Users need to copy all posts and comments data from banned or inaccessible social media accounts (e.g., Reddit)

Target User

Users who lose access to their personal social media accounts (e.g., Reddit users)

Product Idea

A dedicated web scraper/API service that allows users to input credentials and download all historical content (posts, comments, images) from various social media sites (Reddit, X, etc.) into a structured JSON/CSV format.

Evidence

• “Today, my 3-year-old Reddit account has been banned for no reason. They deleted all my posts and comments as well. Yesterday, the website I invested years of my time in SEO into was nuked by Google and lost its position overnight due to new anti-spam policies that rolled in. A month ago, on another project, I missed an email from a payment processing provider and lost payments and all revenue, only because Gmail put the most important email in spam. Nothing works well in this fucking sh<i>th</i> +”

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49361760

Why this opportunity matters

This opportunity surfaced from multi where Users who lose access to their personal social media accounts (e.g., Reddit users) are actively describing the problem in their own words. We classified the demand intensity as high — meaning users are not just complaining, they are openly looking for paid solutions and willing to switch tools to find one. When users self-select to post a problem on a public platform like multi, they are usually already trying to solve it — which makes them strong candidates for the right paid alternative.

How to validate this before you build

Before writing a single line of code, three lightweight steps will tell you whether this opportunity is worth pursuing:

1. Read the original conversation. The evidence links above lead to the exact threads where users described this problem in their own words. Read every comment — what people argue about in the replies often matters more than the original post.
2. Talk to five real users. Find five people who match the target user description above and ask how they handle this today. You are looking for two signals: a consistent workaround they hate, and a willingness to pay for something better. If both show up in three of five conversations, the demand is real.
3. Test willingness to pay before building. Put up a one-page landing site describing the proposed product, with a deposit or pre-order checkout. If even a small fraction of traffic converts to a real payment, you have validated more than most products that ship to production.