Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior.".
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
The short version
- Reddit says the beloved site is used for some “bad behavior.” Reddit has strayed from saying that it will shutter the website, which many long-time Redditors prefer for its layout, navigation, and fewer feed recommendations.
- In the short term, we will continue to require users to be logged in to access it and will work on migrating critical bots and moderator workflows to our modern stack.
- These efforts will help us mitigate the bad behavior and give us time to plan the complex follow-up steps.
What happened
In late July, Reddit started requiring people to log in to Reddit in order to use Old Reddit . At the time, a Reddit employee said that “Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform.” Today’s blog post further claimed that Old Reddit is leading to unwarranted content scraping.
Why it matters
“These changes will strengthen Reddit’s foundation, ensure the platform is ready to support thriving communities for future generations, and preserve what makes Reddit uniquely human,” the blog says.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.