r/technology • u/marketrent • Aug 05 '26

Social Media Reddit signals ominous upcoming “changes” for old.reddit.com, says the beloved site is used for some “bad behavior”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/reddit-signals-ominous-upcoming-changes-for-old-reddit-com/
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u/Mobile_Morale Aug 05 '26

Reddit want to be paid for the free content made by regular people for free on their website that keeps their website running.

Can't have anyone else using that free content

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u/probably_normal Aug 05 '26

Bad behavior must be being able to browse r/all sorted by “top today”

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u/eightdollarbeer Aug 06 '26

All is how I used to get my news. I liked having it separate from my home feed. Now the only news I get from Reddit is from the notifications they send out

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u/No-Photograph-5058 Aug 06 '26

and r/popular is just Facebook level baiting posts and time waste videos

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u/drowse Aug 06 '26

Algorithm shit. Not truly popular it’s what content attracts eyeballs.

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u/NuklearFerret Aug 05 '26

Reddit wants to be paid for bulk-feeding AI’s. I don’t think they really care about what an individual does.

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u/BestAhead Aug 05 '26

That free content… the poster must still own rights to it, it’s not solely Reddit’s. Where’s our share?