The problem is that Reddit has started sometimes generating these links with /s/ in them, which are supported by new Reddit (www.reddit) but not by old Reddit (old.reddit). Given Reddit’s track record, I am certain this is the latest in a series of intentional moves to gradually tighten the thumbscrews to make old Reddit less useful, so enough users will switch to new Reddit to justify closing old Reddit down.
Ugh. I kind of live in a suspended state of anticipation around Reddit's eventual killing of old.reddit.com. I'll mourn the loss of a community that I participated in for close to two decades, but I'll get a lot of time back in my day.
I'm seeing more and more ways that they're subtly breaking old reddit that would be trivial to test for, so it's harder and harder to apply Hanlon's razor...
The problem is that Reddit has started sometimes generating these links with /s/ in them, which are supported by new Reddit (www.reddit) but not by old Reddit (old.reddit). Given Reddit’s track record, I am certain this is the latest in a series of intentional moves to gradually tighten the thumbscrews to make old Reddit less useful, so enough users will switch to new Reddit to justify closing old Reddit down.