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Old Reddit Is Down

46 points by aaws11 4y ago

aaws11 4y ago
Seems like old.reddit.com is experiencing problems. Shows message: > Our CDN was unable to reach our servers > Please check www.redditstatus.com if you consistently get this error. However, according to the status page everything should be operational.
MattGaiser 4y ago
I get "something went wrong" for my user page with the new Reddit as well.
Nexxxeh 4y ago
I've been getting this too (in the UK), but if I access the horrible new interface, the same page will then load if I go via old. So if when I just clicked on this URL, it won't work: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... But if I went to this one first: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... ... THEN this one works: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... works.
- sogen 4y ago
  And seems they removed from the Settings page the option to use the old version! Cant find it anywhere
  - Nexxxeh 4y ago
    It's under beta features at the bottom of the page for me, I had to untick "Default to new GUI" or something. It wasn't intuitive, but it was there.
jonatron 4y ago
Use a teddit instance: https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
- jonas-w 4y ago
  Or libreddit https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Does teddit have the ability to cache and backfill reddit content in your own storage system?
whalesalad 4y ago
The API is down too.
3836293648 4y ago
I got a few reddit is down a while back, but it's back now
burna_aws_acct 4y ago
Second time this month...
legrande 4y ago
If `old.reddit.com` goes down forever I will be very disappoint. New Reddit doesn't work with JS disabled, and I enjoy surfing with JS disabled because I enjoy the privacy benefits.
- paulusthe 4y ago
  New reddit also looks like as ass on anything not mobile
- SilverBirch 4y ago
  I hate to be the party pooper but I think I know when they'll do it. Reddit has been desparate to IPO for years now. They're not going to do anything to shit on engagement in the run up to that, but 6 months post-IPO I think it's innevitable that there's going to be a discussion along the lines of "Why are we torturing our devs maintaining this old interface we can't monetize" and they'll finally can it. Obviously anyone who actually contributes to reddit is using old.reddit and so the quality will go off a cliff, and reddit will slowly slip down the toilet, but only after they've dumped it on the open markets.
interestica 4y ago
Site is working in Incognito but not for logged-in instance for whatever that's worth. CDN issue?
znpy 4y ago
if old.reddit.com gets retired definitely i'm either switching to some kind of self-hosted ui or i'm leaving reddit definitively. no way i'm using that smoking pile of shit that's the new reddit ui.

46 points by aaws11 4y ago

Seems like old.reddit.com is experiencing problems. Shows message: > Our CDN was unable to reach our servers > Please check www.redditstatus.com if you consistently get this error. However, according to the status page everything should be operational.

MattGaiser 4y ago

I get "something went wrong" for my user page with the new Reddit as well.

Nexxxeh 4y ago

I've been getting this too (in the UK), but if I access the horrible new interface, the same page will then load if I go via old. So if when I just clicked on this URL, it won't work: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... But if I went to this one first: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... ... THEN this one works: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_forbes_having_a_child_outside_marriage_is/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1183dib/kate_fo... works.

sogen 4y ago
And seems they removed from the Settings page the option to use the old version! Cant find it anywhere
- Nexxxeh 4y ago
  It's under beta features at the bottom of the page for me, I had to untick "Default to new GUI" or something. It wasn't intuitive, but it was there.

jonatron 4y ago

Use a teddit instance: https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit

jonas-w 4y ago
Or libreddit https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit
toomuchtodo 4y ago
Does teddit have the ability to cache and backfill reddit content in your own storage system?

whalesalad 4y ago

The API is down too.

3836293648 4y ago

I got a few reddit is down a while back, but it's back now

burna_aws_acct 4y ago

Second time this month...

legrande 4y ago

If `old.reddit.com` goes down forever I will be very disappoint. New Reddit doesn't work with JS disabled, and I enjoy surfing with JS disabled because I enjoy the privacy benefits.

paulusthe 4y ago
New reddit also looks like as ass on anything not mobile
SilverBirch 4y ago
I hate to be the party pooper but I think I know when they'll do it. Reddit has been desparate to IPO for years now. They're not going to do anything to shit on engagement in the run up to that, but 6 months post-IPO I think it's innevitable that there's going to be a discussion along the lines of "Why are we torturing our devs maintaining this old interface we can't monetize" and they'll finally can it. Obviously anyone who actually contributes to reddit is using old.reddit and so the quality will go off a cliff, and reddit will slowly slip down the toilet, but only after they've dumped it on the open markets.

interestica 4y ago

Site is working in Incognito but not for logged-in instance for whatever that's worth. CDN issue?

znpy 4y ago

if old.reddit.com gets retired definitely i'm either switching to some kind of self-hosted ui or i'm leaving reddit definitively. no way i'm using that smoking pile of shit that's the new reddit ui.