METAMeta request for links: old reddit site.

submitted by Q-Continuum-kin from self.LGBDropTheT

For me using a phone and not logged into Reddit, the new Reddit UI is extremely difficult to work with. It literally puts some kind of impassable popover on the screen and you can't view the post.

If you link as: old . Reddit . Com / xxxxxxxx Instead of : www . Reddit . Com / xxxxxxxx

It doesn't load up all the bullshit formatting and scripts so you can easily view the content.

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For anyone unaware of the nitty-gritty details ... if you provide a link to Reddit as: https://www.reddit.com/r/LGBDropTheT/xxxxxxxxxx

What happens is that the end-user is redirected to whatever version of the site Reddit and/or profile preferences assumes is correct. Reddit, and pretty much all websites, read your device information and try to optimize the experience for you.

IIRC, Redditors who made their account after the redesign ("New Reddit") are opted into it automatically, and have to deal with the horrific and non-intuitive display/design, pop-ups, and ads. Mobile users are automatically redirected to the Reddit app, or the mobile website of New Reddit if they choose to open in browser instead. Users with no Reddit account, or who are logged out of their account, are redirected to New Reddit.

OP is asking that if you link to Reddit, please adjust your link to be: https://old.reddit.com/r/LGBDropTheT/xxxxxxxxxx

Remove the WWW, and replace it with OLD.

That allows users to view threads in the old/classic format of Reddit, whether they are on mobile or PC. The old/classic format of Reddit is what SaidIt uses, for comparison.

Users can actually switch between the two formats at-will. Replace the WWW with either OLD or NEW, and you can flip between the two.