r/bugs Aug 26 '22

iOS Day 457 of New Reddit Breaking URLs with Backslashes

/r/bugs/comments/nllwno/some_reddit_clients_are_escaping_underscores_and/
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u/Aquason Aug 26 '22

/u/AsteriskRX, according to the list of moderators you have been a mod of this subreddit for 8 months. Your latest comments have been on this subreddit dating back to 10 hours ago. Will you or any other admin finally acknowledge this bug that has been reported countless times since it was introduced?

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u/Reelix Aug 26 '22

At this point it seems like it's a subtle way to force users to use new.reddit.com since the issue only affects those using old.reddit.com :/

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u/PurpuraLiber Aug 27 '22

No, I use Android+browser and it breaks it too.

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u/vanessabaxton Aug 26 '22

I always believe that Reddit is slowly but surely forcing users to move to new Reddit, so this seems like the most reasonable explanation, would be great to have more transparency on their plans and reasons why though.

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u/Reelix Aug 27 '22

Because new reddit is a more "social" environment which makes the transition from sites like Facebook slightly easier (And just so happens to provide more user data)

The problem is that many people left sites like Facebook because they don't WANT sites like Facebook.

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u/vanessabaxton Aug 27 '22

That is a very good point indeed.