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Furry Technologists @pawb.social l_b_i @yiffit.net 2mo ago

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

www.theverge.com Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

Sorry, Bing users.

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁) @feddit.it skariko @feddit.it 2mo ago

Reddit ora blocca tutti i motori di ricerca (a parte Google)

www.theverge.com /2024/7/24/24205244/reddit-blocking-search-engine-crawlers-ai-bot-google

Reddit ora blocca tutti i motori di ricerca (a parte Google)

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Technology @lemmy.ml moe90 @feddit.nl 2mo ago

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

www.theverge.com /2024/7/24/24205244/reddit-blocking-search-engine-crawlers-ai-bot-google

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

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4 comments

I mean... We basically knew that this was going to happen when they suddenly cared about API usage and staff were reverting people's comments/posts when they tried to mass-delete/poison them.
- We knew they were going to sell to AI, I think withholding from search crawlers is a little unexpected.
  
  Especially since it will drive down their traffic significantly. I thought it was well-known that Reddit is the "search engine hack" to get useful results.
  
  I guess they're betting on the big players just paying.