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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months ago

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

www.theverge.com

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

www.theverge.com

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months ago
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Sorry, Bing users.
  • @[email protected]OP
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    19•11 months ago

    just begin with site:reddit.com test for ddg and it still works

    • @[email protected]
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      Are they new posts or old ones? They are blocking new ones, not old ones.

      • Pup Biru
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        18•11 months ago

        new posts do not work

        this post in /r/selfhosted is from 8hr ago: SWEKIT v0.1 - an open source library to build software engineering agents (DEVIN) in a agentic framework agnostic manner!

        reddit/redlib: https://redlib.kylrth.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1eb86lf/swekit_v01_an_open_source_library_to_build/

        doesn’t appear in DDG results: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Areddit.com+SWEKIT+v0.1+-+an+open+source+library+to+build+software+engineering+agents+(DEVIN)+in+a+agentic+framework+agnostic+manner!&t=ffit

      • @[email protected]OP
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        -14•11 months ago

        I tested and it got lots of reddit queries from even 2 years ago afaik.

        • @[email protected]
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          They are blocking new ones, not old ones.

          • @[email protected]OP
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            -16•11 months ago

            I even have diverse reddit queries from last week and even 2 years ago. this workaround is still ok tbh

            • @[email protected]
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              14•11 months ago

              New means from yesterday, not from last week

    • @[email protected]
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      7•11 months ago

      Based on my testing if you filter results by the last week or last day you get nothing. Past month works.

    • @[email protected]
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      3•11 months ago

      For old posts. I can’t find new posts on DDG. I find them on Google but not on DDG.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        -5•11 months ago

        I tried brave search begin with site:reddit.com test and it still works

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