Reddit now blocks signed out VPN connections. : technology

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 686 points 11 months ago

Who cares. Reddit is dead to me, and spez murdered it.

Reddit was amazing. I will always enjoy and fondly remember what it was like before Spez fucked up one of the most reputable cultures and brands in internet history. Fuck that guy... just... what a fucking shithead to destroy something so wonderful.

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 134 points 11 months ago

I just wanna look at memes, cats, and news and hang out in the comment section without being exposed to ads, is that too much to ask?I hope their IPO sucks and they get shorted i to oblivion while they bleed off users month over month, because thats whats going to happen if they keep pulling this sort of stuff.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

when is the IPO (what is an ipo) happening? i want to see their stock graph fall and jerk off to it

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

I dunno there have been rumours that their IPO is just around the corner for years now, idk how they justify it reddit just isn't set up for that sort of growth model. Its users (at least before all the nonsense) I'd say are on average more likely to use 3rd party apps, ad blockers and not engage with the kind of activity that normally creates revinue (thats frankly why I'm here I'm a reddit refugee from appolo). My guess is all this activity is prep for going public but I just can't see it going well.

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 95 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

12 years that place was more of my life then i care to admit. constantly scrolling.

....honestly i should thank him for breaking that addiction

[-] OneShotLido@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

This is one of the things I like about Lemmy. I can scroll through and be done in 10-20 minutes. More if I want, but otherwise, the rest of the day is mine for the taking. It's like I've escaped and reclaimed my time.

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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 77 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It’s going to take years, but Lemmy will kill Reddit. People like authenticity. Reddit will lose authenticity as it antagonizes its user base through its monetization efforts.

A core group of people who value that authenticity above all else migrated after Reddit betrayed its values this past summer. They will be the early adopters of this brand new community. It’s happened before on the internet. People hate bullshit. They want to connect with real people that have good intentions and are good faith contributors, free of the influence of investors trying to monetize those relationships.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 33 points 11 months ago

My bar isn't set too high to beat Reddit.

I'd be perfectly happy if we have small but thriving communities spread throughout the fediverse on a diverse set of niche topics.

We're in a good place for memes, star trek, and general discussion, niche content still has ways to go.

But to those people that are trying and posting to niche communities, I see you and I appreciate you!

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[-] Sho@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago

Couldn't have said it better myself, haven't been back once since I joined Lemmy and I never will.

[-] OneShotLido@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

I only go back when there's an answer to a DDG search. There's so much valuable information there, but as time goes by, that will change and the answers will become less accurate. In ten years, it'll be a graveyard.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

The issue is, that a lot of Google searches lead to reddit

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly you took the words right out of my mouth. I literally could not have said it better myself. I hate that man, and his company for what they did to one of my absolute favourite pieces of the Internet. Reddit will live in on history, because I sure as hell won't go there anymore.

Reddit will keep making horrible decision after horrible decision, completing the process of enshitification, until they slowly piss off their remaining userbase one by one until they have nothing left and go the way of Digg. It's gonna take a long time because people hate change, but they usually hate bullshit more than that and everyone has a breaking point.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 11 months ago

Don't just blame Spez...that what the board wants you to strawman.

Blame the board as well

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[+] nobleshift@lemmy.world 232 points 11 months ago

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[-] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

This is very apt.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 145 points 11 months ago

Lemmy is getting better and better at an exponential rate. I still use Reddit but eventually I expect to fully be on Lemmy.

[-] dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.world 120 points 11 months ago

I just quit cold turkey and moved to lemmy fulltime. I miss some communities but whatev, its no biggie.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

There's too many answers over the past decade to abandon reddit completely. Most google searches for specific questions go back to Reddit.

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[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 129 points 11 months ago

Translation: If we can't track you, you're of no interest to us.

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[-] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 126 points 11 months ago

Weekly reminder that the best way to tell them off is to donate to the Lemmy developers, even 1 dollar is no doubt appreciated. Tell reddit off by using their competitor and paying for it.

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[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 91 points 11 months ago

What's Reddit?

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 81 points 11 months ago

On a second thought, let's not go to Reddit, tis a silly place.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 84 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

change your user agent to "fuck reddit and fuck you spez v. 1.2.45"

[-] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

v23.6.12

[-] crsu@lemmy.world 62 points 11 months ago

Reddit is the new digg

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

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[-] Chozo@kbin.social 57 points 11 months ago

I get this even when signed in. Reddit really doesn't like VPNs at all these days.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 48 points 11 months ago

Advertisers probably don't like an anonymous user base.

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[-] lightnegative@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago

If I was going to r/FortNiteBR, I'd be using private browsing mode on mobile firefox too

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[-] centof@lemm.ee 41 points 11 months ago

Change the url to old. instead of www. and you can bypass it.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 45 points 11 months ago

I love that this is the solution to all the logged-out user crap they've pulled lately.

Alas, I suspect it means they will drop old. in the near future.

[-] centof@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It also works with nsfw content they put behind an appwall.

YoU HaVe tO UsE tHe ApP To ViEw ThIs CoNteNt.

STFU with that BS.

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 35 points 11 months ago

I think there is something there to start a conversation about how messed up the Internet is these days.

Walls are being placed up all over. Security teams are always freaking out and checks that charge the guest are being put up just to track people going in and out.

I think we have finally hit the breaking threshold of everyone getting online and gated communities are the only way people want to exist in the web now. I mean how many times has Lemmy been DDOS'd already on several instances. Scrapers are everywhere trying to steal data for any and all purposes.

As much as we may not like it for people that want a pleasant experience without effort entrance tickets might actually need to start being made to let people into the world's largest circus we ever made.

[-] Marsey_Enjoyer@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago

Works for me 😎

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[+] crackajack@reddthat.com 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

Seems like Spez & Co finally started figuring out just how much their traffic skews to porn seekers, and is useless to advertisers. Last ditch effort to get relevant user info and metrics to sell.

[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

old.reddit.com still works (for now..).

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 27 points 11 months ago

The only time I use reddit instead of Lemmy now is when I want to read discussion of TV shows I just watched.

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[+] MagneticFusion@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Wtf are they doing?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 61 points 11 months ago

They are trying to force researchers and other data grabbers onto the API. If people can scrape the website Reddit can't charge them

[-] sus@programming.dev 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Considering it took this long for them to figure out "empty user agent means it is a bot" and "well-known vpn may be used by bots", and old.reddit still apparently bypassing this, I'm going to guess they are not going to have much success.

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