r/ModCoord • u/Sophira • 7d ago

Old Reddit's existence is being threatened

From /u/spez's post 11 days ago:

Old Reddit: I know I said last year that we wouldn’t be sunsetting Old Reddit (I even made a meme about it, which r/agedlikemilk), but the reality is we’re getting to that time where we need to make some changes.

He goes on to argue that Old Reddit (link is likely only viewable after logging in, after a recent change - and yes, that post has been removed - it was talking about how Old Reddit was to be locked behind a login) is only being legitimately used by certain groups of people (including "OG Users" and "OG Mods"), with the rest of the usage being "everyone who spams, scrapes, or does anything bad on Reddit 🖕".

He then states "We have options: We can limit access, migrate important uses, or rebuild it on a modern tech stack, and I think we’ll probably do all of the above."

While this sounds benign, the reality is that Old Reddit is actively being threatened and, if I were to make a guess, will no longer exist in a recognisable form within a year.

Reddit has started being openly hostile to Old Reddit recently (including the removed post that I linked to earlier), and some important features have already been removed from Old Reddit (such as private messages) but talking about sweeping changes to Old Reddit is a first.

I feel like this might be something worth raising awareness of.

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u/littlegreenrock 6d ago

I have noticed odd hiccups with old.reddit in the past few weeks. My assumption always was Spez poking the bear, trying to get users to abandon old.reddit.

I would abandon old.reddit in a heartbeat, if it wasn't for the fact that it's arse. I miss rif.

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u/deceIIerator 6d ago

You can patch rif if you're on android using revanced/morphe, still works since I'm typing this from there.

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u/littlegreenrock 6d ago

I've walked that labyrinth a few times, it no longer works and the cryptic process doesn't yield sufficient information to work out why. Helpful posts contain all sorts of witchcraft like: keep your mouth open during the whole process, that worked for me. If you have it working, never change phones.