The great thing is, now you’re 100% empowered to move forward and host the responsibility yourself. Demanding volunteers shoulder potential liability (when you yourself admit you can’t understand how there’s any in the first place) is juvenile.

The moment a volunteer is hit with a DMCA notice or any threat of legal action, you think they have any interest in going through the court system? You can do it first.

We might have to accept we’re on the “losing” side, e.g. Lemmy will never have the numbers our subreddits had. We’ll have smaller communities and less content, but hopefully better conversation.

Patriot moment

Ah, in less than 48 hours we’ve come full circle.

What beautiful dawns await us.

Ah, in less than 48 hours we’ve come full circle.

What beautiful dawns await us.

Ah, in less than 48 hours we’ve come full circle.

What beautiful dawns await us.

Ah, in less than 48 hours we’ve come full circle.

What beautiful dawns await us.

Or, for the time being, this platform never takes off and reddit’s moat temporarily prevails. Eventually Reddit will die, but no one can predict when.