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Did Reddit start blocking its subdomain-to-subreddit URL scheme?
Any subreddit used to be available at subreddit.reddit.com —> Reddit.com/r/subreddit
I have no idea if it was an advertised or officially supported scheme. And I don’t know what the nature of the URL redirect/rewrite/forwarding was. It was handy for remembering. Now all those links seem to redirect to the main domain.
Old.reddit still works but could go soon if they’re reorganizing schemes/standards.
I actually used that subdomain structure years ago to allow users to select different subset styles for subreddits.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoThey stopped doing that at least 10 years ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317155232/https://news.reddit.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150317155232/https://news.redd...
- JSDevOps 2y agoI never even knew they did this.
- cpach 2y agoI sure hope they won’t take down old.reddit.com. IMHO, Reddit would be unusable without it.
- coldtrait 2y agoEven old reddit is obsolete or breaks in some use cases. There's a new type of link that fails if you're on old reddit. Secondly most new subs and users put all their sidebar and wiki etc in the new design. So I often end up missing things. And another thing is few minor changes in submitting posts. Old reddit is still fine for reading content though.
- hndude 2y agoRecommend you use the Redirector browser plugin (https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/) and create a rule with these options: Redirect: https://*.reddit.com/ https://*.reddit.com/ to: https://old.reddit.com/r/$1 https://old.reddit.com/r/$1 excluding: https://old.reddit.com/ https://old.reddit.com/ Example: https://*.reddit.com/ https://*.reddit.com/ → https://old.reddit.com/r/ https://old.reddit.com/r/* Applies to: Main window (address bar)