Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users
Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users
Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the protesting subred…
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Deleted my Reddit account today, not gonna let Huffman use my content to make money and his attitude is very concerning tbh
24 0 ReplyWaiting on them to fulfil my GDPR data request.
One I've got all my data (since there was some useful stuff there over the years) I'll follow up with the "right to be forgotten" request as well.
7 0 ReplyKeep us updated how this goes. Are they even governed by EU law if they are in the US?
4 0 ReplyIf they want to operate in the EU (for example, selling ad space to European companies to show to European users) then yes, they are.
11 0 ReplyThere are some American news sites that don't serve to European users for that reason. Instead, we get a screan that explains that GDPR is too much for them to handle.
It can be circumvented with a VPN, but I haven't bothered so far
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They'll probably just use it anyway, unfortunately.
Now that we've given them the data, there's not much we can do.
4 0 ReplyIf you're in the EU have a look at Art 15&17 GDPR. I'm so gonna have fun with them...
7 0 ReplyI tried nuking mine and they restored everything. At least I have the power not to give them anything more.
6 0 Replyme as well - it's all back.
2 0 ReplyI keep running Power Delete Suite and the comments keep getting restored. Pretty shifty of them.
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