/r/programming came back up two days ago and as far as I can tell everything relating to the blackout was wiped. I kinda expected it since spez was admin.

Another thing that surprised me was how much chatGPT bot spam there is (danm it is so so bad, wonder what the mods are doing over there… ah yes, spez).

I used to sort by hot so it was hidden away a bit for me before.

Anyways I hope Lemmy does not fall into the same pitfalls!

goes back into lurk mode

    • rmam@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I’m concerned about how far is Reddit willing to go with your private information. The current Reddit leadership is showing itself to be really desperate to make a quick buck even at the expense of long time users with complete disrespect and total disregard towards those who gave them for free everything they now try to monetize.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        You ought to delete anything you’re worried about. All my data is in the form of comments.

        • rmam@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          It’s not me I’m worried about. It’s that Reddit has content generated from millions of users who posted it with the expectations it would never be used against them.

          Also, given Reddit sells ads I’m sure it also tracks click paths and which content any particular user consumed, and from there deduce personal profiles.