Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages::Shooting itself in the foot again

  • AzPsycho@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I bet this has to do with complying with court orders. Can’t turn over something you don’t have.

    • Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      That would imply they are acting in good faith to protect their users. There must be another explanation because that one doesn’t sound likely. 😆

      • BlubberSeal@yiffit.net
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        1 year ago

        If I’m not mistaken, Reddit plans to develop a new chat system, sort of. I remember back when I still use reddit in new reddit, there was a new chat with all my old chats put in some sort of legacy chat categories.

        Maybe that legacy chat is what they’re planning to nuke? Even then I think it’s stupid. I can’t even see the difference between the new and old chat.

        • ninchuka@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          they’ve been working on it for ages and funnily enough its based off the matrix.org protocol :P so not really making it fully from scratch, well it seems they’ve made their own software for it