Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."

Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com.

The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to “tighten how automated systems access Reddit.”

The Reddit employee wrote:

Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and Redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old Reddit while preventing abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month we will start requiring everyone to log in.

  • RobotsLeftHand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 hours ago

    I’m in a similar boat. Deleted my accounts. Visit a few old communities that are hard to move on from, but old.reddit has always been my line in the sand.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      Yeah, I deleted mine in 2023.

      I’ve only used reddit once since, to get recommendations for a good e-scooter brand. It’s just not something I need enough to jump through unnecessary hoops.