Try AI tbh. It’s saved me from tons of forum posts in pursuit of specialized technical knowledge, where I’d often be lucky to get a response at all.
stackoverflow be like
“hey i have this problem and i can’t figure it out”
posted 10 years ago
“nevermind i figured out it so all is good”
posted 10 years ago
Even worse is: “Here’s a link to where I found the solution”
404
Well, this happens if you don’t respect your users.
…or your moderators
…or your third party developers…or MY AXE!!
cool words very random ass nonsense this makes sense no kill alive
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Yea, this kind of problem is only going to get worse I expect.
I set up self-hosted linkwarden the other day to try to avoid this going forward.
Yea I have libredirect running to show me reddit stuff on alt front ends should I click a link that usually goes to it, but when talking about linkwarden I meant to make it in reference to preventing link-rot for anything in general on any site in the future as well, not just reddit.
Oh god it’s happening here too
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Good
The comment says removed, but the user says deleted.
And because of the large number of people who not only left Reddit, but burnt bridges in doing so by using tools to delete or garble their entite post history, it’s hard to tell if this was Reddit’s doing or just that of a fed-up user who deleted their own posts when leaving the site.
reddit comments only say removed when the mods or admins remove it. maybe the dude used a script to make all his comments say “I hate Reddit I am going to mail a pipebomb to carlos mencia in retaliation” and reddit nuked them.
What’s wrong with doing that?
unfortunately some souls are lost and still think carlos mencia is funny
SAD!
it’s hard to tell if this was Reddit’s doing or just that of a fed-up user who deleted their own posts when leaving
The latter, Reddit doesn’t remove your comments and posts when your account gets deleted.
The former is data they can index for Google searches to make Reddit more valuable as a resource. Reddit will never remove your data.
I used a tool to overwrite mine right before the API bullshit went into effect, but searching for my account, it appears they were all restored.
I overwrote all my comments, then deleted them, and they’ve been restored as well. Anyone know a working tool to permanently delete stuff?
There is none.
I’m not going to post links and supporting evidence, I can’t be bothered.
But creators and admins have gone on the record saying you never ever can remove or delete a comment, and every edit is saved. And furthermore, they just restore comments at their whim.
That’s what I’ve noticed.
I initially used power delete suite which got maybe half of mine.
Then I went and started manually editing them with random words.
Then started deleting.
I’m very sure that some sub’s have restored deleted comments. Amusingly sometimes with the random words instead of the original.
The only reason I never deleted my account is so that I can go back and mess up or delete stuff as it comes back. Fairly easy to find your comments with a search of your username.
Surprised they haven’t just locked the ability to edit or delete older stuff. It’s not like it ever really gets deleted, just removed from public view.
Yes and no.
Yes, they have every single version of every single comment you ever made and can fetch whichever one they want whenever they want.
But reddit is massive. That is WHY it depends so much on unpaid mods (like other social media sites of a much smaller size…).
So unless you are a “top influencer”, the most they’ll do is revert your deleted comments maybe one extra version. So if you use one of the tools that edit it prior to deletion, you are in good-ish shape.
Which is what we saw during the “protests”. Plenty of people (self included) saw their comments come back. But the people who ran one of the editing deleters (with a non-default message) saw their edited messages return. Because that was the most recent on the stack.
They repeatedly restored deleted content during the “protests”. Which is why most of us encouraged people to leave their accounts open to go re-wipe when Reddit corporate stopped caring.
But now the API-based tool i used no longer functions
Rate limited so you might have to run it a few times over the course of a week but https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
I’ve gone back and checked a couple times, this is the first time I’ve seen them restored.
a fed-up user who deleted their own posts when leaving the site.
9 times out of 10 that is also Reddit’s doing.
tools to delete or garble their entite post history
I had a 6 year account when the API scandal hit. Paid a small fee to deny reddit whatever 2 cents my comments are worth.
13 years for me. I killed so much content.
Remember, the capitalization of resources like this is a planned attack against the lower, middle, working class from uniting against the elite and capitalistic agenda. Reddit was a sharing of knowledge, and the control of knowledge, to the elite, should be solely within their control, and the sharing of knowledge to the aforementioned working class groups is a direct assault on their power.
That’s why they bought Reddit out and sunk it.
It’s not just ‘Fuck Spez!’, sure he caved and monetized Reddit, but his actions were just a symptom of the wider issue; capitalism is another tool designed by the elite to subjugate the working class.
I did my part to protest Reddit’s awful policies by nuking everything I’d ever posted to deny their ability to give it platform. Less information = site less useful.
A drop in the ocean really, but a lot of people did the same which the Reddit admins did take notice of. Not that spez cared anyway because he’s a cunt.
I like seeing blank comments on there now. It’s often a sign of somebody else who got fed up with Reddit’s bullshit.
lol, yeah. Ain’t it funny?
For the record some of my deleted posts got reposted/reset by Reddit. I could see my old comments in a few sybs that absolutely purged as I left.
Good.
They went public and made bank on free user input. Those users rebelled so the platform would suck.
It may still be standing but I feel we won over a year ago.
good, but it’s not enough
Thanks, SPEZ!
Fuck that pedophile wannabe.
Don’t forget racist, too!
I made sure to remove all my posts before i left when they started blocking anonymous vpn users. 3 accounts across 15+ years all gone because of their stupid policies.
