I couldn't reproduce that, so maybe they are testing that "feature".

But damn. I logged into reddit in the default mode for the first time in (years?) and holy cow what a disaster. Herky jerky async widgets assembling themselves, huge images and videos and animated crap I don't want to see, maybe 2 posts visible altogether on the front page (without scrolling), vast amounts of wasted whitespace, and "Sign in to Reddit with Google." Uh, no. Ha ha, thanks for the option.

Still better than mobile, freezing up the device to inquire if I want to use the app. ("No...I also don't want to use the NSA's app, but thanks.")

How does anyone use that site?

add ".compact" to any reddit address. Looks great on my small screened phone. And looks great on my large screened computer monitor.

Eg

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/.compact

Here it is on mobile, "Show all 112 comments" :)

https://ibb.co/CvcLRbC

I only use reddit these days for very specific searches, and usually it doesnt have what i want anymore :(

I tried this on mobile and got the same result. This is the straw that broke the camels back for me. I will not download the app, a reader app, or create and account just to read comments. Goodbye, Reddit.

Sometimes depends if you come from a search engine or direct link and or browsing private.

The old reddit still shows all comments. Just change your url from reddit.com/r/... To old.reddit.com/r/...

Don’t tell nobody though.

I noticed that too. Actually it's getting worse. Yesterday I opened it using a private tab on my phone and the first thing that shows up is a login page. Can't even see the posts.

Then, the only way is to fallback to old.reddit.

For desktop I use a chrome extension called old reddit which redirects to the old version by default.

I noticed this as well.