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Reddit announced it will soon limit logged-in access to Old.Reddit.com to accounts that have used the interface within the previous six months. Moderators are exempt from this rule and can continue accessing Old Reddit regardless of recent activity, as long as they're logged in. The move builds on a July change requiring login to access Old Reddit at all.
Reddit announced it will shut down RSS feed support on November 13, citing abuse from large-scale scraping. The company also said its public API will be fully discontinued by March 2027, and it is restricting access to Old Reddit for logged-in users who haven't visited in the past 90 days. Developers with approved third-party apps or bots must register them by January 12, 2027 to keep API access.
Reddit announced it will soon restrict the classic desktop site to logged-in accounts that have used Old Reddit within the past six months, blocking new accounts and long-dormant users from the interface. Moderators are exempt from this recent-usage rule. Separately, Reddit said it will end support for RSS feeds starting November 13, citing their use for large-scale scraping.
Reddit is restricting the classic 'Old Reddit' interface to users who have logged in and used it within the past six months, building on a recent requirement that users log in at all to access it. The company also plans to discontinue RSS feed support on November 13, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse, and is pointing moderators toward alternatives like Discord Relay.