yeah. PREVIEW OF HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING READ ONLY MODE:
we’ve had a “permission” setup for a while that set your account to read only. it was used to put users in timeout when they weren’t doing anything bad enough for a ban but still needed to chill for a bit.
we’re currently doing an audit to ensure that nothing can slip through this permission. on october 1, we will bulk assign it to all users.
all site functionality that doesn’t involve changing or creating things will remain.
ADDITIONALLY: the data exports include a “find your friends” page which is a unified set of profile contact links for everyone you followed. we want to make that part easy.