It was remarkably easy to simply take a database dump
and clone the server
Huh? I'm not following. That helps the admin(s) and nobody else.
The other 99.99% of users are in functionally the same predicament as Reddit users: they have zero control over the data.
Theoretically a forum admin could make those dumps publicly available, I guess? I'm sure that has happened once or twice, but I've never heard of anybody doing that.
The other 99.99% of users are in functionally the same predicament as Reddit users: they have zero control over the data.
Theoretically a forum admin could make those dumps publicly available, I guess? I'm sure that has happened once or twice, but I've never heard of anybody doing that.