Reddit is now forcing users to log in to read their posts (terrible for a parasite?)

I can see reddit posts from Google without logging in ,they have to be testing something ,op is this on mobile phone you are seeing this
 
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moonshine7000 said:
I can see reddit posts from Google without logging in ,they have to be testing something ,op is this on mobile phone you are seeing this
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they are rolling it out slowly. tried using old reddit redirect they more or less removed that ability on some mobile browsers, not all of them. the only way is to currently view reddit using an app if you dont want to be nagged.
 
Venusaur said:
You found a Reddit post, you scroll down, read some answers and boom, this garbage pops up:

You can't close it, you are forced to log in:

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For a while I thought it was only me, but there are tons of reports about this shit, it's something recent, maybe it's not affecting everybody yet.

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It seems they are desperately forcing people to create accounts on Reddit before their Google agreement is not renewed. Once they lose this agreement, Reddit will lose relevance and it won't rank as higher as we are seeing right now. I'm not saying Reddit will become a MySpace, however they can become a not so interesting parasite. So, they are trying to get as many new users as possible before it happens. Does it make sense? Let me know.

Besides that, those pop-ups avoiding people to read all the messages, might be also affecting AIs. Is it possible? In recent days, OpenAI severely decreased the amount of citations related to Reddit. Is it just a coincidence or AIs are also facing difficulties scanning Reddit posts? Or are they simply staying away from Reddit? Is Reddit being slowly kicked out by Google and AI platforms or what?

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I don't know, but with all this shit happening and Reddit implementing some draconian rules to ban everyone, even legit accounts while trying to hunt spammers, it appears to me that Reddit is becoming less and less interesting, especially compared to a couple years ago.

Now, if you use Reddit as a parasite, you have to be extremely careful with your accounts, it's very easy to be banned, they are very strict, and all that for what? If they are going to really force everybody to log in, this can be a massive hit, because most people will just go back to Google instead of creating an account, it's what I'm doing, I won't bother to create an account, some people will, some won't. I would say many leads coming from Google -> Reddit -> our website were people without a Reddit account, because Reddit posts were ranking for any kind of query, not only "what is the best crypto exchange reddit", nope, it was ranking naturally, without the "reddit" keyword included.

Anyway, this pop-up was the last nail in the coffin for me. Imagine using a Medium article as a parasite and then, people can't even read before an annoying pop-up interrupt them and force them to go back to Google? It was a great parasite until a few months ago, now those news are making me believe we are approaching a Reddit decadence as a parasite (not necessarily as a social media).
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You get banned for Reddit legit or not, it’s so sad. No matter what I post there it gets taken down.
 
Bradyuni said:
You get banned for Reddit legit or not, it’s so sad. No matter what I post there it gets taken down.
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apparently they rolling it out slowly, so it wont cause backlash, its almost complete though. plus they are already figuring out how to bypass ublock filters in the mean time.

i had a feeling the huge drop in traffic, and the lack of AI scraping was due to them banning so much content.
 
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the login requirement might cause more trouble for reddit than people expect.a big part of their visitors comes from google and many of those users dont even have a reddit account.if they hit a login screen just to view a discussion they may simply leave.the drop in ai citations is also worth watching but it may be linked to search or crawling changes and not only something happening with reddit.
 
Beklink said:
What is that Google agreement you are talking about
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Google paid Reddit $60 million to use Reddit data to train its AI. You see links and references to Reddit in Google searches because Google used Reddit as the source. Reddit really undersold the data and could have fetched a lot more money. There are new talks and negotiations about renewing a new deal for 2027 but it's not clear if Google still needs Reddit and if Reddit has new data that is still valuable. Reddit is a publicly traded company that needs to show growth so it doesn't surprise me they are trying to get new users to sign up.
 
NulledCode said:
Google paid Reddit $60 million to use Reddit data to train its AI. You see links and references to Reddit in Google searches because Google used Reddit as the source. Reddit really undersold the data and could have fetched a lot more money. There are new talks and negotiations about renewing a new deal for 2027 but it's not clear if Google still needs Reddit and if Reddit has new data that is still valuable. Reddit is a publicly traded company that needs to show growth so it doesn't surprise me they are trying to get new users to sign up.
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Definitely one of the worst tech deals ever, they should have asked for a lot more, Reddit's literally the biggest source of human written discussions. Most AI companies are probably scrapping that anyway and completely ignoring copyright though..
 
All good things must come to an end.

And hey my "anime" posts don't get cited for my brand name now at least so sort of a blessing for me.
 
i didnt noticed that still can read without login , but the ban is happening like crazy they ban almost anyone without reason even extereme old account and force everyone to login to very you're human or in app but those options doens't work and the account will ban , i think the end of reddit is come
 
Besides all these ads, they've also been banning accounts. I noticed they wiped out a bunch of my chats, even though there was no spam, ads, or anything inappropriate in them. Reddit used to be such a great forum.
 
Yeah idk why they are using a login wall, and sometimes saying "You've been blocked by network security." when I opened a reddit link from the email in browser incognito mode. Is not my ip, because I can open the same link in other browser incognito.
They are going to lose a lot of traffic because the login wall isn't funny for most of ppl.
 
yeah the login wall is killing aged accounts even more tbh. seen way more bans lately and even years old accounts getting caught now. reddit really squeezing everything, not just traffic but aged account viability which sucks because warming them used to actually work lol
 
that change is so annoying, like they are forcing people to create account just to inflate their numbers meanwhile they would ban them in a sec if they try to participate in any post lol.
 
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