Reddit has said it is working to convince logged-out users to create accounts as logged-in users, which are more lucrative for its business.
By “convince,” they mean:
Popup to automatically sign in with Google
A button right under where you close that popup that shows a QR code to install the app
Bottom bar on mobile telling you to make an account
Clicking an upvote or downvote button instantly sending you to the account signup page, even if clicked by accident
Full-screen popup only on mobile to download the app if you’re accessing anything NSFW (includes posts that simply have too much vulgar language, and are considered “NSFW” in that community, as well as any account page for an account that has ever made an NSFW post)
Yep, that’s what I have to use any time I need to look at a Reddit thread. Although the “fuck spez” comments that people replaced their old comments with definitely make the experience worse… as intended. Good for them.
How useful is a forum if it doesn’t let outsiders comment or post, every useful forum has no limitation like that, I was posting one day into having a lowendtalk account, extremely helpful, was I supposed to lurk for a year before I could get help lol
By “convince,” they mean:
Yes, very convincing, heavily coercive even!
old.reddit still works… And it’s still a far superior experience to the shit they churned after.
Yep, that’s what I have to use any time I need to look at a Reddit thread. Although the “fuck spez” comments that people replaced their old comments with definitely make the experience worse… as intended. Good for them.
It would have been more fun if they pointed out that old.reddit is better, and also a link to RES lol
I love when I’m troubleshooting something, click on a record link from like 2018, and get a modal encouraging me to “join this trending conversation!”
Cant open any unverified communities, which is very arbitrary, any small community now requires the app
That’s part of the enshittification rug pull, they take over as the hub of forums for most of the internet and then gatekeep as a power play.
How useful is a forum if it doesn’t let outsiders comment or post, every useful forum has no limitation like that, I was posting one day into having a lowendtalk account, extremely helpful, was I supposed to lurk for a year before I could get help lol
Just deleted my account I’ve had for the past… six years.
So glad I got banned from that site (Not for anything wrong, I just pissed off the wrong power hungry mods which resulted in a site wide ban.)
Same here. The mods there are just power-hungry wankers.