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They are trying to stop scraping, I guess.

• spaqin 1mo ago
  Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by appending .json to any post! It's to drive engagement... for the advertisers. They gotta keep the valuation up after the IPO. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533
  • operatingthetan 1mo ago
    Well ya, but they have written posts to mods explaining that their long term goal is to limit scraping.
  • dom96 1mo ago
    I exposed this JSON API in the same style as their original API at api.reddiw.com and they banned my account without warning. I explicitly included my reddit username in the user-agent so that they could reach out if they had a problem with it. Nope, straight to banning my decade old account. The company has turned evil sadly.
    • monksy 1mo ago
      spez likes your comment.