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Reddit changed their minds, do a half step back - RIF can access Reddit but doesn't accept login (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/redditwasfun@lemmy.world
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Seems that someone at Reddit decided to grant read access to RIF, this morning I opened the app just for kicks and it wouldn't load anything. Well I tried again after lunch (Europe CET time) and it could access the front page but I was logged out. Trying to login shows a different logon page and even with valid credentials gives out a 'Bad request' response.

That means they are not just feeling the heat, they are probably burning really bad.

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[–] 0 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

I can definitely browsee reddit with rif while logged out. Can't imagine what this accomplishes for reddit.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe they can still say " oh hey look our traffic/requests are high"? They lost some valuation late last week so they might be looking for any way to indicate that the number of people/ access requests aren't dropping.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    personal guess is that they're trying to continue to tempt people over to the official app. given that rif has a lot of power users, they're probably hoping that they'll give in when they want to interact with content

    or idk could just be a total bug

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