Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."

Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com.

The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to “tighten how automated systems access Reddit.”

The Reddit employee wrote:

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.

  • Noja@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Just got this email from reddit:

    We’re writing to let you know that starting 24 June 2026, we are changing how users in the European Union (EU) access certain parts of the platform to comply with EU laws.

    If we determine you may be under 18 years old, you will need to verify your age before you can view mature (NSFW) content or communities. Learn more about how we determine age and verification options here.

    All teen accounts in the EU will also automatically be switched to the most protective, private experience. Depending on your age, here is how your settings will look:

    Ages 13–15: Features like Chat, Followers and Profile discoverability will be locked to the most protective settings. These cannot be changed. Ages 16–17: These same features will default to the most protective settings automatically, but you have the option to change them in your Settings.

    If you have questions, please visit Reddit Help. - Reddit

    Would be funny if they mark my account as teen when some of my nude images have been on there for years^^