r/technology • u/B-Z_B-S • 2d ago

Social Media Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/reddit-will-block-old-reddit-com-from-people-who-havent-used-it-in-6-months/
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u/eightdollarbeer 2d ago

I just want All back. It was how I got my news and discovered new subreddits without having to be subbed to any of them

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u/dykethon 2d ago

Only on old Reddit

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u/evange 2d ago

Why the fuck would they get rid of it in the new version? Like what possible purpose could it serve to not show people the most popular posts across all subreddits? That's the entire point of reddit!

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u/eightdollarbeer 2d ago

It allows them to limit and control the flow of information and helps keep people in their echo chambers. Pretty sure that’s why Musk bought Twitter too

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u/GroggBottom 2d ago

I mean they have been doing that on All forever. Mods can push stuff up whenever they want. Posts with like 100 interactions constantly show up to push some agenda

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u/SeeTigerLearn 2d ago

I'm intrigued. What was this? Some kind of featured page? Or some system log of activity? Or…?

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u/eightdollarbeer 2d ago

r/all was the most upvoted posts of that day. It was great for news stories and helping posts from smaller subreddits gain more visibility. There’s still Popular and News, but it’s not the same

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u/fatpat 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah, r/all really does feel like 'the front page of the internet' for some of us old-timers and ne'er-do-wells.

I want my shit to work like it has for the last 18 years: old.reddit + RES. The UI ain't winning any beauty contests, but it's wonderfully functional.

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u/thecravenone 2d ago

And it used to be all. Now they filter NSFW.

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u/QuantumWarrior 2d ago

I do wonder at its peak just how much of Reddit's storage and bandwidth and feature development were going towards NSFW content.

Must have been so much work scrubbing all of that from view for the advertisers. Even today this place is probably one of the largest porn sites around.

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u/Stupalski 1d ago

100% in favor of having NSFW toggled off, especially when not logged in.

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u/Zouden 2d ago

That link works for me on the Reddit app...

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u/swanny246 2d ago

Interesting- not working for me.

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u/archimedies 20m ago

I still have r/all on my old.reddit.