My notes:

• As expected, a blackout with a set end date is seen as toothless by Reddit leadership
• I hate when companies refer to their employees with some "cute" nickname, like "Snoos"
• He expects some Reddit users to actually resort to physical violence, painting them as the irrational bad guys in this whole situation?

Lemmy will likely have its own "the narwhal bacons at midnight" phase.

It'll interesting to see what it is...and then almost immediately tiresome.

And another generation gap between people who use a double space after a period and those who just use a single space.

You can always tell when someone was trained to type on a typewriter when that happens.

To me, this is like Richard Stallman and certain reprehensible actions and opinions.

Just like with Stallman and his contributions to software, I can justify using Lemmy to myself due to it being open source and the devs not directly financially profiting from the spread of Lemmy (although it certainly raises their public profile).

It's definitely unfortunate that they're Tankies.

I also suggest submitting a request to exercise your privacy rights (if applicable to your location): https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360001370251

According to Reddit's Privacy Policy (as of June 13, 2023), they need to verify that you have access to your Reddit account:

Before we process a request from you about your personal information, we need to verify the request via your access to your Reddit account or to a verified email address associated with your Reddit account.

Also note from the Privacy Policy (as of June 13, 2023):

After you submit a request to delete your account, it may take up to 90 days for our purge script to complete deletion. We may also retain certain information about you as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

The list of instances with user count and other stats: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list