Reddit RSS feeds recent rate limiting and solution

3 hours ago

Author used Reddit RSS feeds for years to follow subreddits related to business and local interests.
Recently encountered HTTP 429 errors due to Reddit imposing stricter rate limits on RSS feeds.
Discovered a solution by adding user and feed parameters to RSS URLs for authenticated access.
Reddit may have foreshadowed these changes by deprecating unauthenticated JSON access.
Author emphasizes reliance on RSS feeds and would stop using Reddit if they were cut off.

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