See this before deleting https://youtu.be/mfZKkUg8jgM
Reddit is restoring deleted posts (and probably comments)
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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Holy fucking shit. I just checked. All my deleted comments and posts are back.
I'm based in Germany and I'm pretty sure this is a GDPR violation.
Edit: Not all is back but some older comments are. I previously checked and my account was definitely empty before.
I second your sentiment. Yikes!
if the thread is locked/archived you might not be able to delete/edit.
That's not it. The account was 100% empty and the stuff that's now back, I can delete again. That said - it might absolutely be some server caching issue on reddit's side. It's definitely fishy though.
they are 100% doing fishy things that are not right, the archive thing is kind of old news though.
edit instead of deleting, I don't think they can restore edits.
Are they actually the same comments you deleted or older ones? Reddit only lets you browse the most recent 1000 or so comments.
Let's say you have made 4000 comments on reddit. You go into your user profile, delete every single comment, and it shows empty. But you've only deleted the most recent 1000 or so. There are 3000 comments not showing up. After a while I believe reddit will refresh your user profile, and another set of 1000 or so will appear in your profile. These are some of the older comments you could not reach before.
Delete those, and you still have another 2000 left to go. Rinse and repeat...
In addition, your profile does not show comments that are in private subreddits. If the subreddit subsequently reopens, those comments will reappear in your profile.
All mine are still edited. I didn't delete any of them, just save all my comments and then edited them to say bye reddit and include the code from above.
I see a comment pinned under the video saying the comments reappearing are because of subs reopening. This sounds like a joke to me. My comments are back :(
I kept them. No need to leave scorched earth behind you. Some people not related to the Reddit fuck-ups might find them useful.
All I did was simply deleting my account. This hurts Reddit and not the uninvolved users coming from external links or web searches.
Just deleting does not hurt Reddit. Reddit stays useful and continues to benefit from your contributions. Removing the content inconveniences those uninvolved users who now have to find information elsewhere and have no reason to linger on Reddit.
I don't want to discomfort uninvolved people in my online activities. The relevance of my posts will decay over time and will be forgotten or seen as not relevant. That's fine.
On the other hand, Reddit has one less user to show advertisements to.
If everyone complaining would just delete their accounts Reddit would be in serious trouble. If everyone would delete their content then everyone would be sad.
Make a new bookmark, then put this as the link/url.
It's an updated powerdeletesuite by leeola.
javascript: (function() { window.bookmarkver = '1.4'; var isReddit = document.location.hostname.split('.').slice(-2).join('.') === 'reddit.com'; var isOverview = !! document.location.href.match(/\/overview\b/i); if (isReddit && isOverview) { var cachBustUrl = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leeola/PowerDeleteSuite/master/powerdeletesuite.js?' + (new Date().getDate()); fetch(cachBustUrl).then(function(response) { return response.text(); }).then(function(data) { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.id = 'pd-script'; script.innerHTML = data; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); }).catch(function() { alert('Error retreiving PowerDeleteSuite from github'); }); } else if (confirm('This script can only be run from your own user profile on reddit. Would you like to go there now?')) { document.location = 'https://old.reddit.com/u/me/overview'; } else { alert('Please go to your reddit profile before running this script'); } })();
Hi, is this update to address the recent restored comments?
Redact. I just edited all my comments and deleted posts with it. Works fine ...so far.
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