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

Reddit will soon block access to old.reddit.com for logged-in accounts that haven’t used the old site within the past six months, a follow-up to a July change that already required users to be logged in. Moderators remain exempt and can view Old Reddit regardless of last use as long as they’re logged in. The company frames the tighter access control as a targeted effort to reduce large-scale scraping and automated traffic, saying the limits will preserve Old Reddit for genuine users rather than letting it be a vector for abuse. Previously any logged-in account could use Old Reddit, including accounts with no prior Old Reddit activity.

Separately, Reddit will drop public RSS feed support on November 13, calling RSS another common surface for automated scraping; RSS functionality will be retained only for moderation workflows through supported alternatives and tools such as Devvit apps or Discord Relay. Executives have signaled broader changes to Old Reddit’s future - moving important uses, limiting access, and eventually rebuilding on a modern stack - which critics warn could shrink usage and make it easier to justify further restrictions or a shutdown. Moderators and developers are being told to migrate workflows before the RSS cutoff to avoid disruption.