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Reddit Blocks Firefox

77 points by espadrine 5y ago

djhworld 5y ago
I'm seeing the same, just a 403 response with the text "Blocked" Firefox 96.0.1 (64-bit)
pixelpoet 5y ago
They've been introducing all kinds of problems for people using normal browsers on normal computers recently, such as making links non-followable due to random backslash insertions. There's no way they aren't aware of it, billion dollar company etc. I guess my 12 years of Reddit are over; I refuse to use that horrendous Fisher Price abomination - they seem to want to kill off old reddit and turn it into another facebook with gifs and user avatars and whatnot. No thanks.
- Narretz 5y ago
  Reddit has terrible QA or next to no automated testing it seems. Just recently, on mobile with "new Reddit", the subreddit filter for new posts just wasn't working. Just showed the top posts. If they don't have tests for that after how many years of redesign, then it must be company policy not to test.
  - danudey 5y ago
    Also on the mobile app, refreshing my feed results in a bunch of "empty" posts with media but no title. Basically every time, and for ages now. They also took away the "news" tab for a while, but then it came back again (though my wife never lost it). Also, the fact that there's no distinction between viewing a video and looking through the comments, but that accidentally pulling down on the video fullscreens it but the reverse doesn't revert it. Plus, if you pause a video then follow a link in the thread, when you return to the thread the video starts playing again, forcing you to scroll to the top to pause it and likely losing your place. I'm not sure if the reddit developers don't use their own product, or if they just don't give a crap, but either there's no testing going on or the developers aren't capable of fixing problems. Either way, it always makes me laugh when I see a technical blog post about "how we did X" from the Reddit team, the last software engineering team on the planet I would take programming or infrastructure advice from.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  I'm tired of just how blatantly manipulated the frontpage and major subreddits have become. It's nothing but constant agendaposting, ragebaiting, and screenshots of tweets. The oft-touted solution is to just unsubscribe from the default subs and that only helps a little bit. Go to any regional sub or hobbyist subreddit and you will still find mods turning a blind eye to agendaposting and partisan pestering.
brynx97 5y ago
I was really worried I had some sort of IP blocked, especially since I switched to a new static IP last night. On 97.0b3 beta Firefox, disabled all tracking protection, strict privacy settings; same results. Interesting...
vlaxx 5y ago
Here too, Linux Firefox 95.0.2 Fine on Chrome...
r00fus 5y ago
One of the fixes mentioned is to disable http3 in about:config but that doesn't seem to work (macOS12.01/FF96.01) - or was that a different issue?
kderbyma 5y ago
I think it's because Firefox cares about privacy lol
mrandish 5y ago
Fixed for me now...
mwnivek 5y ago
Other, larger discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938544
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LukeBMM 5y ago
I just ran into this myself and came to see if others ran into it. I'm blocked (while logged in, with strict settings and NoScript) on Firefox Developer Edition, but it's working on a relatively default (and not logged in) version of plain old Firefox. { Edit: tried both old and www with the same results. }
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- wodenokoto 5y ago
  Using standard firefox with container tabs and ublock origin, I cannot visit reddit logged in or out, or with or without ublock disabled in any combination.
  - peakaboo 5y ago
    Be thankful, they are showing you what life is like without reddit. Turns out its amazing.
badRNG 5y ago
I was really worried one of my bots had run awry and got my IP banned. Tried different browsers to see what the issue is, and it seems to be a FireFox issue. Googling "Reddit Blocked" doesn't return anything helpful. Searching HN was the right way to go.
- Digit-Al 5y ago
  Searching HN is always the right way to go :-)
- miyuru 5y ago
  if you think its an IPv4 block and provided that you have IPv6 connectivity, try accessing https://ipv6.reddit.com/ https://ipv6.reddit.com/ and see if it works.
creamyhorror 5y ago
It still doesn't work if I switch my user-agent from Firefox to something else. Some other factor? Works in Edge and Chrome. Let's see how long they take to restore the site this time.
- mrandish 5y ago
  Same here, user agent doesn't seem to matter. Issue emerged in the last half hour.
t-writescode 5y ago
Guess I'm getting more work done today
rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
Idem. <body><pre>Blocked</pre></body>

77 points by espadrine 5y ago

I'm seeing the same, just a 403 response with the text "Blocked" Firefox 96.0.1 (64-bit)

They've been introducing all kinds of problems for people using normal browsers on normal computers recently, such as making links non-followable due to random backslash insertions. There's no way they aren't aware of it, billion dollar company etc. I guess my 12 years of Reddit are over; I refuse to use that horrendous Fisher Price abomination - they seem to want to kill off old reddit and turn it into another facebook with gifs and user avatars and whatnot. No thanks.

Narretz 5y ago
Reddit has terrible QA or next to no automated testing it seems. Just recently, on mobile with "new Reddit", the subreddit filter for new posts just wasn't working. Just showed the top posts. If they don't have tests for that after how many years of redesign, then it must be company policy not to test.
- danudey 5y ago
  Also on the mobile app, refreshing my feed results in a bunch of "empty" posts with media but no title. Basically every time, and for ages now. They also took away the "news" tab for a while, but then it came back again (though my wife never lost it). Also, the fact that there's no distinction between viewing a video and looking through the comments, but that accidentally pulling down on the video fullscreens it but the reverse doesn't revert it. Plus, if you pause a video then follow a link in the thread, when you return to the thread the video starts playing again, forcing you to scroll to the top to pause it and likely losing your place. I'm not sure if the reddit developers don't use their own product, or if they just don't give a crap, but either there's no testing going on or the developers aren't capable of fixing problems. Either way, it always makes me laugh when I see a technical blog post about "how we did X" from the Reddit team, the last software engineering team on the planet I would take programming or infrastructure advice from.
BitwiseFool 5y ago
I'm tired of just how blatantly manipulated the frontpage and major subreddits have become. It's nothing but constant agendaposting, ragebaiting, and screenshots of tweets. The oft-touted solution is to just unsubscribe from the default subs and that only helps a little bit. Go to any regional sub or hobbyist subreddit and you will still find mods turning a blind eye to agendaposting and partisan pestering.

brynx97 5y ago

I was really worried I had some sort of IP blocked, especially since I switched to a new static IP last night. On 97.0b3 beta Firefox, disabled all tracking protection, strict privacy settings; same results. Interesting...

vlaxx 5y ago

Here too, Linux Firefox 95.0.2 Fine on Chrome...

r00fus 5y ago

One of the fixes mentioned is to disable http3 in about:config but that doesn't seem to work (macOS12.01/FF96.01) - or was that a different issue?

kderbyma 5y ago

I think it's because Firefox cares about privacy lol

mrandish 5y ago

Fixed for me now...

mwnivek 5y ago

Other, larger discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938544

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LukeBMM 5y ago

I just ran into this myself and came to see if others ran into it. I'm blocked (while logged in, with strict settings and NoScript) on Firefox Developer Edition, but it's working on a relatively default (and not logged in) version of plain old Firefox. { Edit: tried both old and www with the same results. }

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wodenokoto 5y ago
Using standard firefox with container tabs and ublock origin, I cannot visit reddit logged in or out, or with or without ublock disabled in any combination.
- peakaboo 5y ago
  Be thankful, they are showing you what life is like without reddit. Turns out its amazing.

badRNG 5y ago

I was really worried one of my bots had run awry and got my IP banned. Tried different browsers to see what the issue is, and it seems to be a FireFox issue. Googling "Reddit Blocked" doesn't return anything helpful. Searching HN was the right way to go.

Digit-Al 5y ago
Searching HN is always the right way to go :-)
miyuru 5y ago
if you think its an IPv4 block and provided that you have IPv6 connectivity, try accessing https://ipv6.reddit.com/ https://ipv6.reddit.com/ and see if it works.

creamyhorror 5y ago

It still doesn't work if I switch my user-agent from Firefox to something else. Some other factor? Works in Edge and Chrome. Let's see how long they take to restore the site this time.

mrandish 5y ago
Same here, user agent doesn't seem to matter. Issue emerged in the last half hour.

t-writescode 5y ago

Guess I'm getting more work done today

rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago

Idem. <body><pre>Blocked</pre></body>