I think and predicted that they going to close old.reddit soon, as they want to "optimize user experience" with new UI. (I.e: not load all post so fast, but pretent to 'loading and pause' so you are going to engage more than scrolling, especially stuck at loading new post after you scroll past and ads, so you can spend some time reading the ads, ...)
the day they killed i.reddit I knew it was only a matter of time
It's like how all the public 3rd spaces got killed as a sacrifice to the automotive industry, now all of our digital 3rd spaces are being sacrificed to big tech