My other irk is the next group that assumes everyone who isn’t American must be from Europe.

… any advice on where I might find these people?

People pay for Reddit accounts? Jebus

What’s the benefit in requesting your data? I tend to periodically nuke my Reddit accounts and cycle through usernames and I’ve never thought to save anything.

It’s a bit clunkier than Reddit, and obviously a smaller userbase. I’m sure the experience will get better with time. The real key to success will be getting more users to create content