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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[-] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 117 points 10 months ago

Completely stopped using Reddit since they blocked third party apps in July 2023. I never accessed Reddit through other channels than smartphone.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 60 points 10 months ago

Exactly. This wasn't a protest as far as I'm concerned. They shut me out. So I no longer visit reddit or moderate any of my subreddits. It's that simple

[-] QubaXR@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Yup. Both the desktop website and the official app are garbage UX. With no third party app option, I could not use Reddit even if I wanted to.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

old.reddit is still usable, but I've also pretty much stopped using reddit since the blackout.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

You can still get to the compact interface with /.i on the end of the URL. But they are making it harder and harder to not use their terrible default interface, which is clearly focused on ad delivery not UX.

[-] QubaXR@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

None of the Reddit interfaces were ever any good IMHO. The service was only usable thanks to third party readers that redefined its user experience. Without them it's about as pleasant as gopher.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Oh compact was just right for me. Fast and mobile friendly and not loads of space taken by pictures.

[-] soupuos@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

RedReader on mobile still works. You can find it in the fdroid app store. There's also rtv for a terminal reddit client on the desktop.

[-] Konstant@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wait, how is it still working?

[-] greencactus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Just FYI, I can still access Reddit through the Infinity app on F-Droid on Android. I don't have a clue why or how, but it works.

[-] fifisaac@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Same, my version of boost still works for some reason. No idea why but it's useful if I'm trying to search for something

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 2 points 10 months ago

That's why I'm here too 🤝

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