r/privacytoolsIO

First and above all, I personally and sincerely want to thank for his originally creating the PrivacyTools website and this subreddit, and for inviting me to be one of the Mods here six years ago.

His efforts to raise privacy consciousness, and evaluating the tools to achieve this, is an amazing legacy that he, and we, should commend.

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You may have noticed that has been changed to a restricted Subreddit and no longer allows general posts & comments.

Some may see this as a drastic step. We hope everyone understands that the (former) PrivacyTools team – i.e., the current PrivacyGuides team – has enjoyed our shared journey over the years. We want every one of you to be part of our future travels. Just as our site has transitioned to a new home, we sincerely hope all you join us at .

The growth of this Sub was the result of great effort, across several years, by the team. And by every one of you.

A Subreddit is a great deal of work to administer and moderate. Like a garden, it requires patient tending and daily care. It’s not a task for dilettantes or commitment-challenged people. It can’t thrive under a gardener who abandons it for several years, then shows up demanding this year’s harvest as their tribute. It’s unfair to the team formed years ago. It’s unfair to you.

I’ve enjoyed – and am proud of – being a Moderator of . I’ve had help – , , and many others. But moderating this site has been largely done by myself, especially these past four years, as it experienced most of its growth.

As we announced, first , and again , our mission – providing the best source of reliable, unbiased and non-self-interested advice to restore your online privacy – was being negatively impacted by longstanding problems established in our founding that could no longer be mitigated.

now exists as the Reddit home for . Recently, PrivacyTools.io was reverted to a personal site. We feel it engages in practices violating our norms ensuring reliability, being unbiased and not engaging in self-interested practices. This split, and what role has given this recent change, has generated confusion here. We’ve received supportive comments. We’ve been asked why we haven’t yet “ripped the bandaid off”. We’ve been asked when will we complete the migration we promised.

We’ve already done this for our site. We are now doing this for this subreddit.

We really value the community we’ve built here. All of you!

We really hope you continue our shared journey.

Please join us over at , and at !