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Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
Reddit is going to limit access to “Old Reddit” to logged-in accounts who have used the experience in six months from when the change rolls out as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic.
Reddit is limiting access to the 'Old Reddit' experience to combat scraping and automated traffic, requiring users to be logged in and have used it within the last six months.
Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13th due to scraping and automated abuse.
Users must register their apps on Reddit's developer platform by January 12th, 2027, to maintain API access.
Logged-in moderators can still use Old Reddit without a recent usage requirement.
Reddit will remove public API access for unregistered apps in March 2027.
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Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the "next few months," the company says that you'll have to be logged in and have used Old Reddit within the last six months from when the change rolls out to be able to continue browsing the platform with the classic experience.
Reddit says the six-month window covers "the vast majority of all Old Reddit users." The announcement didn't go into detail, but it's clearly aimed at blocking not just new account creation for bots, …
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