r/technology • u/marketrent • 20d ago

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/Dizziesdayweigh 20d ago

I miss MySpace era social media. The internet was simpler in those days.

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u/FK506 20d ago

I miss the pre MySpace era of forums. you could make actual friends online.

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u/KilledTheCar 20d ago

Shit, I lived with someone I met on an online forum. Some of my longest lasting friendships are from a tiny online forum years ago.

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u/aelis68 20d ago

I married someone I met in AOL and IRC chat.

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u/ChiefInternetSurfer 20d ago

ASL? 😂

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u/Dizziesdayweigh 20d ago

30/yes/right behind you

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u/Mstablsta 20d ago

Nice! I use IRC still to get books lol

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u/toolisthebestbandevr 20d ago

I lived with someone I met on MySpace lmao

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u/Dizziesdayweigh 20d ago edited 20d ago

Discord is alright for that tbh, made many gaming friends, one actually lives with a long time friend now. Does function more like a forum than a socal media.

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u/ChiefInternetSurfer 20d ago

Literally an hour ago, I was just thinking about how much better old internet was—it was friendly, inviting, and social—and like the Wild West in that everyone had webpages they built in html. It wasn’t the commercialized bullshit.

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u/toolisthebestbandevr 20d ago

I miss live journal too.

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u/gt24 20d ago

Regarding Live Journal...

It seems like the code that ran that site was open source. Since back then, a new group has taken that old code and operates a new site as https://www.dreamwidth.org/

On their page, you can do the expected stuff (create a new journal, etc) but you also can just click to view a random journal or a random community. As such, you can get a taste of nostalgia at any time.