You Should Know @lemmy.world TriflingToad @sh.itjust.works 3mo ago

YSK: You can browse reddit with a VPN by using RedLib

Why YSK: If you use a VPN, (which you likely have at some point) you have probably encountered this:

really annoying! Today I had enough and googled a way around it.

Here's the instance that i used today as an example:
https://redlib.ducks.party/

github repo for more information & other instances:
https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

It's not possible to interact with any of the information like replying or upvoting, but for simply getting a niche question answered it's pretty helpful.

Not fully related, but I would only recommend it for information that isn't on lemmy, it's best to try to move content over to here if possible.
I kinda want to make some communities for stuff I have to use reddit for, but I mainly use Voyager (mobile) which doesn't have all the options to operate a server and I wouldn't want to get in trouble if I fail to moderate it properly or something. Also I have no experience.

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yes, but: why would I want to?
- I don't lurk there but there are years and years of questions and answers that are frequently relevant to what I'm trying to figure out
  
  For this use case, using an alternative like Redlib, libreddit etc is probably a better experience than being able to access Reddit.
  
  This is why I set up a redlib instance on my homelab.
- I started a RDR2 play through a while back and I was shocked at how much content I was finding in Reddit comments for the random stuff I was looking up.
  
  For certain niches over the past decade, it really is a treasure trove 😔
- I use r/arabs and r/latin, which barely has an equivalent on lemmy at all.
  
  And there are subreddits for niche games/software/hobbies, which also do not exist on lemmy.
- There are many subreddits on Reddit with no analog on the Threadiverse.
  
  There are also a number of subreddits that contain information not available elsewhere.
  
  I don't log in to Reddit anymore, but I'll search for answers on Reddit and skim a couple of communities read-only.
- Porn
The kicker that made me leave Reddit is my 11 year old account got abruptly locked and then suspended for “technical irregularities” (using a VPN). It’s disappointing how anti-privacy it’s become.

Let’s bring the content over here so people don’t have to use it at all.
LibRedirect Firefox addon is good to automatically redirect various websites, the main one I use it fkr being reddit. Redlib etc servers aren't reliable, but it'll ping the different ones and find which is working well.
- Fwiw https://red.ngn.tf/ seems to be stable enough for me. Still has downtime tho.
Or you could just not use Reddit. Reddit sucks.
- Reddit (who fully supports Russia in their war on Ukraine) did that for me!
No, I don't think I will
Addicts always gotta justify how they get their fix, I guess.
- Reddit has objectively accumulated a larger amount of ~~porn~~ useful information than Lemmy.
  
  Often times, it is only there you can find it. Still, it is best to participate on Lemmy and share your findings, so you could find them here as well.
- Lemmy doesn't have information about IPL machines. I would've used Lemmy if I could.
No thanks, I'm done with Reddit.
I never had any problems...

...because I don't go to reddit!

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