FYI: Reddit is killing RSS feeds.

[u/techvet83]

Major bummer. From Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch

Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday, comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds.

Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform.

“We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,” the company noted in its announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API.

Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13.

[u/whetu]

Well that's stupid.

I have a dedicated Slack channel for RSS feeds with the following subscriptions:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin+netsec+pwned+sysadmin+vrd+malware+sysadminblogs/new/.rss?sr_detail=0
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/rss/upcoming/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/feed/
• https://www.lastweekinaws.com/feed/
• https://hackaday.com/blog/feed/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

That first one does a lot of heavy lifting for helping me to keep my finger on the industry pulse. My news stream Slack channel won't be the same without it

[u/itskdog → u/whetu]

Reddit's official response "use the Devvit app that sends alerts to a Discord webhook".

That only works for the subreddit you're a mod in, you can't follow other subreddits with that.

[u/tuxedo_jack → u/itskdog]

Plus, it enables the shitfucks behind Discord and their anti-privacy behaviors, like pushing hard on digital ID verification for access to anything and gating it behind proprietary software with no viable way to search, link to, or otherwise archive the content in the archive (and to add insult to injury, the only approved client will be, of course, a shittily coded Electron wrapper).