"Reddit's Massive Purge: Years of Chats and Messages Vanish"
Reddit is removing all chats and messages from before 2023 as part of its transition to a new chat architecture, leaving users unable to access their old conversations. While there may be a way to recover some of the messages through a data request, many users are unhappy with the lack of direct notification from Reddit. This move comes amidst a broader backlash from users and moderators over new policies and the phasing out of the existing coin system used to recognize exceptional contributors.