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Comments do not submit on old.reddit or RES but do using new reddit (desktop)Desktop (self.help)<br>submitted 9 minutes ago by LtPatterson

When I try to comment using RES/old.reddit.com I am getting a 404 error. When I try commenting on new reddit/non-RES, comments go through. Cleared cookies/logged out, same result.

Night mode: true

RES Version: 5.24.10

Browser: Chrome

Browser Version: 151

Cookies Enabled: true

Reddit beta: false

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