Reddit Update???

WildMorty said:

Could you elaborate? Was your comment promoting a product or even mentioning its name? Perhaps Reddit has added certain words to its ban filter, and now all content mentioning those words is immediately banned. I encountered this problem about a month ago, and I had to change all my domains.
Yesterday, I also noticed something strange: even comments without links or mentions of anything might not immediately appear under the post, but appear there after some time. Perhaps Reddit's servers are having issues.

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WildMorty said:

Hmm, I think I know a solution that will really help you if you use third-party services to boost upvotes.
When I used comment boosting, I used UpvoteShop. It generally works as you described: you copy the link, specify the number of upvotes, the time, and so on. I think 100% of similar services work this way, but it has one cool feature that allows you to avoid copying links. Install the extension from their official site; it modifies the Reddit interface, and arrows appear next to the comment. When you click them, you can boost comments directly from your browser. Unfortunately, I can't test it personally right now and report back on any issues, but I think it should help.
(I'll attach screenshots so you can see how it works)

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LuciferLTU said:

That red-highlighted URL in your screenshot is the same comment permalink that’s currently broken across Reddit. The comment is visible inside the thread, but opening the direct comment link just returns “page not found.”

Because of that, any SMM or third-party tool that relies on the comment URL can’t locate the upvote button at all, the tool isn’t broken, Reddit simply isn’t serving the comment page. This has nothing to do with bans or filters; it’s a permalink/routing issue on Reddit’s side.

if you copy any comment link and open it in a new tab, do you see the same “page not found” behavior?

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LuciferLTU said:

Is it just me, or did Reddit roll out yet another half-baked fckng update? Comment permalinks are basically invisible now ( copy comment link, open it in another tab, and boom: “page not found.” ) What kind of regression is this? Anyone else seeing this crap? Is this some short-term A/B test gone wrong, or did Reddit seriously decide to nuke one of the most basic UX features for good? Because from a product and SEO standpoint, this is an absolute fckd up...

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LuciferLTU said:

Is it just me, or did Reddit roll out yet another half-baked fckng update? Comment permalinks are basically invisible now ( copy comment link, open it in another tab, and boom: “page not found.” ) What kind of regression is this? Anyone else seeing this crap? Is this some short-term A/B test gone wrong, or did Reddit seriously decide to nuke one of the most basic UX features for good? Because from a product and SEO standpoint, this is an absolute fckd up...

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LuciferLTU said:

That red-highlighted URL in your screenshot is the same comment permalink that’s currently broken across Reddit. The comment is visible inside the thread, but opening the direct comment link just returns “page not found.”

Because of that, any SMM or third-party tool that relies on the comment URL can’t locate the upvote button at all, the tool isn’t broken, Reddit simply isn’t serving the comment page. This has nothing to do with bans or filters; it’s a permalink/routing issue on Reddit’s side.

if you copy any comment link and open it in a new tab, do you see the same “page not found” behavior?

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stin99 said:

I thinks is just a momentary bug, just becuase you can still see the share under the comments - which doesnt make sense if reddit was going to stop the direct link access to comments

they would have removed the share from under the comment

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LuciferLTU said:

That’s the weird part, all of my comments are fully visible in the thread itself. Nothing is being removed, shadowbanned, or filtered. But the direct comment permalink is broken. When you open the comment link, it just throws a “page not found” error.

That’s a big deal for me because the main reason I use the comment link is to upvote those comments via third-party tools. Without a working permalink, that whole workflow is basically dead.

So this doesn’t look like a keyword ban, domain filter, or moderation issue at all, it feels more like Reddit messed with comment routing, permalinks, or API behavior. Either a silent experiment or a backend regression. If this is intentional, it’s a pretty brutal change for marketers and devs who rely on comment URLs. If it’s not… then Reddit seriously broke something fundamental.

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