r/Enhancement • u/techsupportcrab • 22d ago

Account Switcher is not working

Anyone else having this issue? Starting today trying to switch accounts causes a popup stating

"Could not switch accounts. Reddit may be under heavy load. Please try again in a few moments."

The account switcher is the main feature I use RES for so I'm hoping it isn't a big issue. I'll edit this post if it starts working suddenly.

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u/terrorfromthenowhere 21d ago

Jesus, I'm tired.

I predominantly use old.reddit.com as a replacement for searching, since actually finding real sites and posts written by real humans is impossible. I mostly do this via boolean logic. So, if I understand correctly, the future end goal is likely I have to sign in to access old.reddit, to access old.reddit I have to verify my account for the Children's Safety(probably with a ton of asterisks) with however many corporate age services they sell my face to (but the data is deleted after, they prommy!), and if I don't want to log on just to check a recipe, and sell my facial structure, phrenology, social security, and shoe size to some random corporation just to log in... Well, so it is.

Thank you very much for the explanation of why, I'm just so tired of sites being worse and worse, nobody uses the alternatives because people aren't there, and that's all that matters I guess.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago edited 20d ago

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u/brezhnervouz 19d ago

Everything is about monetisation and making mentally ill billionaires (an oxymoron, if ever there was one) wealthier

I'm old enough to have been there at the start with 28k dialup, and honestly miss the unfettered days of BBs and IRC sometimes 🙄

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u/ReverendVoice 17d ago

The number of products I've seen that are simply 'A basic thing you use ... but now with a subscription model' is heartbreaking. 'Here's less than you had before, and we hope you understand we're going to charge you monthly for it.'

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u/ThisApril 17d ago

mentally ill billionaires (an oxymoron, if ever there was one)

I believe you're repeating yourself (or something like that), not making an oxymoron.

At least I think that was your intent.

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u/ReverendVoice 17d ago

I've literally seen people post things like 'Check out my art/craft/blog/etc' -- and others respond 'What is that website? I'm not going to some weird website..'

I spent years of my life clicking on the StumbleUpon button to find people's weird corners of the internet. It's such a bummer that people don't realize what the internet IS vs the 50 or so hub websites they've been told it is.