hi everyone, we wanted to provide some details on read-only mode, data exports, and how to keep track of what’s going on with us.
read-only mode
cohost will enter read-only mode tomorrow, October 1, at some time in the morning UTC-4 (US Eastern Time). it will be october 1 everywhere in the world when this occurs, so don’t stress too much about the timing; if your clock reads September 30 then you can still post.
in read-only mode, cohost will look and function about the same as it does now. the dashboard, profiles, tag feeds, bookmarked tag feed, search, comments, and pretty much everything else will still function. you will not be able to make new posts, edit or delete existing posts, like posts, follow, unfollow, block, or silence users, edit your profile, or do any other action that would involve changing cohost. due to a bug, account deletions may not be available until after we have processed all data exports.
read-only mode is not a different website; it uses the read-only permission we’ve had in place since the beginning as a moderation tool. it’s still the same cohost, you just can’t post on it.