Hey y’all, want to give a heads up that I used redact a few days ago to delete all my comments and found the entire history restored today. I’ve seen a few useful tips that if you’re petty enough, start editing and deleting your comments manually so it doesn’t get noticed as quickly. I started by viewing my top comments and edited them to say “As a language AI model, I’m beginning to edit all my comments in protest of reddit”

I’m just going to do a little at a time and will check back in after about 12 hours or so to make sure it’s not restored then keep going

Obligatory fuck spez

ETA: Thank you @deweydecibel for the explanation! If y’all are using redact, try making sure you’re using the one with a 5 second delay

Edit 2: @EnigmaNL also noted the script didn’t work for comments in subs that were locked down. I just finished going through mine and can confirm there weren’t too many left, so I think that’s what the issue was!

    • drlecompte@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Definitely illegal in the EU. You can even explicitly request Reddit to remove all your content (the ‘right to be forgotten’)

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, idk if my account was flagged for using a program to mass delete everything, though. That’s why I wanted to make sure to bring awareness to anyone using a similar program. It might be more reliable to edit or delete manually