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Firefox blocking Reddit

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covfefe
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First, I have no idea what I am doing re any sophisticated knowledge re Firefox or any other browser. So, please bear with me re how to understand my question.

I have no idea what I did, but after getting the latest Firefox, I cannot access Reddit. Let me explain: I was able to click on each topic/post freely on Reddit. Now when I visit Reddit, the topics/posts are stagnant and when I click on a topic/post, it goes to another page and I have to click on the URL to read the post. Also, if there are multiple pages on a post, the only page I can see is the first, I cannot click through to view anything additional.

It seems that Firefox is blocking Reddit. I hope this explains this issue.

Also, I cannot find the "settings" for Firefox now... to allow unlimited scroll and to automatically go to a new page.

First, I have no idea what I am doing re any sophisticated knowledge re Firefox or any other browser. So, please bear with me re how to understand my question. I have no idea what I did, but after getting the latest Firefox, I cannot access Reddit. Let me explain: I was able to click on each topic/post freely on Reddit. Now when I visit Reddit, the topics/posts are stagnant and when I click on a topic/post, it goes to another page and I have to click on the URL to read the post. Also, if there are multiple pages on a post, the only page I can see is the first, I cannot click through to view anything additional. It seems that Firefox is blocking Reddit. I hope this explains this issue. Also, I cannot find the "settings" for Firefox now... to allow unlimited scroll and to automatically go to a new page.

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FredMcD
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covfefe said
Also, I cannot find the "settings" for Firefox now...
  • Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the toolbar. Then Tools > Settings.
  • Press the 'hamburger' (3 horizontal lines) icon. Then Settings.
  • Type about:preferences<enter> in the address box


covfefe said
I cannot access Reddit . . . .

Make sure you are not blocking content.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop also see https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smartblock-enhanced-tracking-protection

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A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


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cor-el
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It is possible that Reddit isn't supporting the Firefox 65.0 version you appear to be using.

Any special reason you aren't using the current release (95.0.2) ?

You can possibly try https://old.reddit.com/