Why not a reddit clone with the API data and some sort of claim for accounts via proof of ownership?
Just make them comment a special string on reddit to claim your account on the new clone.
Clone content and subreddits of the last X days.
Shouldn't be toooo hard.
Maybe use the reddit links for images and video for the first POC until you can serve them yourself.
Moderators could claim their subreddits, people dont lose too much - maybe also migrate your subreddit subscriptions.
Isn’t there a 2TB dump of Reddit posts and comments as of February 2023? Couldn’t you that instead of the API to seed your site’s content as a workaround to the TOS?
Why not a reddit clone with the API data and some sort of claim for accounts via proof of ownership? Just make them comment a special string on reddit to claim your account on the new clone. Clone content and subreddits of the last X days. Shouldn't be toooo hard. Maybe use the reddit links for images and video for the first POC until you can serve them yourself.
Moderators could claim their subreddits, people dont lose too much - maybe also migrate your subreddit subscriptions.
Sounds like a 1 month job for a good team.