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I haven’t read a Reddit page since I switched from Protonvpn to Mullvadvpn.
Reddit seems to allow Proton but blocks Mullvad.
Another reason to appreciate Mullvad.
Try an alternative fronted like redlib.catsarch.com for when you really need to view the page. Unfortunately, there is still too much valuable info there, which is surfaced by search engines
They only block some Mullvad servers, if I hit the change location button once or twice I always get through. At least on Swedish servers which I usually use.
Apart from when search engines take me there, I stopped Reddit cold turkey the moment they started giving warnings simply for upvoting comments that are hostile towards billionaires.
I’ll give Sweden a try. I mostly use Canada. Thanks.
finally? since they unilaterally banned people with no ability to appeal because they cant be bothered to “hear all the appeals” its been dead since they use AI moderation. i think thier ban affected the site enough that bots have been the mostly source of “engagement” now.
FWIW I get that pop up on my iphone, but it goes away and proceeds to the site using Safari.
it also seems to work on incognito with firefox
I’ve been seeing this for a long time now, as they blocked VPN and anonymous access, so I use a combination of cached pages and libredirect if I really want to bother going there.
They did that about a year or so after I blocked reddit via DNS. No idea why, I don’t use a VPN for reddit, and I hadent given them any traffic outside the once and awhile checking a tech support post, but something about my network triggered it.
No big loss.
I’ve hit that and just switched IPs on the same VPN. The other VPN I use has never hit the screen.
I always thought that once I moved here, I might still visit reddit but I almost never do. And much of the reason is those fucking stupid cartoon mascots. "snoo"s iirc? FML.
reddit blocks people who use vpns, or will shadowban you if it somehow evades this page. they are too aware of it now. new devices, proxies, anti-detect browsers+ proxy intergration, new browser, fingerprinting are usually the only other way of getting around it(this method can be pricey if intend to make money off of reddit). apparently some vpns do get through reddit, but you probably shouldnt use the cheap or free ones, or the highly abused ones.
That’s why I just left. You can use the redirect to old Reddit extension, but this is just so fucking dumb.
It’s like an extra step, to get access to their ads too. No idea why anyone was paying for ads on Reddit before, but seems more pointless now
Problem is that it’s still where so many people are. It’s honestly such a shame that more people won’t move to lemmy… Because in comparison there’s barely anyone here. And the only reason these kinds of websites are useful is that there’s a lot of people on them
I feel ya.
I know, I know, reddit sucks ass. I’ve been using firefox with ublock to read the best ofs for the unquenchable need for bullshit drama in my life.
But now it’s not just a pop up saying to use the app, but a full ass unpassable thing. Old Reddit still works, but that’s just another step for something that’s already so not worthwhile.
Welp…
It’s really bad when you start to see how many bots and astroturfing there is. Accounts with thousands of posts a year stirring up shit in all the contentious threads.
Reddit perma banned me because I commented that someone should “yeet that dude (the ceo of palintir) into space” because he wants war crimes to be legal because it would be better for business.
I got permabanned for trying to evade a temp ban with a name of every-aita-mods-an-incel.
They got in their feelings about that one…
Reddit doesn’t like my VPN, so for the times when it comes up in my search or a buddy sends me something from there I have an extension in firefox now to redirect reddit links to redlib.
It’s called libredirect. It’s got a bunch of sites so you can avoid most of those shitty pop-ups if you set them up.
I’ve been only using reddit on my phone in desktop mode on old reddit. The new reddit and the mobile interface was always trash.
Anyone else still there? Hopefully they stay there if they’re trolls and trilobites (I don’t know what that means in this context)
I mod my city’s subreddit and Colonial Williamsburg. And that’s it.
I’m not like actively there but an example, for me, is that I just watched the Hateful Eight and thought it’d be nice to see what others said about it and the main links were Reddit and they hard pushed me to the app. All the other links had ads that actively blocked me from reading the article.
I watched the parody version. The ridiculous 6.
I thought you were making a joke – holy shit it’s real.
And its a good movie too.
I thought they were both sorta parodies of the magnificent seven / seven samurai?
No one in my real life left reddit. Reddit and Facebook are the only ones with active communities for many of my games and interests. I avoid it, but yes, it’s quite active and is now the only relevant search result on recent news and strategies.
That’s sad news. Its a simple decision. Just stop going to reddit.
I never used reddit until one day. And then I stopped sometime later. It may sound ridiculous but its as simple as just logging out and starting a new elsewhere.
Yeah. I deleted my account during the API fiasco. I stopped surfing there entirely. I guess there’s also Discord communities that cover gaming bases too, but I struggle with that UI/organizer presentation when it comes to trying to find the right place for the info I need. So take your pick: Facebook, reddit, discord. They’re all apparently on the same slippery slope. Classic forums are dead (and no doubt the photo bucket debacle of 2017 pushed that).
But the cool thing is my life get suddenly busier around the same time I kicked reddit, and now I just don’t have that kind of time to get into hobbies deep enough to really need those places. Cool. [sad trombone sounds]
Majority of the posts on the popular subreddots are written by bots.
the subs that allow pictures, and screenshots, and videos are the most obvious. you can tell they are reposting but they try to obscure when the "tweet’ was posted by blacking out the date/time.
Don’t get me started on the powermods. How to go on power trips online to distract from how much of absolute losers they are IRL. I used to know some of them back in my reddit days and holy hell they are some of the most insufferable fuckwits you’d ever interact with
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
