cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/251752
It is important to note that although this may be a result of Reddit’s UI not displaying the content users posted to now-private subreddits, it remains a problem. Additionally, I agree with the author’s comments in the video description, as it appears strategically unrealistic for Reddit to ask that users manually delete the content themselves.
This is particularly true when considering that many automated methods to accomplish this task will be hindered by Reddit’s upcoming API pricing changes. Furthermore, Reddit has demonstrated a recurring pattern of rolling back databases using historical backups, thereby disregarding user deletion requests that were submitted prior to the database rollback.
See similar discussion of this video on Hacker News:
Reddit is on a streak of bad decisions!
I don’t know about deletions, but I requested my data for takeout more than two weeks ago and I still haven’t received it.
I also requested perhaps a bit more than two weeks ago and got it a couple days ago.
Used https://github.com/xavdid/reddit-user-to-sqlite/ to put it into a more structured form. I guess I should give Datasetts a try to easily browse it, the project’s README links to it.
ooh, that looks like a handy thing I’d like to store! I’m a bit worried I’ll have lost some of my saved links because I think I heard they only keep the most recent ~1000 or so.
I overwrote then deleted all of my comments a few weeks ago—they were all back in their original form last week. I’ve since run the process again and already old comments are starting to reappear
Keep inviting people to Fediverse as a positive reaction to this.
Does changing your comments to or replacing them with garbled text work if reddit wont delete?
(i realize this shouldnt be necessary but more as a last resort)
Seems like it worked for me. Last I checked my deleted account’s comments are still up and display replaced text.
I overwrote my comments with a message that clearly states why I overwrote my comments and deleted my account.
