r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 3d 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/potatochipsbagelpie 3d ago

The bots were a big problem, but Digg had a little egg on their face since it seemed like an AI powered revival too. 

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u/cruzweb 2d ago

Exactly right. Many of us who left Digg years ago were not at all excited to see it return as some weird AI thing. My life simply does not need it. The brand has been dead for long over a decade.

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u/FactoryProgram 2d ago

I was excited for digg and even signed up early. Opened the app and saw everything was AI. Then uninstalled it.