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Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
TL;DR
- Reddit plans to implement unspecified "changes" to old.reddit.com.
- The company states these changes are to combat abusive scraping and spamming.
- Users are currently required to be logged in to access Old Reddit.
- Reddit is working on migrating critical bots and moderator workflows to its modern stack.
- The company is also restricting new requests for API access and requiring third-party apps to move to its Developer Platform.
- Reddit has previously taken action against unauthorized scraping and charged for API access.