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Reddit removed r/all "Entry points and links to r/all being removed starting today" (support.reddithelp.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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As part of ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization, the final steps to deprecate r/all are being implemented. All links to r/all will now redirect to the Home feed, following the prior removal of r/all entry points. Trending content remains available via r/popular.

Redditors on old.reddit.com, or those with settings that default to the old Reddit experience, will continue to access r/all as expected.

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 158 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

"in order to simplify Reddit"

Corpospeech has evolved from euphemisms and marketing tricks to being completely divorced from reality hasn't it?

/r/all was the simplest thing ever, the best posts of all of Reddit. It was a normal button/link. It was Reddit itself, "the front page of the internet"

But thankfully there's still "Reddit Pro" and whatever bullshit they came up with since going public. That is so simple!

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's double speak.

People learned the power of words and now they are abusing them.

The American public with all their faults will nearly trust any written word. Anything besides what they've already been programmed to immediately be skeptical of they will readily accept into their reality like good little consumers.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

it really is impressive

[–] Omopaladin@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When they removed all is when I signed up on lemmy

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Welcome to the N E XT LEV EL

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

everyone dons sunglasses. Technopunk music plays

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago

Welcome new friend

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't believe they didn't nuke old . reddit yet. I left when they killed the API that killed off all the 3rd party apps. Deleted my account and never looked back. Fuck reddit, fuck Spez, fuck the greedy corpo that its become.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm entirely capable of circumventing Reddit bans and I'm probably on my 50th+ account by now. I spend most of my time here, but I still have a Reddit account for various reasons. If they finally nuke old.reddit I will at long last peace out for good and never look back. Every time I log in I expect it'll be gone. Reddit excels at making awful decisions regarding their platform.

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[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 106 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Redditors on old.reddit.com, or those with settings that default to the old Reddit experience, will continue to access r/all as expected.

I guess they are just ignoring old.reddit until they pull the plug on that completely

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 56 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That will be the day I finally never return. Old Reddit kinda sucks but it's still miles better than the modern abomination.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Old reddit is a lot more tolerable if you're using it with RES. You probably already knew that, but I figure I'd say something just in case.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

RES is fantastic. Couldn't imagine using Reddit without now.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I truly cannot understand how anyone can use new reddit. It is worse by every metric.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People who are used to scrolling with a mobile device use it. Thats the whole point of it, make it look like an app. 99% of the users who joined after the introduction of new reddit are youngsters, if they don't use the new reddit website, they use the app, which is just the new reddit site in a app. I bet a concerning amount of them don't even know you can browse it on a computer, let alone old.reddit.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get that but it's still weird. If that pile of shit had been my first introduction to reddit I'd have never stuck around.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Same. But its not aimed at people like us

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At which point I will be off Reddit entirely

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 10 points 4 days ago

Same. I've already deleted my account. I use it to find info on niche stuff, if I cant find the info elsewhere.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Last I checked, old.reddit had about 2% of the users. So yeah, it'll be shut down whenever they get around to it, I'd imagine. Whenever they add something that breaks it, it'll be gone.

[–] mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

I bet it has a far higher percentage of engaged users who actually post or comment.

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (29 children)

Yeah I think that's the thing, they haven't done anything to/with it. Once they do something that doesn't work on it, they'll go "oh deary me. Welp, better put it out of its misery" and shut it down.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

i think people are unaware of the old reddit interface, they just went with the doomscrolling UI like with facebook, instagram,,,etc.

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[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

And I removed all my posts from that platform and replaced them with random garbage. Fair trade

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization

AKA collect more data for advertisers.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's to funnel users into propaganda bubbles and voids, making it harder for them to see alternate content and viewpoints. It's been pretty obvious with how aggressively they remove and discipline antifascist politics.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Also makes it easier to serve them personalised higher value ads.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is the censorship - you can only see posts from subs they white list, or subs you already know about.

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 18 points 4 days ago

it's also for the purpose of targeting ads. Even if you don't have a reddit account the home page is still going to tailor the feed to subreddits you've visited in the past or your geo-location for example. this makes it easier for advertising.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago

I read this as they learned it was far too difficult to moderate /all and that the easier thing corporate wise was just remove it.

[–] Stormy@thelemmy.club 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Capitalizing it still works, r/All

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

Amateurs don't even use .toLower()

[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm on old reddit and I didn't know there was a difference between /r/all and /r/popular? Theres the subs you are subscribed to and then there is the trash main page. What is a home feed? Is that the front page with your subscriptions?

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Popular is supposed to be the highest activity subreddits. If you keep scrolling you'll only see older posts from the same set of subreddits. r/all is all the subreddits sorted by popularity, if you keep scrolling you see lower and lower upvote counts.

Your home feed is your subscribed subreddits.

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[–] RxBrad 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wasn't r/all just Reddit's "Ragebait Algorithm Central Hub"?

I get that we Fuck Spez and whatnot here... But this doesn't seem terrible?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Not in my experience, but then again, I left a couple years ago so maybe they changed it when I wasn't there.

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Their admins could stop being nazi sympathizers too, but that's a pipe dream.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Lemmy could use an /c/all community default. It’s a catchall for things that don’t have a dedicated community yet. It helps create posts and discussions.

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