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Did Reddit start blocking its subdomain-to-subreddit URL scheme?

4 points interestica | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 17:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.323s | source

Any subreddit used to be available at subreddit.reddit.com —> Reddit.com/r/subreddit

I have no idea if it was an advertised or officially supported scheme. And I don’t know what the nature of the URL redirect/rewrite/forwarding was. It was handy for remembering. Now all those links seem to redirect to the main domain.

Old.reddit still works but could go soon if they’re reorganizing schemes/standards.

I actually used that subdomain structure years ago to allow users to select different subset styles for subreddits.

1. hndude ◴[25 Oct 24 04:47 UTC] No.41942301[source]▶
Recommend you use the Redirector browser plugin (https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/) and create a rule with these options:

Redirect:

https://*.reddit.com/ to:

https://old.reddit.com/r/$1 excluding:

https://old.reddit.com/ Example:

https://*.reddit.com/ → https://old.reddit.com/r/* Applies to:

Main window (address bar)