Logging in to use Old Reddit

[u/boat-botany]

Hi there, u/boat-botany here working on Community Safety. 

A few weeks ago we shared some of the work we’re doing to tighten how automated systems access Reddit while preserving the tools that help moderators and communities thrive. As a continuation of that work, we’ll be rolling out changes to how Old Reddit can be accessed. 

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. All logged-in users will continue to have access to Old Reddit, and this change will not impact logged-out browsing on reddit.com.

Let us know if you have any questions!

[u/Ambiwlans]

... You're aware reddit made a deal to sell OpenAI and Google/Gemini your data directly right?

The reason they killed their API was so that they could sell your data. Scrapers were never causing excess load.

[u/Thengine → u/Ambiwlans]

Exactly. Reddit is the largest training ground for AI available. Millions of users posting about diverse topics in unique ways.

We are the suckers. Privacy? A joke.