Or perhaps this could be integrated with one of the Lemmy apps as a backend.

They will make sure no other client is able to read their content.

Have you tried https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3? ?

Right, that’s exactly my plan. I’m hearing good things about Redact but I haven’t used it yet.

They will try to recruit new mods from the subscribers or find them elsewhere. I agree it’s going to be ugly and prolonged and will likely lead to a painful death of the communities.

Until they decide to undelete everything they want.

I’m hearing that deleting just hides the content. It’s better to edit the comments to something else, preferably an invitation to Lemmy.