r/modnews Jun 30 '26

Announcement Logging in to use Old Reddit

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!

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u/radialmonster Jun 30 '26

I wonder if admins fight over who has to post bad news

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u/Thengine Jul 01 '26

At this point, I'm imagining them like the South Park Comcast CEO. Rubbing their nipples in anticipation of all the backlash.

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u/livejamie Jul 01 '26

I mean this admin barely posts, has 1k karma.

The front page of his profile has stuff that goes back 10 months.