Reddit considers you a threat now unless you create an account

[CaffeineAddict]

You don't have reddit account? then you're security risk.
Not sure if it's sad or funny how they decided to treat visitors.

Why the f should I create an account with them? I did create one years ago and they've put a ton of limitations on me such as not able to post new threads, I contacted them to please remove the silly limitation as I'm not a spammer, I never received a response from them and deleted my account because it was useless.

In same time people who do have reddit account are free to use vulgar vocabulary, I see it often, so how is that they don't treat those folks security threat instead?

 

[Vimmer]

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You don't have reddit account? then you're security risk.
Not sure if it's sad or funny how they decided to treat visitors.

Why the f should I create an account with them? I did create one years ago and they've put a ton of limitations on me such as not able to post new threads, I contacted them to please remove the silly limitation as I'm not a spammer, I never received a response from them and deleted my account because it was useless.

In same time people who do have reddit account are free to use vulgar vocabulary, I see it often, so how is that they don't treat those folks security threat instead?

Yeah but it only applies to specific sub reddits: IMO the engineers stopped caring about the site a long time ago, as it consistently does a bunch of buggy nonsense. For example, sometimes in long standing and very active subs, the page claims there aren't posts until you refresh or try again later. Reddit is designed so badly that it's horrible that internet users have to use it for certain kinds of information. Another example of how AI is just making the internet worse and harder to use.

 

[theLegionWithin]

noticed that myself yesterday whilst looking for an answer for a post here . I personally cant use reddit, I was IP banned from that site a few years ago and I dont care enough to evade the ban.

 

[MikeRocor]

I'm on reddit pretty regularly, though only in the last year or so, and the biggest problem I have is subreddit moderators inconsistently applying their own rules. And some of them will delete the first post in a thread for some minor rule violation, but leave the entire rest of the thread intact so you can follow the thread but you have not the faintest idea what the topic of conversation is. Again , that seems to be a "faulty moderator" problem rather than a "faulty site" problem.

I do see a lot of transient page load problems, most of which go away when the page is reloaded, and for the most part, the only problem I see with such pages is the red bar that say there was a problem.

 

[Condobloke]

I use Reddit regularly, principally to access r/linuxmint and r/linux4noobs

I provide advice etc at both those points

I have zero problems.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I was referencing an error in my environment yesterday, and one of the search results took me to Reddit, where I received the red security banner.

I jjust left it and moved on, as I have no plans of joining.

Avagudweegend.

Wiz

 

[KGIII]

I personally cant use reddit, I was IP banned from that site a few years ago and I dont care enough to evade the ban.

Depending on when that was, your IP address has changed since then. (I looked and can see your IP addresses.)

I'm on reddit pretty regularly, though only in the last year or so, and the biggest problem I have is subreddit moderators inconsistently applying their own rules.

I think the old rule applies. "Lurk before posting."

That said, I've only had an issue with one subreddit. I shared links there and they suddenly decided that I was a spammer and that they'd 'warned me before'. There had been no prior communication efforts from them. I have a complete archive of communications made to me. Not one person had mentioned that they had a problem with it.

I have yet to see the banner as pictured. I did get a page that had no responses, even though it sure looked like it had responses from Google. If a site is going to be that well-indexed and relied on for Google's search results (and AI), then they shouldn't be 'cloaking'. Cloaking is very much against Google's rules. They are supposed to show the same thing to a human on a page as they show to the search engine's robots.

Cloaking can get you delisted from Google.

Google isn't going to delist Reddit, not in a million years. Reddit cleaned up its act, getting rid of 'hate' subs. They're now an AI darling with Google. So, they're not getting delisted.

 

[theLegionWithin]

Depending on when that was, your IP address has changed since then. (I looked and can see your IP addresses.)

eh, yeah probably but I dont care about reddit anymore. started using it right as it was getting off the ground, just before the digg-exodus (the first digg) and then 9 or so years later the site was pretty much trash.

 

[KGIII]

, just before the digg-exodus

You were an early adopter! I didn't join until relatively recently, compared to that. I was just not interested, and the site was mostly drek without much mental stimulation. These days, they have some pretty solid communities for some of the more obscure topics.

I did join one of the 'alternatives' that popped up when they were cleaning up the racists and hateful people (like FPH).

That alternative site went downhill quickly. It became a bastion for 'free speech', which was mostly just racist trash. That site is now closed. Free speech is one of those things that I agree with in theory, but it can make a site unusable. I do not think sites need to be 'free speech'. In fact, most of them should not be free speech. This site is definitely not free speech. It will not be free speech in the future.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

That alternative site went downhill quickly.

In fact, most of them should not be free speech.

When I want true 'free speech" website or to blow some steam out of myself I go to 4chan, they have some basic rules in place but for the most part you can express your self however you want.

Problem with free speech is that promoting criminal activity is not free speech and that's the only reason why such websites go down, it's not because of politics or religion or anything similar as this is nothing against the law, as long as one doesn't break any laws anything should be allowed and is free speech in its truest meaning.

edit:
Oh well, I just noticed I contradict my self with above comment in respect to reddit.
The difference between 4chan and reddit is that one expects polite manners from site such as reddit because that's how they (falsely) promote their site, while the other one (4chan) is openly promoting free speech so nothing wrong with opposing views there.

 

[KGIII]

it's not because of politics or religion or anything similar as this is nothing against the law,

They also go down because of racist, bigoted, otherwise hateful content. They'd need to fund themselves because nobody is going to advertise on those sites. The site that I did join turned into a cesspool of that type of content pretty quickly once the Reddit refugees found it. You couldn't talk about anything without someone finding a way to use it to insult people of other races, specific races, etc... It also started to become a site full of misinformation pretty quickly. Eventually, it was innundated with 'QAnon' people.

I watched the spectacular downfall with popcorn, mild horror, and some philsopphical thoughts about human nature.

When I joined the site, it was 'free speech'. It just wasn't overrun by neo-nazis at that time. I was usually just disappointed with people, which isn't an unusual position for me to take. I felt sorry for their education, lack of experience, poor family upbringing, and things like that. (I'm only partially white, for the record.)

Ah well... That site is no more and I don't think there will be another like what it was when it first started. It was largely intellectually gifted people discussing everything from history to current events. Science and logic won debates, instead of lies and bluster. Once the tipping point was reached, it was an echochamber and all the original people (including the founder, as it was their college programming work) left.

They say the way to counter hate/racist speech is to speak against it. That's impossible to do without the numbers and desire to do so. It soon turned into almost nothing but that type of content. I say the change would be worth studying from a psychological position, to see where that tipping point was exactly.

Anyhow, we've not yet crossed the Rubicon, but we're nearing the point where the conversation could easily start containing content best said elsewhere. If you do reply, do take care when doing so. I've edited out a few comments in this response to you. It's all too easy to fly too close to the sun!

 

[rado84]

I do have an account on reddit but that site became crap ever since tgey moved to JS, so I mostly abandoned it. Because of that JS, nothing ever works properly and it's annoying.
The majority of those who, like me, abandoned reddit went to lemmy. ml, lemmy.world, etc. Also JS but at least it works.

 

[Condobloke]

Interestingly, I received two 'Reddit password reset' emails last night....neither of which was made by me. They arrived at the same time,
The first: Thanks for requesting a password reset. To create a new password, just use the button below.
The second; Thanks for requesting a password reset. To create a new password, just use the button below.

Both have a blurb below the reset password button; If you didn’t make this request, you can ignore this email and carry on as usual. If you need any more help logging in to your Reddit account, check out our Account Security FAQs or contact us.
Clicking on the reset password link, on both 'requests, takes me to a reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/passwordrecovery/?token=rpt_t0yqn2xHQO68s2Oj51hc8Q & https://www.reddit.com/passwordrecovery/?token=rpt_34PgQa57TPSAOit7uCItuQ

....so, there was definitely a second attempt.

We have encountered an error. Please try again later.
QUESTION: How has that attempt been made ?....My email address has been accessed ?...wouldn't it have to be in order for a change of password to be requested ?

I am not particularly perturbed, because my password is 39 digits/icons etc etc long and I also have two factor authentication in place......BUT, I am left wondering

 

[rado84]

Interestingly, I received two 'Reddit password reset' emails last night....neither of which was made by me. They arrived at the same time,
The first: Thanks for requesting a password reset. To create a new password, just use the button below.
The second; Thanks for requesting a password reset. To create a new password, just use the button below.

Both have a blurb below the reset password button; If you didn’t make this request, you can ignore this email and carry on as usual. If you need any more help logging in to your Reddit account, check out our Account Security FAQs or contact us.
Clicking on the reset password link, on both 'requests, takes me to a reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/passwordrecovery/?token=rpt_t0yqn2xHQO68s2Oj51hc8Q & https://www.reddit.com/passwordrecovery/?token=rpt_34PgQa57TPSAOit7uCItuQ

....so, there was definitely a second attempt.

We have encountered an error. Please try again later.
QUESTION: How has that attempt been made ?....My email address has been accessed ?...wouldn't it have to be in order for a change of password to be requested ?

I am not particularly perturbed, because my password is 39 digits/icons etc etc long and I also have two factor authentication in place......BUT, I am left wondering

Hackers initiate such requests hoping to catch you by surprise or in a hurry. Sometimes when in a hurry, people set some common and easy to guess password with the intention to change it later. So the hackers hope to make you make that mistake.
Since you didn't initiate the pw reset and yours is an insanely strong one + 2FA, I'd say ignore these requests.