It helps that Reddit along with other big platforms like FB absorbed all the traffic that in the old days would have been distributed into small separate forums. Not good for the ecosystem.

I assume there are more issues preventing them from simply relocating to another hosting?

Linkedin is a cesspool and nothing but a dumpster fire. I wish I wasn't pressured to joining it for job searches.

That radio DJ speaking in the middle of the song you're recording.

Stay strong, man. I really hope it doesn't come to the worst.

OP: Hello. Here is something useful that searches for alternate front ends that are operational when you need to access privacy invasive services.

ITT: throws a fit because it lets someone to do something they don't like

This is why us privacy conscious folks are labeled freaks and weirds. Not because we reject privacy invasive services, but we can't deal with anything that isn't absolutely perfect.

Perhaps they simply took out the sim card and inserted into another phone, giving them access to contacts (that could have been saved into the chip instead of the original phone)?

In a similar situation as you (entire society revolves around whatsapp). I came to this conclusion:

1. Others won't share my view on personal privacy at all will happily give out any metadata or data. No matter what secure channel we use, the destination (people) will always leak.

2. Because of (1), consider all communication with others as public, no matter the inferred intimacy, no matter the platform or its security.

3. Consider (2) as true even if they somehow used Signal or any secure platform, because of (1). (E.g. "Hey, did you hear about $familyMember? Yes, the weird kiddo who forced me to use some strange blue shit for chat. He got positive on blood exam for $badCondition. Go check on him")

As for whatsapp itself, i use Android and isolate it in a separate profile, also frozen until opened. I also used a burner phone number for account registration, not my actual number.

People are more receptive of whatsapp accounts with "alternate" numbers when you explain you "got hacked in the past" or any plausible reason.

Confusing between hay‐ay is at least understandable (forgetting the letter). Confusing between hay-ahí is what makes my blood boil.

Kojima gone, Konami bad, usual rant - I'm glad for David reprising his role once again, if anything.

That being said, Snake's saga is long over. Shouldn't they try testing new waters with a continuation of Metal Gear Rising as well?

I'd rather have a text-only instance with no media at all. Can this be done?

I hope they don't get shut down like Bibliogram. I hate having to login (on top of having an account to start with) to see a link I was sent.