1069
Reddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappoints (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
476 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 61 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Don't forget that you can't use VPN now, use the web version on mobile, and most accounts gets banned as soon as they are created by the automod.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 46 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    You also cannot view it without being logged in now. Which gets a groan from everyone in chat when a friend shares a Reddit link.

    I have no clue why they decided chasing off users and being less useful was somehow going to help them. Particularly when they were the place to go for huge segments of the population.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You can still browse anonymously with red reader. Suggest getting it off f-Droid, but it's also on the play store. No iPhone version though.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Firefox (including the one on Android) has extension called libredirect which... redirects to those privacy oriented frontends for lurking.

    I was heavily addicted to Reddit and I'm glad they allowed me gradually get off of it with the API (never installed their app) and now blocking read only access (which made me use libredirect).

    Given that content quality is also degrading I never felt urge to to use the app, now I don't log in (using the lurking portals makes it more disruptive to leave a comment, I always log in using private tab) and I suspect I eventually will stop using even that (there's only few subreddits that I am still interested in).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    You can without being logged in, but not old reddit. If you’re getting the “join the most alive place on the net” (lol) popup, ublock has optional anti-annoyance filters that fix it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Is that pop-up on the "new" Reddit?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Yeeeh. There’s a “oh you gotta log in” pop up on “new” reddit now, and old reddit makes you log in. Site’s gone to shit

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 28 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Just within the last week or so old.reddit.com was effectively disabled and stopped working. (I think it might work if you log in, but i quit doing that 3 years ago). It was a nice resource and it’s said that it’s such a shell of what it was. Right when the internet is really needing human voices too

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    They are only doing one segment of users at a time and I'm guessing their metrics are telling them 90% of those users don't play ball and just stop visiting. I'm guessing they might go back on it in a bit.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Doubtful. It was inevitable that they would do that eventually.

    Users using old.reddit are undoubtedly the least valuable users.

    They wouldn't turn it off for everyone all at once in order to avoid creating a large number of upset users all at once.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    They fingerprint your device, if you get a new phone or reset i (you can restore, just logout on safari and clear cache, use a new user, etc. google automatically logging me back in to an alt that got banned alongside my main got it banned) I'd just quit and find better hobbies, reddit feels like it isn't a waste of time but it really is.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Yeah it is a waste of time and I have been seeing that more since switching back to the fediverse.

    Also thanks to the mods of /r/worldnews for helping kick my reddit checking addiction since I got banned and keep getting flagged as ban evasion lmaoooo

    Fuck spez and etcetera

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •