Reddit will now require an account to access, CEO confirms login wall
tech234a · hn · 2026-10-30
Reddit is moving to require a logged-in account to view its content, with CEO spez explaining the decision in a post titled "About that login screen." The change has major implications for search indexing, third-party access, and scraping, and is being widely discussed on Hacker News.
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