Reddit removed "low usage" features from old.reddit
Reddit removed "low usage" features from old.reddit
Hey folks, Over the next few weeks, we’ll be removing a few old low-usage features from old.reddit.com. These features may be familiar, so we...
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Found out via this post
Interesting side-note, reddit's anti-VPN policies and blocking some archivers like ghostarchive.
Remember when Reddit said they wouldn’t touch old.reddit?
People understand they can just leave that site, right?
I wish more people would leave and bring their niches over here. There’s still so many things missing on Lemmy.
Anyone paying attention knew it was just a matter of time. I used to think my last day on the site would be when they got rid of old. Turns out it was before even that.
Good, this will push more people to alternatives
Mark my words. This is just testing the waters
They aren't testing anything. They are just enacting a stealth twilight of old Reddit like they've been planning ever since they thought up the new UI.
My guess, break existing old links on other sites so that they can show a graph with a drop in usage of less-ad-riddled way to access the website and drive more to the ad enabled views.
They already do that. www.reddit.com goes to the new ad-ridden useless interface.
Yes but on other sites where people have historically posted the shortened direct sub urls that used to go to old.reddit will now forward to new reddit or be broken according to the comments of the OP post. That’s the key difference here. Posts people made many years ago will now go to new reddit, which is why I suspect specifically attempting to manipulate user / site stats because even if their api prevents search engines from using it properly, there’s a wealth of already indexed links out there.
I love the two comments calling out that this thread was posted to the help subreddit rather than any of the other more appropriate subs for changelogs.
Like come on, you know that wasn't an accident.
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Fuck spez.
Seems like millions of redditors say just that through the many slaps in the face to users, then hang around anyway. :S
They have already been trying to bully old.reddit users for quite some time by forcing a regular cookie acceptance prompt which automatically changes the settings to new reddit.
Ikr? How annoying is that?
Reminds me every time why this platform is crap
I'm very disappointed about the removal of r/randnsfw.
I'm already less and less on reddit except for a few nieche subs. The day old.reddit is gone will be the last time I visit that site.
I've been back on lemmy for a month after a long break and it feels permanent this time. I like that I can generally replace /r/<sub> with lemmy.world/c/<sub>, that helps.
Tbh these really are low-usage features, I didn't know about any of them, aside from the snoovatars that I've always found stupid. So I don't think anyone could be pushed away from the site because of this.
OTOH, if they're low-usage, why remove them? Do they spend too much bandwidth, CPU, whatever??
OTOH, if they're low-usage, why remove them? Do they spend too much bandwidth, CPU, whatever??
It's generally desirable to remove old code and features to make the code neater. It's also possible that some bug happened because of those features.
It's usually better to not touch code that is working, it won't become "clean" just because you deactivate some stuff and if you do try to actually remove code (to "clean" things, whatever that means in a setting bigger than a small project), good luck not breaking anything.
Source: oldtimer software dev
Old code still needs to have unit tests, maybe they use libraries you need to keep patched etc
Better to remove
For what it's worth, the primary reason I joined lemmy.world, in particular, was their offering of old.lemmy.world
I'm old and stuck in my ways. I love the old-timey feel of the "old" UI in light mode with endless scrolling turned on.
It's called "Mlmym" and a lot of instances have added it. old.startrek.website works too!
That's good to know, thanks!
Dbzero disabled it recently cause it was glitching and the code isn't maintained anymore, hopefully it won't happen on LW
For what it’s worth, the primary reason I joined lemmy.world, in particular, was their offering of old.lemmy.world
I thought you were joking, but nope, it's real. Neat.
they even got rid of the login button lol. having a small userscript to insert the login button as html works tho as the method/css remains.
The live version of that link only has 50 comments wtf
The leftover redditors are thoroughly domesticated by now. They just passively take what spez gives them and like it.
you will use the web 2.0 bloated javascript filled internet and you will like it.
You can also just use LibRedirect
Why do all the videos on redlib say <MEDIA>@https://redlib.nohost.network? Is there a setting I need to change?
Another day, another disappointment from Reddit. I deleted my account the day you made your instance and thankfully things over here picked up pretty fast. I haven't felt a need to go back.
tbh if you need to see a reddit post use a frontend like redlib it doesn't have signing in with a reddit account but atleast you can browse a post without tracking
being able to sort saved posts into categories was my favourite Reddit Gold feature.
So... being able to use the site at all then?
They've already outlined their general plan for removing old.reddit. It was buried in the middle of an announcement post like 2 years ago. It's just a matter of time and usage at this point. This is probably a slow creep method.
It's sad to see something so much time has been dedicated to, become shit. I guess it was like building sandcastles, afterall.
old.
yellerredditI saw someone call them making .old shitty a few days ago.