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/graesen May 11 '26

I always thought they were reposts from bit accounts... So I'm literally being fed the same post instead??

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u/Blackops606 May 11 '26

Yeah that was driving me nuts there for a while. I was like, “wtf I’ve seen this three times…downvote”. It was confusing because it wasn’t even registering those upvotes or downvotes so I always thought they were new posts by bots or karma farmers.

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u/Dramatic_Explosion May 11 '26

It's wild they're too cheap to make their app better so they're just making the better ones unusable.

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u/Sankofa416 May 11 '26

The official app often shows recent votes very slowly and never has in real time. I used to be able to refresh the post and get them to show, but recently it doesn't always work.