Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay
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just begin with site:reddit.com test for ddg and it still works
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Are they new posts or old ones? They are blocking new ones, not old ones.
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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
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I tested and it got lots of reddit queries from even 2 years ago afaik.
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They are blocking new ones, not old ones.
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I even have diverse reddit queries from last week and even 2 years ago. this workaround is still ok tbh
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New means from yesterday, not from last week
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Based on my testing if you filter results by the last week or last day you get nothing. Past month works.
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For old posts. I can't find new posts on DDG. I find them on Google but not on DDG.
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I tried brave search begin with site:reddit.com test and it still works
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