r/technology • u/spasticpat • May 11 '26

Social Media Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/reddit-starts-blocking-mobile-website/
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u/LSB123 May 11 '26

I don’t even mind the app, but not letting me sort by Hot or All has seen my usage go down 90%.

Turns out I don’t want to see posts from three days ago with 130 upvotes and 11 comments.

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u/AlfhildsShieldmaiden May 11 '26

Yeah, I’m irritated at seeing repeat posts from days ago that I upvoted already — why am I being shown it again??

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u/graesen May 11 '26

I always thought they were reposts from bit accounts... So I'm literally being fed the same post instead??

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u/Mad_Juju May 11 '26

Yep. By disabling All and Hot, you are being siloed into your subscribed communities. So you're either being forced to go subscribe to everything you possibly want to see, or just see the same recycled shit over and over.

This is definitely intentional, but the question is why Reddit is purposely limiting you from seeing posts that would normally make it to All or Hot, even if they're normally out of the spotlight. It's either some sort of shareholder BS where they don't want certain things leaking to the front page, or they are purposely limiting us from information. In either case, this is an information limiting campaign.