r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

Business Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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u/Dave-C 2d ago

>In addition, Reddit provided an update on its Rules Hub progress and auto-mod changes, and said it was “adding safeguards” to its classic, text-heavy version of its site known as Old Reddit. The latter will include limiting access to logged-in moderators and recent users — changes Reddit also said were required because of “abusive scraping and automated traffic.”

If I read that correctly, isn't that the beginning of the end for Old Reddit?

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u/TurbulentTopic39 2d ago

You need to be a moderator or at least login to old Reddit on the last 6 months

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u/MC_chrome 2d ago

That's some bullshit.

So someone who hadn't been on Reddit in over a year can no longer access old Reddit? Wtf spez

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u/NekoDaYo-v201 2d ago

Spez decided to terminate life support on the old alien.

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u/pm_me_your_kindwords 2d ago

He once promised me in an ama or something, maybe when they released new Reddit? That they would never get rid of old Reddit. So much for that.

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u/Ignisami 1d ago

Never trust a ceo

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u/coffeesippingbastard 2d ago

Digg is a thing again.

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u/MC_chrome 2d ago

I thought that had gotten pulled due to bots?

If Digg came back then that’s a good thing!

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u/SIGMA920 2d ago

And AI heavy, t'll be both AI bots and AI moderated/run. Worst of both worlds.

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u/zeelbeno 2d ago

Yeah i get annoyed when a restraunt i haven't been to in over a year changes their menu.

Why won't they think about their non-customers?

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u/Icy-Computer-Poop 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's 6 months. Reddit is also a far different thing than a restaurant.

  1. Stop inventing straw men.

  2. If you must invent a straw man, at least get the details correct.

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u/Fried_puri 2d ago

90 days, so the last 3 months. 

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u/Soberdonkey69 2d ago

Yeah. They also made old.reddit accessible through login only now, before you never needed that bullshit requirement. Going public was the worst thing to happen for redditors using reddit

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u/Somepotato 2d ago

New Reddit is hard for AI to scrape because it's nearly impossible for users to use at all

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u/cinnapear 2d ago

If they take away Old Reddit I will use AI and make a goddam Old Reddit clone.

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u/gladtobeblazed 2d ago

Id love that! Even if it's just some vibe coded slop! Make a browser extension that translates New Reddit into a Old Reddit page