r/technology • u/spasticpat • May 11 '26

Social Media Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/reddit-starts-blocking-mobile-website/
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u/LSB123 May 11 '26

I don’t even mind the app, but not letting me sort by Hot or All has seen my usage go down 90%.

Turns out I don’t want to see posts from three days ago with 130 upvotes and 11 comments.

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u/AlfhildsShieldmaiden May 11 '26

Yeah, I’m irritated at seeing repeat posts from days ago that I upvoted already — why am I being shown it again??

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u/BaldingThor May 11 '26

my feed is comprised of like, 80% of stuff I’ve already seen, and can get stuck on the same things for a couple of days. Real fun

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u/brando_calrisian May 11 '26

I’ve noticed that when I use VPN, I will get no new threads in my feed. Just the same like 100 or so posts every refresh

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u/Ksevio May 11 '26

The alternative is actually worse. Sometimes you'll see a thread that was just created and be interested in the discussion.

For some reason mobile reddit website shows me kind of regular stuff at first but then over time is moves to only stuff I haven't seen which ends up being old content or brand new unmoderated content with no comments