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Ensure Reddit always loads the old design

28 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 1 story, 27 comments · first 2018-07-03 · latest 2026-10-28

Mentions per year 28 mentions · busiest year 2021 (8)
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  1. https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect/issu...
    comment by asdff · 2026-10-28 · in Old.reddit.com Gone
  2. I have this installed, and it works reasonably well: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  3. > Version 3.0.0 has been rewritten from scratch to keep old Reddit working while logged out https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by CookiesOnMyDesk · 2026-08-27 · in The turbulent AI era is here
  4. There is a browser addon https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect to view Old Reddit without an account.
  5. …getting some reports of this happening in a few countries, namely Australia and the US so far. See https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect/issu... .
    comment by mcjiggerlog · 2026-07-23 · in Back to Kagi
  6. There's a nice browser extension for that. I've been using it for a while now. https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by woadwarrior01 · 2024-03-18 · in Wrangling 2000 Git Repos at Reddit
  7. …[1] Just in case it isn't clear; this comment contains hyperbole for the sake of a little humor [2] https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  8. I use Old Reddit Redirect by tomjwatson https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  9. 1) Use the extension which always redirects you to old.reddit.com ( https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect ). 2) Only browse all.reddit.com, as there's no telling when a new subreddit will pop up that you'll enjoy. 3) Use…
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    Old Reddit Redirect
    story by wanderingmind · 2022-01-24 · 0 comments
  11. https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by NotPractical · 2021-12-16 · in Reddit files to go public
  12. …- skip in-video ads - https://sponsor.ajay.app/ * Old Reddit Redirect - use old reddit design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect * Reddit Enhancement Suite - https://redditenhancementsuite.com/
  13. …(automatically enforced by a browser extension[1]) and haven't experienced unexpected logouts. [1] https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by paol · 2021-06-26 · in Reddit’s disrespectful design
  14. …browser extension for automatically redirecting you if you click a link to Reddit's other domains: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect If you'd like to disable custom subreddit styles even if you're not signed in, you…
    comment by jffry · 2021-06-26 · in Reddit’s disrespectful design
  15. …do it on purpose. I doubt this since the code is stolen from this Firefox and Chrome extension https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect but there's no acknowledgement of Edge in that GitHub project.
  16. Yes, the Edge version isn't official. The GitHub repository only supports Firefox and Chrome: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  17. …the Firefox one, it works great: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect Apparently there is also a chrome extension but I haven't tried it so user beware:…
    comment by dmm · 2021-02-09 · in Fueling Reddit’s Future
  18. …chrome to it as an 'unpacked extension'. Works perfectly and takes 2 minutes. The github is here https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect You lose automatic update but that's a feature in this case.
  19. …(very short) list of allowed extensions yet. There is a workaround to add custom addons, though: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect/issu...
    comment by mcjiggerlog · 2020-11-14 · in Don't use third party auth to sign in
  20. Yes, "Old Reddit Redirect": https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  21. Link: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by mcjiggerlog · 2020-09-03 · in Reddit gets its app to 50m Play Store downloads
  22. …Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec... Github: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  23. There are a couple of extensions that still force this url for everything. I used this one https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  24. …[3] https://decentraleyes.org/ [4] https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere [5] https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect — not really privacy, or blocker related, but I find the new Reddit interface a dumpster fire [6] http
    comment by jamesponddotco · 2020-06-26 · in Ask HN: Do you use an Ad/Content blockers?
  25. http://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect will fix that!
    comment by mcjiggerlog · 2019-09-11 · in Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D
  26. I use this to always redirect reddit to old.reddit.com https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
    comment by jackfrodo · 2018-07-07 · in Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design
  27. This is why I made an extension that makes sure you always load the old design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
  28. Install a redirector extension ( https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect ) to redirect reddit.com url to old.reddit.com
    comment by arrizalamin · 2018-07-03 · in Please stop asking me to use the app