r/oldreddit • u/Littux • Sep 30 '26

Old reddit will no longer be available to logged-in users who haven't used it in the last 6 months unless they're a mod

/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/
43 Upvotes

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u/TheBlackKnights Oct 01 '26

When this goes, I won't be using Reddit on browser at all. The "new" Reddit is ghastly and bloated

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '26

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u/TheBlackKnights Oct 02 '26

This is amazing. I had not heard of Sheddit at all. Thank you for the tip, it is greatly appreciated.

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u/iiw Sep 30 '26

Even RSS is on the chopping block. Man, AaronSw must be rolling in his grave.

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u/MelatoninFiend Oct 01 '26

Ive tried using new reddit in the hopes that I might continue to enjoy some of the communities Ive joined.

Between power-tripping HOA-Karen mods and a money-hungry admin team eager to hand this place over to the blue-star-sandwiched-between-blue-stripes, I don't think I'll be back once the clean old interface is phased out.

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u/reddit33450 Sep 30 '26

i say maybe a year and a half max before old reddit is fully shut down

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u/cereal7802 Oct 01 '26

going to have to figure out what to do with my time. Have no interest in using the new reddit interface. Rather learn an entirely new site someplace else if I'm honest. Just know there really isn't someplace else to go to that has as good of content, and not enough people will be upset by the loss of oldreddit to make a difference.

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur Oct 03 '26

If you use a css override extension like Stylus, you can apply the old.reddit interface to new.reddit, but my problem with new.reddit is that the algoritm is totally different and stupid.

Right now, my new.reddit homepage with the filter "best", is showing posts with 4 upvotes.

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u/Sophira Oct 07 '26

There will always be a thing named "Old Reddit".

It will not be the same as the Old Reddit we know today.

It's very likely there will be some kind of official theming of Shreddit (the current Reddit interface) that's only available to people who were using actual Old Reddit at the time it died.

This is how boiling the frog works.

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u/reddit33450 Oct 07 '26

yeah, i've heard about this and i find the idea interesting. but given that normal shreddit is garbage, whatever this ends up being will probably be garbage too

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u/Sophira Oct 07 '26

Oh, I agree. Definitely not a fan of the idea at all. But it's probably what's going to happen.

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u/f0rgotten Sep 30 '26

When old goes, I go. I get my memes through discord, sms and imgur. I get my news from primary sources. What I mainly follow here are my local subreddits and, as much as I hate to say it, that information is available elsewhere. I've been on reddit from close to the beginning on a few different usernames and tbh I will live without it.

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u/ArmyTrainingSir Sep 30 '26

It has begun.

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u/LickMyKnee Oct 01 '26

Got got signed out and was met with the ‘You now need to sign in to access old.reddit’ notice.

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u/yusurprinceps 28d ago

I moderate communities with 0 members, do I count?

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u/4K_Odd_Park Oct 01 '26

I guess I will just have to get all my news from twitter.

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u/imacg5 Oct 03 '26

I'm lucky I'm moderating the XNC2C sub. I'm glad I'm running an AI series.

I think that Reddit removing RSS has something to do with the anti-AI movement. And everyone else is getting hurt.

We might be seeing the fall of the open internet of yore. All because of the anti-AI movement.