Cleaning up some low-usage features
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Hey folks, Over the next few weeks, we’ll be removing a few old low-usage features from old.reddit.com. These features may be familiar, so we...

It begins…

Found out via this post

Interesting side-note, reddit’s anti-VPN policies and blocking some archivers like ghostarchive.

  • lonelychloe@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 month ago

    They’ve already outlined their general plan for removing old.reddit. It was buried in the middle of an announcement post like 2 years ago. It’s just a matter of time and usage at this point. This is probably a slow creep method.

    It’s sad to see something so much time has been dedicated to, become shit. I guess it was like building sandcastles, afterall.

  • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Remember when Reddit said they wouldn’t touch old.reddit?

    People understand they can just leave that site, right?

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I wish more people would leave and bring their niches over here. There’s still so many things missing on Lemmy.

      • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I feel you. Really miss 40klore and an endless stream of bunny pictures. The only two things I miss on Lemmy. Everything else I care about arrived or is arriving.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        0·
        1 month ago

        I’m not sure there are enough people who would be interested in my niche hobbies (locomotives and outdoor warning sirens) to warrant communities for either lol. Trains maybe, definitely not the other.