. It’s honestly make me rethink using lemmy recently.

[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Those bots are worth blocking. There never appears to be any discussion on the posts, so you won't miss anything.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Honestly, there are a few communities that rely on it—the more meme/picture-centric and the advice-centric ones—that I don’t want to completely block out. So I’ve been going and blocking the communities that flood my feed with minutes-old Reddit posts that don’t even offer the text to read or a picture to look at. I will say as well, I don’t know what causes one to include text but not the other, but I do also enjoy reading some of those insane stories posted on some subreddit I never subscribed to like relationship advice or drugs stories or something. There’s some wild shit. I don’t need the conversation in the comments to enjoy the batshit story

[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I blocked those bots.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

libreddit

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Thanks!

I was thinking more like:

https://teddit.net/

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 3 points 10 months ago

Teddit's also good, but I prefer libreddit's UI

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You can use farside.link to automatically redirect to working instances but it's very hit or miss for reddit

Sometimes you have to try it five or more times

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ignore it

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, that is becoming the norm, similar to websites that want adblock removed or signin popups.

Aside from lemmy what do you use for info. and other?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I literally predicted that old.reddit.com would shut down in 6 months after u/spez said it’s not going anywhere, just like Apollo. I wasn't sure how seriously to take this but I think I will be pretty close.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What’s sad about it? Reddit is garbage. Get off it and stop using it.