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:
Found the full transcription for the video from OP author:
Note to self: use
youtube.cominstead ofyoutu.be
for better cross post detection and lemmy integrationDoes changing your comments to or replacing them with garbled text work if reddit wont delete?
I deleted some, but not all of my reddit posts and they’re not back yet and some people had their garbled posts restored. So to m the trick might be doing it in batches at different times, delete some, garble some, maybe change some to lorem ipsum.
I was thinking of editing mine to be links to information about Lemmy.
Reddit is on a streak of bad decisions!
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
The best part about this is that the more they do this, the more it costs them. Every action, especially disk transactions, cost them money. Just log in every day, run your deletion utility, and cost them a couple bucks more for being pricks about it.
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.
Same.
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.
Requested it, took more than two weeks but arrived. They do have 30 days though, so i guess you have no recourse but to wait. I’m glad i did so with time to spare though.
Same
