Technology25 Mar 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy b…

Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s ta…

Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin labeling automated accounts that are providing a service to users, similar to how the “good bots” are labeled on X, and it will now require accounts that are suspected of being bots to verify if they’re human. Reddit stresses this is not going to be a sitewide verifica…

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