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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by dvngnt_ on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:18PM (#36482738)
a platform with 50 million users doesn't die as a result of a 2 day blackout. MySpace and digg are still technically alive

this is probably reddit's biggest PR nightmare and this will make a permanent stain on the company.

Lemmy/kbin getting increased development is probably the best case scenario.

with the reddit sync dev and other devs making 3rd party clients we're going to see Lemmy be a viable alternative in the coming weeks or months.

I've already stopped using reddit on mobile. if they kill old reddit then my usage drops by over 90 percent

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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by BashiBazouk on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:46PM (#36483140)
Digg was bought out for the name and is a news aggregate site without comments.

I'm trying to like Lemmy but it really needs a data dense "old.lemmy" interface. I doubt I'll stick with it...

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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by johnnyanmac on Monday June 26, 2023 @06:24PM (#36486687)
Better chance than Reddit keeping old.reddit for another 2 years.

Also, with a non-hostile API, it's very much possible for somene to design such an interface

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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by NekkoDroid on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:43PM (#36487327)
Well, Lemmy generally doesn't use much custom CSS outside of the standard Bootstrap 5 stuff, so writing one isn't too crazy.

You might find something here that floats your boat (you need the stylus extension): https://userstyles.world/search?q=lemmy (you might need to adjust on which pages these styles apply tho)

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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by Eldt on Monday June 26, 2023 @09:56PM (#36488103)
Have you tried kbin?
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Re:Reddit makes it impossible to delete PII, refuses to do i... by ruffsl on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @08:31AM (#36491854)
Have you tried customizing the compact layout to look like old.reddit?

- https://programming.dev/post/135335

- https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey

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