Reddit admins have already put things in place to counter editing or deleting comments.

I deleted an account from 2011 yet when I searched on Google for “site:reddit.com account name”, it listed loads of posts with their previous content (I used the script that changed all the contents before deleting).

All SM sites have been doing this for a while: they’ll shadow delete your account but will retain all the data.

Gesundheit!

The best thing would be if Reddit goes the way of Digg.

Well, it has already. The only reason it hasn’t fully imploded & all the users deserted for another site, is because there wasn’t an equivalent place to go to.

They were sort of parallel in development but digg blew up and Reddit didn’t then Digg took a quick hard turn towards enshitification.

Reddit has done the enshitification but like a parasitic infected spider, it’s wandering about and most of the users haven’t realised yet that it’s an empty shell.

It’s slow demise would be better in the long run than a quick collapse like Diggs so it’s now putrid culture is not transmitted with an enmass exodus.

Not been original thought in the guys head.

He stole the idea for Facebook and people think these tech bros are all about innovation!

It’s the antithesis of all the gung-ho apocalyptic films that has all the alpha males wanking off about they would survive & become a leader.

I watched it when it was broadcast & the conversation at school for weeks after was how no-one of us wanted to survive the blast because of how fucking horrific and what a curse it would be!

It gave me a chuckle that they slotted that into the article!

IMDB even has a listing for “woman who urinates herself” when the bomb drops.

I always remember the last scenes when the main protagonists daughter tries to wake her “RUTH! RUTH!”.

I’ve got it downloaded but haven’t watched it since the 80s as it’s part of my childhood trauma so might take a bit of unpacking!

Exactly.

Its not being Chicken Licking and freaking out that the sky is falling but we certainly dont need to play our hand this early in the game.

We know Meta is not a good faith actor. We know they will try to subsume or extinguish the fediverse if they cant control it but we dont need to go pissing our knickers and do the work for them.