Spez just got muskified.
He was thinking (or more likely, his hubris was babbling): "If Elon can do it, I can do it!" without realizing that reddit is the exact opposite of twitter.

Meanwwhile in the real world, twitter's value is all about its users (as in, empty but famous shells making some noise) while reddit's value is in the content its users bring. On reddit the influence isn't the person but what they bring along, and if they stop bringing it along then reddit's just a second-hand internet time machine.

Not even talking about users who (like me) have deleted their "lifetime" contribution while keeping their account alive (in order not to find it restored with a dummy handle). Reddit is getting the Thanos treatment, bit by bit.

But what Reddit is putting a price on is access to content generated by its users, not Reddit itself.

Spot on. Spez is short-sighted thinking he can "musk out" of this situation, as reddit is no twitter.

Twitter's value is on its users: often empty but famous shells moving hot air from tweet to tweet. Reddit's value was in the content we brought but as soon as we stop feeding the beast it's just a glorified wayback machine. That is, if we do not delete our past contributions.

Devs will have some hard weeks (probably months) facing the new challenges that come with the exodus. Not even mentioning all the work needed to counteract eventual (probable) malevolent subterfuges such as these bot swarms.
I'll make sure to buy them some coffee. Jugs of.

FYI all of these solutions stop working in 10 days 🤣

Wrong. Most solutions (see below) linked here are either proxies or scrubbers-archivers, which mean they are using HTTPS requests to access a web page.
If such solutions really stopped working on July 1st then you wouldn't be able to access reddit with your browser.

Which could be an interesting side effect.

(About teddit and libreddit: those two are "portmanteau" using varying techniques to obfuscate reddit crap. Teddit is indeed using some "unofficial" API so it may or may not work, and apparently libreddit is proxying requests so it should probably work. It will also depend on their .json use as it is also covered by the new terms.)

Massive indeed, dansup is super-competent. I love the way this is all going.

If I read correctly their fine print they have 45 + 45 days to respond. Rest assured they'll take their time.

On the other hand I don't think you're the only one requesting either deletion or a GDPR archive right now so summer break might be slightly postponed or crunched for some people up there. Just a wild guess but still.

Reddit does not really have a reputation of fair-play. As you have deleted your account without deleting your data you might find it restored with a dummy handle "for consistency".

My advice to anyone: if you want to take your data back from reddit you should first edit your posts (to some "lorem ipsum suck fpez" gibberish) then delete them using tools like power delete suite or shreddit.

Then you should keep your account alive and regularly pay reddit a visit just to see if its content hasn't been restored. If you're in a country under GDPR regulation you can also ask for a GDPR archive of your data that should cover whatever they have on you including posts and comment. This is a good way of verifying what you deleted was actually deleted and not just "marked as" and yet available.

I have left reddit. As in, I do not engage further than discussing migration issues. But I keep an eye on my account and will do so until I'm sure it's been thoroughly cleaned up. Account deletion is not yet in order, it might be before they go public because I also want them to fall hard from that.

At least it makes some noise for "normie users" that could have looked the other way and kept business as usual despite stickied posts ("Oh no more technical protest crap, just let me see more cats videos!"). This (more or less) indirect visibility can pique such users' interest and lead them to assess the situation differently and eventually follow the rabbit further down.

It also acts as a ZAD (Zone to Defend) after the initial blackout protests.

Amen to that!

Un mec c'est con, un jeune mec c'est encore plus con !
Déjà entre garçons les plaisanteries sur la zigounette du voisin vont bon train, alors imagine le pauvre geek de service tout droit sorti de Stranger Things se retrouvant à faire son petit besoin alors qu'un groupe de filles arrive, et interpellé par le quarterback à grande bouche local (ils sont toujours là au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment !).

Quant aux filles je ne les exempte pas totalement d'une vacherie ou d'une provocation quelconque. Le mauvais goût n'est pas l'apanage exclusif d'un sexe ou l'autre, à plus forte raison à l'âge où l'on se "teste" beaucoup l'un l'autre.

Je pense que la controverse est là, le maintien des urinoirs dans des toilettes mixtes aurait amplifié la gêne de certains et la toxicité d'autres.

Well she's definitely not a committee.

I cannot exclude the possibility that the recent increase in bot accounts on some instances is somewhat linked to such already engaged subterfuges. I mean, the time frame is way too coincidental.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A "Kilroy was here" graffiti.

Too late for me I guess, I've already deleted all of my user content in order to "deflate" reddit.

But I still have fingers and a few neurons connecting so, onward to new content!

A hell of a job. I took the lazy way out and just deleted all of my contributions, and will be GDPRing whatever's left or restored in a while. New platform, new content, same mind and fingers.

On prête ces propos, au gré du vent, au général de Gaulle ou à Sacha Guitry :

Lors de l'entracte d'une représentation théâtrale, notre héros se soulage aux urinoirs. Son voisin, pour détendre l'atmosphère (est-ce que j'ai une g... ?) lance : "Belle pièce, n'est-il point ?"

Las, notre héros de répondre : "Monsieur, je vous prie de regarder devant vous !"

There's something I find quite concerning: on a recent poll on r/redditalternatives the "best" alternative by a large amount is squabbles.io, then beehaw, fediverse "regular" instances (kbin, lemmy) only coming in 3rd and 4th position.

If that poll really reflects the opinion of the average reddit Joe (I tend to take external polls with a grain of salt as they can easily be brigaded), not only people are voting en masse for a centralized solution - again, but also they're favoring the maverick fediverse instance over proper ones.

Even more concerning, this snippet taken from squabbles.io's privacy policy:

Disclosure of Information
We may share your personal information in the following circumstances:

With your consent or as otherwise necessary to provide our services
With trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and services
When required by law, or in response to a valid legal request
In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity

To put it bluntly: brace yourselves, we will sell your data (and likely the company) as soon as we get enough dough from it.

Attention whores. Won't buy.