Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven’t used it in 6 months
Reddit said the move will curb large-scale scraping and automated abuse, while moderators can keep access without the six-month usage requirement.
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online-listing.comReddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven’t used it in 6 months
Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."
Reddit RSS feeds shut down on 13 November over AI scraping
Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on 13 November, blaming AI scraping. RSS is now widely used for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, the company said in a post to moderators on Wednesday. RSS lets people follow a site’s new posts in a feed reader. Moderators who use it for alerts can move to a […] This story continues at The Next Web
Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
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 […]
Reddit will close its RSS feeds on November 13 and withdraw public access to its API in March 2027. The company links the measures to scraping and automated abuse, while moderators and users express concern about the impact on their tools and open access to conversations.
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