Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
arstechnica.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      17 hours ago

      maybe it was rolled out slowly over multiple regions. But it definitely started end of july. even the arstechnica post itself is alrady a week old

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        maybe ublock origin can block the popup, like it can with the FB login page. just gotta wait til someone makes the workaround.

      • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        Maybe, seems some subreddits still work here. Not sure if testing. The article was about potential upcoming changes which I guess are nearly upon us.

      • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        This is it exactly. It was hit or miss for a few weeks for me, some vpns would get the login some wouldn’t. Some subreddits would get the login, but comments wouldn’t.

        Now it seems its all login all the time.

    • ramius345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      16 hours ago

      I’ve noticed that it works for me without a login at my home, but it forces a login at my parent’s house. I think its regional or being A/B rolled out or something.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      It hasn’t worked for me for a couple weeks now. I only lurk there when I am checking to see if a tech question I have has already been answered by someone, so it’s not a huge loss for me. It also stopped working on some subreddits before others. From the same computer at the same time I could see /r/Delta but could not see /r/MLS on old.reddit.