Reddit to require logins for full content to curb scrapers
Original title: Reddit to lock content behind logins to fight scrapers
A pilot outside the United States will start in coming months; restricted content, countries, and timelines are not set.
Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman said the site will gradually become a logged-in service, limiting what visitors without accounts can see. Huffman cited personalization and unauthorized scraping of logged-out pages as the reasons. Reddit says it will keep the front page open and let people arriving from search or external links see at least the linked page, while licensing data to AI platforms and search engines under commercial agreements. Real names or identification documents will not be required, and a read-only incognito mode will return in the app.
Unconfirmed: Which content will be restricted, which countries are first, and the rollout timeline are not determined.
- Most unauthorized data access happens through logged-out pages, Reddit says.
- Users can opt out of personalized advertising.
- Logged-in use is also meant to improve content recommendations and ad relevance.
- What will be restricted, which countries go first, and rollout dates are undecided.
- Organizations
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Reddit announced in a post by co-founder Steve Huffman that the site will gradually become a "logged-in service," offering limited access to visitors without accounts. [...]
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