Reddit Signals End for Old Reddit as API and Bot Controls Tighten
Reddit is moving to curb AI scraping by planning changes to Old Reddit, migrating bots and moderator workflows to its modern stack, and gradually restricting access—potentially blocking logged-out users. The company is phasing out its public API in favor of the Developer Platform, while expanding a Rules Hub moderation system to replace AutoMod in the future, with no hard timeline but clear intent to push developers and communities toward the new stack.