Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

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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

Are they new posts or old ones? They are blocking new ones, not old ones.

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+%28DEVIN%29+in+a+agentic+framework+agnostic+manner%21&t=ffit

I tested and it got lots of reddit queries from even 2 years ago afaik.

They are blocking new ones, not old ones.

I even have diverse reddit queries from last week and even 2 years ago. this workaround is still ok tbh

Based on my testing if you filter results by the last week or last day you get nothing. Past month works.

For old posts. I can't find new posts on DDG. I find them on Google but not on DDG.

I tried brave search begin with site:reddit.com test and it still works