Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots

<figure> <img alt="An illustration of the Reddit logo." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK115_Reddit_04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/959779/reddit-old-log-in">forcing users to log in</a> to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the "next few months," the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/?solution=ca69b0fc268c177fca69b0fc268c177f&amp;js_challenge=1&amp;jsc_token=2824be10929bdc604753c70a67a1c331be1f5fbbb849edf56700bcb77893e93f&amp;jsc_orig_r=" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/?solution=ca69b0fc268c177fca69b0fc268c177f&amp;js_challenge=1&amp;jsc_token=2824be10929bdc604753c70a67a1c331be1f5fbbb849edf56700bcb77893e93f&amp;jsc_orig_r=">company says</a> that you'll have to be logged in <em>and</em> have used Old Reddit within the last six months from when the change rolls out to be able to continue browsing the platform with the classic experience. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reddit says the six-month window covers "the vast majority of all Old Reddit users." The announcement didn't go into detail, but it's clearly aimed at blocking not just new account creation for bots, …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002788/old-reddit-ai-scraping">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>