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Reddit is further limiting who can use the \u201cOld Reddit\u201d experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in<\/a> to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the \u201cnext few months,\u201d the company says<\/a> that you\u2019ll have to be logged in and<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reddit says the six-month window covers \u201cthe vast majority of all Old Reddit users.\u201d The announcement didn\u2019t go into detail, but it\u2019s clearly aimed at blocking not just new account creation for bots, but also any bots that might access unused or abandoned accounts. As part of the changes, Reddit will stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13th because RSS is \u201cnow a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,\u201d and suggested replacements<\/a> like Discord Relay for moderation help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you use RSS for feeds outside of a community you moderate, there is no replacement. We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we\u2019re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The company has been waging war against unsanctioned access to its data for some time, including blocking the Internet Archive\u2019s Wayback Machine<\/a> to prevent AI scraping, suing Anthropic over alleged unauthorized bot access<\/a>, and striking deals with Google<\/a> and OpenAI<\/a> to use Reddit data for training. Reddit knows that Old Reddit is beloved by many users, and in May 2025, CEO Steve Huffman said the company would<\/a> \u201ckeep it online as long as people are using it.\u201d But this past August, Huffman said that<\/a> Reddit had gotten to a point where \u201cwe need to make some changes\u201d because the experience was being used by \u201ceveryone who spams, scrapes, or does anything bad on Reddit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In its announcement today, Reddit said that the recent login requirement for Old Reddit \u201chelped reduce scraping and automated abuse\u201d but \u201cstill allowed any logged-in account to access Old Reddit, including accounts with no prior Old Reddit use.\u201d Logged-in moderators, however, will still be able to use Old Reddit without a recent usage requirement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reddit also shared updates for the previously announced transition<\/a> moving apps and bots that use Reddit\u2019s public data API to the company\u2019s developer platform. Reddit will begin removing API access for users that haven\u2019t registered their apps by January 12th, 2027, and all remaining public API access \u201cwill end in March 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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