Reddit now won't let non-logged in users see subreddits until they've been "reviewed"
This is literally just the r/nyt subreddit about The New York Times.
Given he apparently takes inspiration from Elon Musk, it's only a matter of time until u/spez starts adding post view limits unless you pay extra.
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Ehhhh. This could just be their current stopgap because of all of the NSFW swaps happening. I think you are extrapolating too much.
Don’t get me wrong, I could totally see Reddit enacting this policy in their “infinite wisdom” and quietly rolling it out. But you are drawing too much from this screenshot. We need more context.
How exactly does it help if I install the app and go to that subreddit? NSFW is still NSFW.
This might just be morning brain, but I honestly don’t understand the question I’m sorry
I think their point is, if you're correct and this is to protect people from unexpected NSFW content, viewing through the app would still just expose them to the unexpected NSFW content anyway.
they mean why is it even necessary to use the app
Because Reddit wants us to use their app. I don’t think it should be necessary so I’m not sure why that question is directed at me or if that’s even what they’re asking tbh. But yeah obviously they want folks on the app.
Nope. It's because it's easier to harvest data through the app, so they funnel people towards it.
Oh there’s no doubt they’ve slowly made it more of a pain in the ass to not use the app (while also making the app worse) but this specific screenshot is too much missing context for OP’s claim to be assumed. It could be true but we don’t know enough.
I do remember seeing this popup way before the whole API & protests debacle. The warning doesn't even make sense, how will switching to the app to see the same content be safer?
I figured you needed to login (to apply your block list, filters, NSFW prefs, etc), but merely seeing the desktop mode of the website lets you through (not even using old.reddit). So this is another cheap way of forcing you to their cancer app.
Now you can't even SORT comments without using the app. They are really taking all pqges off Elon's book on ruining a website.
That was specifically for NSFW subs. What OP is showing us is not an NSFW sub. Hence the post.
I do not know why people think I tacitly approve of these changes. I do not. But what OP is claiming may or may not be true. We do not have enough information. It’s a completely separate matter from whether or not I think Reddit has been trying to funnel people towards their app, which clearly they have been for quite some time.
To be clear I just tried what the OP showed and could see the same thing, i forgot to add it in my comment
It has been like this for like a year
Yes with NSFW subs specifically. OP did not post a NSFW sub.
Yeah this is par for the course on NSFW subs, which are it's makes partial sense (log in to see it). But having this on just random subreddits is a pretty terrible development. Sounds like they're just testing the waters before every subreddit requires an about l account
And I didn't say it was specific to NSFW subs. It's been like this for most subs since like a year. They restricted nsfw subs years ago.
Edit: It might not be exactly a year, but the point is I faced this restriction on sfw subs many times in recent memory and it's not remotely new.
I have seen it prompt me to go do the app but never seen it require so it might be in A/B testing or a partial rollout phase. Who knows? Point is we don't have enough info here. Either way obviously they're going to try and drive folks to the app. Frankly i don't care though, I purged my account and moved on. If people want to suffer reddit's increasingly poor decision making and changes they can be my guest.