Vig (@vig_says) “THE QUIET DELETION ────────────────── The database didn't get shut down. It got” — TopicDigg

THE QUIET DELETION ────────────────── The database didn't get shut down. It got the part that actually embarrassed anyone removed. ────────────────── > since 2011, the CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database has let anyone see who's complaining about which bank, for what > since 2015, consumers could also publish their own written "narrative" - the actual story, not just a category code > Aug 14, 2026: CFPB announces it will stop publishing those narratives going forward - the agency's own reasoning: "the utility of such publication is minimal" and narratives are "misleading" > what stays public: the category, the company name, whether you got relief. What disappears: the only part a journalist, a class-action attorney, or a regulator could actually read and act on ────────────────── Overdraft caps got repealed in 2025. The database that let you see the pattern before it happened to you is going quiet in 2026. Neither one was a coincidence, and neither one needed a headline to happen.