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Tell HN: Teddit has been de facto shut down

54 points by housemusicfan 3y ago

It appears that Teddit has been effectively shut down via extreme rate limits by Reddit rendering the app unusable. HTTP Error 429 is now returned nearly 100% of the time.

qjx 3y ago
Noticed that too. Ever since i changed my bookmark to teddit, i'm getting the same error. noticed my time spent on reddit drastically decreased because i noticed everytime i get bored i'd go to the bookmark, but then i'd see the 429 error so i close the tab
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jneumann004 3y ago
Same with libreddit. It was fun while it lasted.
bezier-curve 3y ago
I made a user script that alternates between teddit instances on error responses. It's quick and dirty, but does the job. https://pastebin.com/zFJ5nb42 https://pastebin.com/zFJ5nb42
- s777 3y ago
  The Libredirect plugin also redirects to various instances you can select (although not automatically with error responses), both with Teddit/Libreddit and a bunch of other services like Nitter, Invidious, and Anonymous Overflow. (It would actually be cool if this sort of error detecting was added to Libredirect so the user wouldn't have to keep clicking "switch instance" when it gets rate limited.)
zug_zug 3y ago
Too bad. What teddit needs is a way to use the user's ips to call reddit (and then they cache it every 5m), maybe a browser plugin or something.
add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
Better to use recent events as an excuse to get off the site altogether. It had been a crappy habit for a while, so I'm not going to go out of my way to get back into it after I was given the gift of disrupting it.
- dakial1 3y ago
  That has been my strategy as well.
Stephen304 3y ago
I have needed to resort to using reddit to sell some homelab stuff lately and I was pleased to find that the revanced manager patcher has adblock patches for the official reddit app (as well as twitter, which is nice for the occasional visit), not to mention patches for various 3rd party apps that allow you to substitute api keys
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Teddit: alternative Reddit front-end site
darthrupert 3y ago
Would it make sense to scrape reddit (links, not comments) to a dedicated Lemmy service? As a nice transitory thing when enough people haven't yet moved?
- deleted 3y ago
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- slushh 3y ago
  https://lemmit.online/ https://lemmit.online/
dpifke 3y ago
My private instance still works great. It's pretty easy to run your own: https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit My private Nitter instance is also working again after the latest set of changes: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
- arcastroe 3y ago
  Is your private instance behind a login/VPN, or is it open to the public? If open, how long has it been running? I'm considering running one "privately", but am worried about it being "discovered" and abused with unwanted traffic. And setting it behind a VPN seems like a hassle.
  - dpifke 3y ago
    It's behind my firewall/VPN (not publicly accessible). The official instructions use nginx as a reverse proxy. If you don't want to set up something like Wireguard, you can use HTTP basic authentication[0] to make it inaccessible/invisible without a username/password. (You definitely want to also set up certbot[1] for SSL if you go this route.) [0]: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/ https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/c... [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncrypt https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncrypt
    - arcastroe 3y ago
      Thanks for the reply :) logistically, do you have to connect to VPN when you find you want to browse reddit? This is the "hassle" piece I was referring to earlier. Or do you simply always leave your phone and laptop connected to VPN by default?
      - dpifke 3y ago
        I route all of my traffic (especially laptop/mobile, where I'm sometimes connecting to sketchy networks) over a Wireguard VPN to a server I control. Also comes in handy when traveling, for services like Netflix that geoblock you based on your IP address.
I_am_tiberius 3y ago
Get off reddit
appleflaxen 3y ago
Consider r/redditseppuku

54 points by housemusicfan 3y ago

It appears that Teddit has been effectively shut down via extreme rate limits by Reddit rendering the app unusable. HTTP Error 429 is now returned nearly 100% of the time.

qjx 3y ago

Noticed that too. Ever since i changed my bookmark to teddit, i'm getting the same error. noticed my time spent on reddit drastically decreased because i noticed everytime i get bored i'd go to the bookmark, but then i'd see the 429 error so i close the tab

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jneumann004 3y ago

Same with libreddit. It was fun while it lasted.

bezier-curve 3y ago

I made a user script that alternates between teddit instances on error responses. It's quick and dirty, but does the job. https://pastebin.com/zFJ5nb42 https://pastebin.com/zFJ5nb42

s777 3y ago
The Libredirect plugin also redirects to various instances you can select (although not automatically with error responses), both with Teddit/Libreddit and a bunch of other services like Nitter, Invidious, and Anonymous Overflow. (It would actually be cool if this sort of error detecting was added to Libredirect so the user wouldn't have to keep clicking "switch instance" when it gets rate limited.)

zug_zug 3y ago

Too bad. What teddit needs is a way to use the user's ips to call reddit (and then they cache it every 5m), maybe a browser plugin or something.

add-sub-mul-div 3y ago

Better to use recent events as an excuse to get off the site altogether. It had been a crappy habit for a while, so I'm not going to go out of my way to get back into it after I was given the gift of disrupting it.

dakial1 3y ago
That has been my strategy as well.

Stephen304 3y ago

I have needed to resort to using reddit to sell some homelab stuff lately and I was pleased to find that the revanced manager patcher has adblock patches for the official reddit app (as well as twitter, which is nice for the occasional visit), not to mention patches for various 3rd party apps that allow you to substitute api keys

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Teddit: alternative Reddit front-end site

darthrupert 3y ago

Would it make sense to scrape reddit (links, not comments) to a dedicated Lemmy service? As a nice transitory thing when enough people haven't yet moved?

deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
slushh 3y ago
https://lemmit.online/ https://lemmit.online/

dpifke 3y ago

My private instance still works great. It's pretty easy to run your own: https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit My private Nitter instance is also working again after the latest set of changes: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter

arcastroe 3y ago
Is your private instance behind a login/VPN, or is it open to the public? If open, how long has it been running? I'm considering running one "privately", but am worried about it being "discovered" and abused with unwanted traffic. And setting it behind a VPN seems like a hassle.
- dpifke 3y ago
  It's behind my firewall/VPN (not publicly accessible). The official instructions use nginx as a reverse proxy. If you don't want to set up something like Wireguard, you can use HTTP basic authentication[0] to make it inaccessible/invisible without a username/password. (You definitely want to also set up certbot[1] for SSL if you go this route.) [0]: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/ https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/c... [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncrypt https://wiki.debian.org/LetsEncrypt
  - arcastroe 3y ago
    Thanks for the reply :) logistically, do you have to connect to VPN when you find you want to browse reddit? This is the "hassle" piece I was referring to earlier. Or do you simply always leave your phone and laptop connected to VPN by default?
    - dpifke 3y ago
      I route all of my traffic (especially laptop/mobile, where I'm sometimes connecting to sketchy networks) over a Wireguard VPN to a server I control. Also comes in handy when traveling, for services like Netflix that geoblock you based on your IP address.

I_am_tiberius 3y ago

Get off reddit

appleflaxen 3y ago

Consider r/redditseppuku