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> Reddit recently blocked access to old.reddit.com for users who are not logged in They haven't for me (just tested before posting this comment), which I reali
by eszed 2mo ago
> Reddit recently blocked access to old.reddit.com for users who are not logged in
They haven't for me (just tested before posting this comment), which I realize might be temporary. Have they published a policy, or did you get caught in A/B testing hell?
- anvuong 2mo agoI was blocked as well, so did my wife. A quick google search shows thousands of complaints on, ironically, Reddit itself. So it's probably not just an A/B test, more likely a gradual rollout.
- johnnyanmac 2mo agoProbably a phased rollout based on region. I was blocked almost a month ago and never got back in.
- rootusrootus 2mo agoThey did publish a policy and announced it a month or so back. Phased rollout, it took a while before it started applying to me. But now I am unable to use old.reddit at all, and I can only use new reddit on a desktop browser - and only for a little while until it covers the content and tells me I have to login to continue. I know why they did this, I get it, but they did me a favor by severely curbing the time I might otherwise waste on their web site. For that I thank them.
- eszed 2mo agoWell, that sucks. Thank you for the information.
- Scaled 2mo agoMy phone is blocked but not my desktop (yet). I guess the upside of reddit selling all that post data to AI firms is I'm not sure I'll really need to use reddit anymore. Which means I'll never login to post since I won't be seeing other threads to distract myself with. Which seems like long term will hurt reddit's future data.
- Eueudhsbsj32 2mo agoI think it's a staged rollout. People were complaining about it a few days, but I didn't get blocked until this morning.