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View submission: Making Redditing Simpler
It wouldn't surprise me if they flat out removed old.reddit because of low usage and in order to "free up resources". I've seen quite a few websites pull that shit over the years.
Comment by Diokana at 07/03/2023 at 20:24 UTC*
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Awhile ago they said something like 60% of moderator actions were taken on old reddit, which is presumably the only reason it's still around. They'd be in a lot of trouble if a big chunk of their free labor/power users stopped maintaining their site for them.
Comment by superfucky at 07/03/2023 at 20:35 UTC
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i assume the only thing saving old reddit at this point is the fact that the majority of mods still use it, and particularly several 3rd party extensions designed to work with old reddit rather than new reddit (which reddit has been trying to poach and incorporate into new reddit with limited success).
i'll be quite sad if they ever kill old reddit completely, because without CSS and the whole organizational structure of old reddit, my sub just won't look as good. every month on old reddit i get to dress it up with top-to-bottom themes - headers, footers, sidebars, thumbnails, flairs, the works. on new reddit i can change the header and the vote buttons and that's about it. and that's not even getting into how difficult it is to convey "THIS IS A SEPARATE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT RULES, READ THEM BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING HERE" when every subreddit looks virtually identical in the name of "universal reddit."
Comment by Galaghan at 07/03/2023 at 21:14 UTC
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It's not used a lot by readers in general. But it's still used by a lot commenters and moderators.
So cutting it would be really daft. It's used by the people actually making the website what it is.
Comment by pobody at 07/03/2023 at 19:02 UTC
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I am frankly surprised it's lasted this long. Companies don't usually support multiple UI versions for more than a few months.
Luckily there are still 3rd party apps...for now...
Comment by arav at 18/03/2023 at 04:12 UTC
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I think they will keep old reddit for a while since even i.reddit.com is still up and running.