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TechCrunch · AI· Sarah Perez·· 1 d ago

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

AI summary

Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds. Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform.

Selection record

Not admittedSum of both 133 < twice the threshold 152

Source tier
Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
Pre-filter
passed:Reddit因AI爬虫关闭RSS及API

A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.

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