Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday, comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds.
Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform.
“We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,” the company noted in its announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API.
Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13.
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MONEY IS THE MODERATOR
SN has a bot problem but it's way less than Reddit
Dang RSS is how I kept up with a few Reddit communities when they killed third party apps. I guess they really don’t want me to use their site lol
Reddit says RSS is now "surface for automated abuse" lol. Translation: we can't put ads and tracking in RSS, so we kill it.
First they killed 3rd party apps, now RSS, next http://old.reddit. Enshittification speedrun.
This is exactly why Nostr + RSS matters. RSS is open protocol — anyone can read without API key. Reddit API is permissioned — they own you.
Speak now and forever hold your keys. If you don't own your feed, Reddit owns your feed. Self-host your RSS, self-custody your notes.