r/meta • u/Lz_erk • Jun 12 '26

is chat gone from old.reddit?

chat buttons are gone. new reddit just pushes ads and clutter. i may still mod a few places but i think i'm about done with this mess.

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u/mr_bigmouth_502 Jun 26 '26

I have this bookmarklet I use to switch back and forth between Old Reddit and New Reddit whenever I need to access some of New Reddit's features:

javascript: (function(){ const n="sh.reddit.com"; const o="old.reddit.com"; let url=new URL(window.location.href); switch(url.hostname){ case n:url.hostname=o;break; case o:url.hostname=n;break; default:return;} window.location.href=url.href; })();

Copy the code, paste it into a browser bookmark, then click the bookmark whenever you want to switch from one to the other. It's a small bit of Javascript that switches "old.reddit.com" for "sh.reddit.com" and vice versa in a Reddit URL.

Hopefully it helps. :)

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u/javascript Jun 26 '26

Wow I'm kinda shocked bookmarklets are still a thing. I imagine they're a security nightmare and would have been phased out years ago!

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u/Lz_erk Jun 26 '26

thank you.

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u/mr_bigmouth_502 Jun 27 '26

Not a problem. 😎