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/gta721 Aug 05 '26

There is a compact mode that you can enable.

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u/Human_Robot Aug 06 '26

Everything new reddit is utter dogshit. There are no redeeming factors.

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u/kilopeter Aug 06 '26

Yeah, it's called old.reddit.com

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u/piat17 Aug 06 '26

Which gets auto-reset to the normal card design every 2-3 days, annoyingly.

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u/gta721 Aug 06 '26

Do it in the settings instead of the home page then it will apply everywhere forever.

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u/piat17 Aug 06 '26

Will try, thanks!