Links with dashes are broken on old.reddit if posted on new reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8kqfii/links_with_dashes_are_broken_on_oldreddit_if/

created by manirelli on 20/05/2018 at 04:12 UTC

14 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)

Example post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/comments/8kha71/introducing_the_new_treyarch_community_manager_me/

Old.reddit URL: https://community.callofduty.com/t5/Call%5C-of%5C-Duty%5C-Black%5C-Ops%5C-4%5C-PC/bd%5C-p/cod%5C-blackops4%5C-pc

Redesign: https://community.callofduty.com/t5/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-4-PC/bd-p/cod-blackops4-pc

Every dash (-) is preceded by a backslash (\)

Comments

Comment by theredesignsuck at 20/05/2018 at 13:53 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Not the first thing they broke on old reddit and won't be the last. I'm sure its all part of the plan to make old reddit unusable.

Comment by Taylor7500 at 20/05/2018 at 10:12 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Definitely sure this wasn't intentional...