r/gaming has mentioned receiving similar threats, so it might be that more are getting them but by and large only the "edgier" (not meant derogatorily, just can't think of a better term for it) subreddits going public about it?
I mean, that is a thing apps could have done to resolve the situation, the fact they chose not to take that route wasn't Reddit's decision. (Not that I blame devs for not wanting to play ball after seeing how Reddit's team slandered the Apollo dev, that was inexcusable and likely burned a lot of bridges. I wouldn't want to negotiate with them either.)
Inability to edit or delete anything also fundamentally has a lot of problems on its own. Accidentally post a picture with a piece of mail in the background and catch it a second after sending? Too late, anyone who looks now has your home address. Child shares too much online and parent wants to undo that? No can do, it's there forever now. Post a link and later learn it was misinformation and want to take it down? Sucks to be you, or anyone else that sees it. Your ex post revenge porn? Just gotta live with it for the rest of time.
There's always a risk of that when posting anything online, but that doesn't mean systems should be designed to lean into that by default.
Right, that comparison makes sense next to subreddits. But I'm confused on how that's meaningfully different from separate sites?
Curious, what does federation have to do with that compared to standalone sites (like multiple people hosting Tildes instances or something)? Still not super clear on all the details of how this stuff works.
