Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers : reddit

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023

121 points (99.2% liked)

13434 readers

3 users here now

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

121

Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

41 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Crossgeposted von: https://lemmy.world/post/57306

As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fhelp%2Fcomments%2F135tly1%2Fhelpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access%2Fjim40zg%2F

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not gonna lie, watching reddit burn down is kinda exciting, I will miss reddit, but its time to leave for greener pastures

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm saving my popcorn for when they take over all the shutdown subs and kick out all their mods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I read this insane "well, Reddit admins will just reopen all the closed subs and things will just keep going like before." And I just can't stop thinking about what a shit show some of those big (and all ready quite toxic) will become. You can't just swap out a group of people to moderate million+ subreddits. It's all just toxic, racist memes all the way from now on.

And tons of nice niche subs will also go down in flames. Kinda sad, tbh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I kind of feel the same about twitter, but it is not completely dead yet. I probably need to get some more popcorn.