If you try to look at reddit.com/r/nsfw and you’re not logged, you‘ll see now a log in button to see the content of the page. Until yesterday it was just a simple button with I’m over 18 text.
by NowhereMan on 8/12/22, 2:10 PM
On another note, I tried to make a throwaway on `old.reddit.com`. I couldn't find a way to make an account without using an email. I had to manually type in `old.reddit.com/register` to get to a form that would let me not type in an email and even then it wasn't obvious that the email wasn't required.
by nosefrog on 8/12/22, 2:42 PM
I love how Reddit forces you to the mobile app to see NSFW content, but iOS apps aren't supposed to be pornographic...
by bennysomething on 8/12/22, 2:04 PM
Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com
Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically.
Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .
by jamesbfb on 8/12/22, 2:04 PM
Desktop mode on mobile still works fine for me. That said, I really don’t feel like having to login when in incognito mode when I want a cheeky wank in the loo.
by Comevius on 8/12/22, 1:52 PM
They are A/B testing the login requirement at the moment.
Unfortunately logging in is also a nightmare on Reddit, with distracting content continuously flying in your face.
by frakt0x90 on 8/12/22, 1:57 PM
On a related note, on mobile if they try to make you install the app to view some content, you can just "request desktop site" and that will bypass the block. It's annoying and breaks a lot of the formatting for mobile, but if you're just trying to read something or watch a video, it works in a pinch.
by Areibman on 8/12/22, 1:50 PM
Replace `reddit.com` with `teddit.net`. Pages load normally and without ads
by RosanaAnaDana on 8/12/22, 2:33 PM
Can they IPO already so we can short this dying corpse of a company and have new anonymous but social way of sharing news and content?
What I want: a federated, self-hosted/pay-to-play, anonymous, active community.
I've tried mastodon. I never liked twitter and I prefer long form, threaded discussions. Do you want to make the next social media company? Figure out a way to do reddit without needing adds. If you can, FOSS/ federated. Remember when reddit users covered the cost of reddit server time with donations? It can be done.
by mikkergp on 8/12/22, 1:30 PM
Is this in web? It’s been terrible on mobile for a while. I think you have to login and be on the app. Reddit has added nothing but user hostile features over the past few years. It sucks because all things considered Reddit used to feel like a pretty bottom-up non corporate “for the people” type product, that’s almost all gone now.
by bjt2n3904 on 8/12/22, 1:49 PM
It's not just that. If you attempt to view something "spicy" like 3D printed guns on a mobile device, it tries to force you to install the app.
by swayvil on 8/12/22, 2:16 PM
It's another form of information control.
Or maybe call it propaganda. I mean, it's a public conversation. But when you selectively reveal and censor. That's a narrative sculpter.
And of course "sensitive" means whatever reddit wants it to mean.
by swarnie on 8/12/22, 2:03 PM
by obituary_latte on 8/12/22, 2:26 PM
For me this morning I noticed for the first time on iOS Safari it was trying to force me to use the Reddit app to view nsfw content otherwise return to the homepage was the only other option. They're probably a/b testing, but either way, it's an immediate page close for me. As soon as a website starts trying to force me to view their content a certain way, I become 99% less interested. I will just Google whatever it is and find it somewhere else if I want to see it bad enough.
by ss48 on 8/12/22, 2:14 PM
by nathanaldensr on 8/12/22, 1:44 PM
This has been happening for awhile. I'm not sure why sometimes one is able to continue and other times one must logged in. I've chalked it up to Reddit insisting on tracking you (along with their ridiculous "use our app!" BS on mobile browsers).
by metacritic12 on 8/12/22, 2:27 PM
Reddit's corporate masters have basically figured out a user's LTV is way higher on their native app / logged in. Therefore they've degraded public access as much as possible without being called out on it to push people to native.
by xqcgrek2 on 8/12/22, 2:05 PM
It's best to just entirely avoid reddit and other low quality social media.
by the_only_law on 8/12/22, 2:19 PM
They also give idiotic prompts in their UI. Half the time I end up on their mobile site I get a pop up talking about cats and dogs, which I assume is supposed to be a metaphor for the mobile site and app somehow.
by Kiro on 8/12/22, 2:48 PM
Stop abusing Tell HN. It has been like this for ages for many people and it still works for others. Just reddit's regular stupid A/B testing.
by Victerius on 8/12/22, 1:43 PM
Try old.reddit.com instead.
by Eavolution on 8/12/22, 9:46 PM
If you're on android, honestly relay for reddit pro is the best thing I've bought. So glad it was a one time purchase and not a subscription. It's actually a good experience to use too.
by alkonaut on 8/12/22, 1:57 PM
When you want to browse a graphical subreddit just use a Reddit image browser like scrolller. Doesn’t work for commenting/posting though.
old.Reddit works for interacting but the UX on mobile is terrible.
by citizenkeen on 8/12/22, 2:16 PM
Using old.reddit.com, on mobile, you can look at an NSFW subreddit for about... a minute? And then you have to either log in or install the app.
by mouzogu on 8/12/22, 3:04 PM
I have this bug on reddit where it keeps enabling nsfw content. I disable it then next day it's re-enabled.
by robertoandred on 8/12/22, 2:50 PM
Oh I’m sure you’re being logged. It’s a question of if you’re logged in.
by sudden_dystopia on 8/12/22, 2:19 PM
Interesting because I have had this experience for about a year now.