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Pro-tip: use a libreddit mirror when linking to a Reddit thread (self.reddit)
submitted 1 year ago by AlmightySnoo to c/[email protected]
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Use a libreddit mirror like https://reddit.adminforge.de to link to Reddit threads so that Reddit gets 0 traffic and 0 ad revenue from us opening the thread.

For example, if the Reddit link is:

https://old.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/14clza9/i_present_to_you_john_blobiver/

Then you simply have to replace old.reddit.com by reddit.adminforge.de so that the link becomes:

https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/aww/comments/14clza9/i_present_to_you_john_blobiver/

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[–] DougHolland 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is good to know and could be something I'd use a lot, but it isn't working. Every Reddit address I try it on, the reply is "Nothing here. Head back home?"

Does the page need to be pre-prepared, like a web.archive.org address?

[–] Larsa 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You could try another instance. Here's a list for you https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md

Or you could get this add-on and have it do it for you https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

[–] DougHolland 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, man — the LibRedirect add-on is making me mentally jizz. Thank you!

[–] AlmightySnoo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

do you have an example where it doesn't work?

[–] DougHolland 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of what I used to do at Reddit was through mutilReddits, and LibReddit doesn't seem to know how they work: https://old.reddit.com/user/plumpppenguin/m/watchlist/

I'm also unable to get it to open anything mirroring old.reddit; where it works, it's the redesigned pages.