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Nowadays the reddit engineers perverted the link system for old reddit users. New reddit users link to posts using a syntax that for old reddit users returns th

by asdff 3y ago

Nowadays the reddit engineers perverted the link system for old reddit users. New reddit users link to posts using a syntax that for old reddit users returns the submit a new post page. Also, just to twist the knife further, old reddit users can't open full resolution images hosted on reddit anymore. Click a link and you get thrown to this url: https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/media/nice_hat/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Flgvaz37c21vc1.png https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/media/nice_hat/?url=...

gloryjulio 3y ago
You can still view the the full sized image by click and open it in a different tab. It's a bit of hassle but at least it works
- harimau777 3y ago
  At least for me that doesn't work. It still opens Reddit's weird view image page.
- Havoc 3y ago
  They broke that too. Links to image just redirect to the Reddit UI for me Saving it still gets full res though..for now anyway
  - mfjordvald 3y ago
    You can bypass that by customising your accept header. There's a Chrome extension that does it for you https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-load-images-direct/fpimmmjbglpnlpbfikgekaaeinminolo?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-load-images-...
legohead 3y ago
I use RES and haven't had any problems opening images or videos... actually, I've noticed they load really slowly, often times I can watch the image loading like it was 56k days. I wonder if that's because I'm using old reddit+RES.
chimeracoder 3y ago
> Also, just to twist the knife further, old reddit users can't open full resolution images hosted on reddit anymore. Click a link and you get thrown to this url: Do you use RES? If so, try updating it to the latest version and see if this still happens.
interroboink 3y ago
Here's an explanation: https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/15kwhgy/why_is_every_image_link_i_click_on_directing_me/jvgsg29/ https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/15kwhgy/why_is_every_... It's not due to RES, as I understand it. Rather, redirection to "old.reddit...". Maybe RES does that too, but often it is a separate extension. EDIT: One fix is to change the request headers, to not accept HTML (only images). More info here: https://old.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/138xrw4/ireddit_links_send_me_to_a_get_the_app_page_with/jj3x3z2/ https://old.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/138xrw4/ireddit_links...
im3w1l 3y ago
I just find it hilarious that old.reddit is one version, new.reddit is another, and www.reddit is yet another.
- asdff 3y ago
  Just a few years ago they had i.reddit.com as well, which I loved as a mobile interface to be honest...
  - theschmed 3y ago
    It’s still available if you append /.i to a www.reddit.com URL
    - asdff 3y ago
      As in: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.i https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.i ? Didn't work for me.
- luckman212 3y ago
  yeah new.reddit is the only one that exposes the notification bell so you can subscribe to post replies, apparently. WTF
MathMonkeyMan 3y ago
I use this [extension][1] with firefox. It makes "open image in new tab" actually open the image in a new tab. [1]: https://github.com/nopperl/load-reddit-images-directly https://github.com/nopperl/load-reddit-images-directly
szszrk 3y ago
I literally have no idea how to open a large image on new reddit. I tried. The least amount od clicks I know to actually see it uncropped is 3 and it does full page redirects on each of them. Maybe it's ad blocker or something... Don't care anymore. I started using both old and new reddit at the same time. Old one also has working notifications... It's such a shitshow. I have no replacement for it, but combined with mobile app I've cut my usage by 95%. Barely post and reply anymore, stopped wiki edits and so on.
neuralRiot 3y ago
Old.reddit doesn’t work anymore on private browsing without log-in. This was the last staw for me, I deleted 3 15-year old accounts at the beginning of 2024, now I don’t even visit it by mistake.

by asdff 3y ago

gloryjulio 3y ago

You can still view the the full sized image by click and open it in a different tab. It's a bit of hassle but at least it works

harimau777 3y ago
At least for me that doesn't work. It still opens Reddit's weird view image page.
Havoc 3y ago
They broke that too. Links to image just redirect to the Reddit UI for me Saving it still gets full res though..for now anyway
- mfjordvald 3y ago
  You can bypass that by customising your accept header. There's a Chrome extension that does it for you https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-load-images-direct/fpimmmjbglpnlpbfikgekaaeinminolo?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-load-images-...

legohead 3y ago

I use RES and haven't had any problems opening images or videos... actually, I've noticed they load really slowly, often times I can watch the image loading like it was 56k days. I wonder if that's because I'm using old reddit+RES.

chimeracoder 3y ago

> Also, just to twist the knife further, old reddit users can't open full resolution images hosted on reddit anymore. Click a link and you get thrown to this url: Do you use RES? If so, try updating it to the latest version and see if this still happens.

interroboink 3y ago

Here's an explanation: https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/15kwhgy/why_is_every_image_link_i_click_on_directing_me/jvgsg29/ https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/15kwhgy/why_is_every_... It's not due to RES, as I understand it. Rather, redirection to "old.reddit...". Maybe RES does that too, but often it is a separate extension. EDIT: One fix is to change the request headers, to not accept HTML (only images). More info here: https://old.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/138xrw4/ireddit_links_send_me_to_a_get_the_app_page_with/jj3x3z2/ https://old.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/138xrw4/ireddit_links...

im3w1l 3y ago

I just find it hilarious that old.reddit is one version, new.reddit is another, and www.reddit is yet another.

asdff 3y ago
Just a few years ago they had i.reddit.com as well, which I loved as a mobile interface to be honest...
- theschmed 3y ago
  It’s still available if you append /.i to a www.reddit.com URL
  - asdff 3y ago
    As in: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.i https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.i ? Didn't work for me.
luckman212 3y ago
yeah new.reddit is the only one that exposes the notification bell so you can subscribe to post replies, apparently. WTF

MathMonkeyMan 3y ago

I use this [extension][1] with firefox. It makes "open image in new tab" actually open the image in a new tab. [1]: https://github.com/nopperl/load-reddit-images-directly https://github.com/nopperl/load-reddit-images-directly

szszrk 3y ago

I literally have no idea how to open a large image on new reddit. I tried. The least amount od clicks I know to actually see it uncropped is 3 and it does full page redirects on each of them. Maybe it's ad blocker or something... Don't care anymore. I started using both old and new reddit at the same time. Old one also has working notifications... It's such a shitshow. I have no replacement for it, but combined with mobile app I've cut my usage by 95%. Barely post and reply anymore, stopped wiki edits and so on.

neuralRiot 3y ago

Old.reddit doesn’t work anymore on private browsing without log-in. This was the last staw for me, I deleted 3 15-year old accounts at the beginning of 2024, now I don’t even visit it by mistake.