Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
date linked: 30 September 2026
source: link to article, from theverge.com
There are a handful of subreddits I follow via RSS, and the decision to stop supporting RSS is burning up whatever remaining respect I had for the platform.
I don’t want to defend Reddit too much here, because I’ve been disappointed with them for years, but this is another example of “the problem is with the mere existence of the technology,” and “the technology” is once again generative AI.
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