• NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    People getting sick and tide of Reddit. TBH I’m still salty over them killing 3rd party apps and I’m so glad they did because that drew the line for me, also fuck spez.

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        2 months ago

        Without anonymity it is in fact pointless. Pseudo anonymity is extremely useful I basically won’t go anywhere without it. That’s definitely a feature we should advertise to people, you can actually be anonymous

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          2 months ago

          I think they’re referring to the fact that you no longer can create accounts without using an email address. You were able to use a UI loophole to do it before via Old Reddit, but no more.

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        2 months ago

        They seem to be blocking access from certain IPs and VPNs (if not logged in?) Which is funny because some of these VPNs are not really hiding anything. Like my work VPN which I would think makes it pretty obvious which company I work for. Annoying when search results link to reddit content.

        • Hubi@feddit.org
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          2 months ago

          You can use this script with a browser addon like Tampermonkey to get around the sign-in requirement:

          // ==UserScript==
          // @name         reddit - unblock (create cookie and reload)
          // @namespace    Violentmonkey Scripts
          // @match        *://*.reddit.com/*
          // @grant        none
          // @version      2024-01-08
          // @noframes
          // @license      MIT License
          // @description  for "Blocked" "whoa there, pardner!" cowboy bs
          // ==/UserScript==
          /* thanks: https://www.reddit.com/r/mullvadvpn/comments/18jbxb2 */
          if (document.title === "Blocked") {
            document.cookie="reddit_session=;Domain=.reddit.com;Path=/;Expires=;Secure=true;SameSite=None";
            window.location.reload();
          }
          
        • Thales@sh.itjust.works
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          2 months ago

          This what infuriates me the most.

          I use a VPN (because my government is insane) and i get a “security warning” if I visit any Reddit post (even old Reddit).

          All they’re doing is building a moat around OUR content we created.

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      2 months ago

      Same, it was over for me when they took Boost away thankfully Boost pivoted to Lemmy lol

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      2 months ago

      I’ll still check sometimes on Reddit when I’m at my desk if I feel like it and I’ve got time, so like barely anymore.

      When 3rd party apps died I moved here.

      After them saying that if you upvote enough banned content you’ll get banned, I’m just waiting to catch ban over there.

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        2 months ago

        i still lurk a lot. i have a rule against posting there though… which admittedly i did break recently, but only to plug lemmy. otherwise no posts/comments there in two years

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          2 months ago

          I think since coming over here I’ve done like 2 dozen comments and a handful of posts (on Reddit), but considering I used to post and comment as much as I do here but over there I’d say that’s a lot of progress.

          I’ve done over 3k comments and over 3 hundred posts here since joining in June of 2023.

      • MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Use Reddit Enhancement Suite. You’ll thank me later.

        makes red it much more usable and easy on the eyes.

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          2 months ago

          I used it for awhile (I’ve been on Reddit for about 13 years)

          Honestly though pulling more away from social media is good for my mental health. And making the experience more abrasive so it’s less of a passive thing is good.

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      2 months ago

      Reddit has become very strange.

      Shadowbanning sucks when your on the other side of it.

      Forever mods that have hundreds of default subreddits act like dictators. Banning people from all their collections of subreddits without anyone knowing.

      Removing the ability for users to see actual number of votes up/down.

      And now with the whole “don’t upvotes certain content or you will get a strike”. Never mind that isn’t how the site works at all.

      They haven’t come out with a feature that people have wanted in the last couple of years.

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        2 months ago

        It’s been a while since I’ve been on and everything I’m hearing is that it just keeps getting worse. Eventually it’ll be completely unusable and probably shudder but by then the real conversation will have moved elsewhere

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        2 months ago

        Getting rid of coins/rewards just to empty everyone’s stock and then bringing them back again without 1:1 compensation and forgetting everyone who gave their coins away before they would vanish