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Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
Ars Technica • • general
Key Points:
- Reddit plans to make unspecified changes to Old Reddit, the legacy desktop web experience, citing concerns over abusive scraping and spamming, and has already required users to log in to access it.
- The company aims to migrate critical bots and moderator workflows to its modern platform to mitigate bad behavior and strengthen the overall Reddit ecosystem.
- Reddit is exploring options for Old Reddit’s future without a set timeline and will collaborate with moderators, developers, and communities dependent on the platform.
- In 2023, Reddit began charging for API access to curb unauthorized scraping and generative AI training, and now plans to restrict new API requests and require third-party apps to use Reddit’s Developer Platform.
- Reddit envisions a controlled ecosystem for trusted automation to enforce policies consistently, though no definitive deadlines have been announced for these API and platform transitions.
