Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven't used it in 6 months

Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven't used it in 6 months Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months. In July, Reddit started requiring that users be logged in to access Old Reddit.

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• Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months.
• In July, Reddit started requiring that users be logged in to access Old Reddit.
• This new requirement is an effort to reduce Reddit’s biggest source of scraping and automated traffic, the company says.
• Today, the social media platform announced additional upcoming restrictions on Old Reddit.
• A Reddit post from an employee, known as “judy-funnie” on the platform, says that “in the next few months, we’ll further limit access for logged-in users to only those who have used Old Reddit in the last six months (which covers the vast majority of all Old Reddit users).” There is an exception for moderators, who will still be able to view Old Reddit regardless of when they last used it, as long as they are logged in.
• “This helps keep Old Reddit available for the people who rely on it while reducing automated abuse,” the post says.