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by atyppo 1112 days ago
Reddit conveniently unchecks the “redirect me to old Reddit” button every ~6 months. Quite annoying. I’ve been using Reddit for ~8-9 years and it’s gotten palpably worse. I knew it was dying the first time I saw an emoji on there. Seems they want to go the way Digg did.
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There are extensions that will automatically redirect you. I use this one [0] for Firefox and haven't had any issues.

[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...

Interesting. I don’t think it’s a big enough annoyance for me to install yet another extension. Moreover, since I use old Reddit on my phone, I’d still have to change it back.
For things like this a userscript is better solution than a full-on extension. It is definitely worth it though, especially for mobile.
This might be your browser settings because this never happens for me.
I notice it only do that when I browse on the phone sometimes.
Strange. I never had that happen. Are you logged in to Reddit?
Yes. It’s in the preferences section only when you’re logged in. I notice it as I use multiple accounts somewhat sporadically and it seems like when I log into one after a while it’s almost always back on new Reddit. I’m not alone in complaining about this - plenty of threads on Reddit mentioning this.