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The company is starting with tests outside of the US. Reddit will no longer allow logged out users or those without an account to view content on its …
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Reddit's CEO says the company will no longer allow logged-out users or people without an account to view content, and the change will initially be tested in "select markets" outside the US. For Chinese readers in the US who use Reddit, the article does not say when or whether the logged-in-only requirement would apply in the US; it describes the move as starting with tests outside the US. The company says search traffic has declined significantly and that it is shifting Reddit to a logged-in-only experience to retain new audiences and protect access to its data. The article also says the change will likely rattle users, some of whom are already frustrated with recent moves like restrictions on Old Reddit.
The company is starting with tests outside of the US.
Reddit will no longer allow logged out users or those without an account to view content on its platform, CEO Steve Huffman shared in an update. The change, which the company said will initially be tested in "select markets" outside the US, comes as the company says that search traffic has declined significantly.
"A key piece of work to retain new audiences is shifting Reddit to a logged-in-only experience," Huffman wrote in a shareholder letter. "Moving to primarily logged-in will ensure our users have the best Reddit experience possible, and can find the content and communities most relevant to them."
The change is the most dramatic shift the company has made as it battles AI scraping and changes to internet search. It will also likely rattle users, some of whom are already frustrated with recent moves like restrictions on Old Reddit. Huffman said that it was a "big change" but necessary for the company.
"It is better for our business because we will have more signals for ads targeting, and being logged-in leads to higher engagement generally," he wrote. "It also allows us to protect access to Reddit's extremely valuable corpus of data, and helps us better adapt to emerging regulations around the world."
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Source: Engadget
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