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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Redacted@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

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[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 30 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Nice to see Reddit helping contribute to growth in the fediverse.

[–] phineas1134@reddthat.com 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That's what brought me here. And so far I am loving it. Wish I had made the switch long ago.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm on my second account, (got a new phone and couldn't remember my password) but the nice thing is that it doesn't affect anything because it doesn't keep track of votes overall.

[–] phineas1134@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Your username is awesome! I nearly snorted coffee out my nose when I read it.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Haha, thanks! My old one was P00pTart.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I'm not sure we want a lot of the trolls or bots here.. Fortunately, I feel like they'd go to instances which lemmy world is de-federated from fortunately though.

It's fairly obvious in a lot of the local subreddits that there are a huge amount of lobbyists (same as facebook). Like the gun/pro-vaping people posting at 2AM really stand out in them