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Goodbye [old].[reddit].[com] (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by DeadNinja@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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For a while Reddit dot com has been blocking my browser since I use a VPN, but old reddit was still functional for me. Although I closed my reddit account just after the API-exodus, I still frequent the niche communities which has hyper-specific topics discussed.

Found to my surprise today that they are now blocking old reddit as well if I use a VPN.

Never thought that [old].[reddit].[com] would one day show that f'kin "Whoa there Pardner" page.

Fuck you spez. Really, fuck you.

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[-] BlueKey@fedia.io 126 points 3 months ago

Which brings me to boil is that they use 'pardner'.
I'm not your pardner in any way. I just wanted to read an aswer in my search results for a quite specific question.

Every time I read this 'whoa there, pardner' I want to scream at my screen that they should shut the fuck up.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 108 points 3 months ago

I’m not your pardner, buddy.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 40 points 3 months ago

I’m not your buddy, friend

[-] SpacemanSpiff@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago

I'm not your friend, pal

[-] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 30 points 3 months ago

I’m not your pal, hombre

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

I’m not your hombre bro.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

I’m not your bro, bruh.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

I'm not your bruh, m8.

[-] johsny@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I’m not your m8, k8

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I'm not your k8, william

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I'm not your willy, zilly

[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I’m not your friend, pal

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

I'm not your friend, pal.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 3 months ago

They've been intermittently blocking anyone with a VPN or any sort of other obfuscated connection. With the IPO finally out, the pressure is now on to milk every possible cent from the site, makes sense they'd go to 100% block now.

A user who browses without providing a complete, intimate user data profile for advertising is literally worth less to reddit than a user that doesn't use the site.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

Same thing happened to me, and I have a dedicated IP with my VPN. Really pissed me off.

Then I thought, wait, what the shit am I doing on reddit anyway? Reddit sucks assballs.

[-] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

Wow, thats actually a pretty big deal. Maybe we can get a few more posters here for reddits bad calls.

[-] neme@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago

sh.reddit.com seems to still work

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

What is sh.reddit.com

[-] neme@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It was meant for testing one of their UI redesigns.

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago

#littlepissbabydesign

[-] ronalicious@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

odd. old.reddit.com is still working for me.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

If you are logged in and on a VPN it works, if you're not logged in and on a VPN it doesn't anymore. This started happening to me about 5 days ago as well.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 11 points 3 months ago

Not logged in, still works for me.

Consider changing your ip/location.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Ditto, not logged in, incognito (so no cookies/history, I know it's not actually incognito), VPN exiting in Canada. old.reddit working fine.

Could also be a staggered rollout thing? VPN/endpoint dependent while they gather data on endpoints?

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 3 months ago

Might also be bots using certain VPN exits.

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not logged in and using Mullvad, and it works fine.

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 15 points 3 months ago

I was wondering why I kept getting this error message the other day when trying to get some context on a technical project at work. I didn't want to believe it. I'm saddened by the end of an era, probably the same way the last few users on Digg felt. Everything sucks...

[-] nailoC5@lemy.lol 5 points 3 months ago

you can still use redlib for now

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago

Started happening for me too. Reddit can pry my data out from my vpn's cold, dead fingers.

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Gotta play the vpn whack-a-moke game if ya wanna keep using old. Changing your exit location a few times usually gets ya in, for a while

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 12 points 3 months ago

Same for me. Sad days my brother

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 11 points 3 months ago

Not sure what VPN you're using, but I found that PIA is blocked, but Proton isn't, as of last week anyway, something could have changed.

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I'm using Mullvad.

[-] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I have mullvad and also browse certain Reddit communities without an account. Some of the servers still get through. If you're using US servers I know there are a few of the NY, Atlanta, and Virginia servers I've been able to get through on. I've also gotten through on some of the West Coast ones but I can't remember which ones, I only remember the last 3 because they were the last ones I trial and error throughed while actually paying attention to which servers I was connecting to instead of picking at random.

[-] Player2@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

One of Mullvad's Switzerland servers worked for me today

[-] MrPibb@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

Surfshark doesn’t seem to be either.

[-] Jontique@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

on ExpressVPN many servers are blocked but if you pick a smaller country like Luxembourg it can work

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

What do you type to eliminate reddit from search results?

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

if your engine supports Boolean Search, you could try "-reddit.com" after your search without the quotes.

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

-site:reddit.com is more explicit. Then you don't block pages that merely mention reddit.com.

Works on Google. Maybe others.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

this happens, but rarely, not dead yet

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 3 months ago

VPN to your router too?

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Privacy Guides has a note on their page about Private frontends:

The Old Reddit website doesn't require as much JavaScript as the new Reddit website does, but it has recently blocked access to IP addresses reserved for public VPNs. You can use Old Reddit in conjunction with the Tor Onion that was launched in October 2022 at https://old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion.

Alternatively you can just use Redlib as described in this post: https://lemmy.world/post/14141628

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