Now this is taking the piss

  • Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    When I was overwriting all my posts with the Power delete suite script, i got many error 503 errors

    Btw, as it’s written in the fine print, if you delete your reddit account, all your posts and comments aren’t deleted and they will keep them forever with no option to delete them anymore

    Need to overwrite before deleting

  • Cyyy@lemmy.world
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    i requested all of my data almost a week ago from reddit and still haven’t received any email from them. its required by law but they ignore it.

  • utopia_dig@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Just deleted my account without any problems. Deleted all posts/comments via Redact before of course…

    • Amir @lemmy.ml
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      Is there an app that can automatically gather every post & comment, later store this offline? Then i delite it on their servers with my account.

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        PowerDeleteSuit does exactly what you need.

        PSA first save your comment and post history then overwrite your posts first and wait a day, so the reddit history database only contains the garbage you entered. Unfortunate I missed it.

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          Used that tool myself but it certainly didn’t save all of my posts and comments. Looking through the csv it saved 12 lol. The rest were cast off into the void

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    If you are in the EU, you should be able to force them to delete your account by filing a GDPR request.

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      Also, while I don’t think it’s nearly as comprehensive as the GDPR, I believe people who live in California can do something similar under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

    • dgk675@feddit.de
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      You should file a gdpr data request before you delete your account. Even in big corps, those requests can be a real PITA. And of course, mine will be followed by a redact session and a gdpr deletion request.

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          Not sure how I’d value mine, I can’t see any comparable ones. But then again my main is over 16 years old so has lots of karma, awards, membership to invite only subs with high profile users, mod permissions etc.

          I suspect it’s diminishing returns once you get past a certain account age and karma count if it’s being used to spam or scam. Tempted to sell up and just draw a line under it though, it would feel dirty contributing to reddit after the way they’ve treated the people who actually generate value for them.

      • Ahri Boy@lemmy.ml
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        Aren’t Reddit admins afraid of the Fediverse trying to eat the portion of Reddit userbase? Don’t worry, we have r/redditalternatives. Also, r/Mastodon and r/Fediverse are still on the scene.

  • FederatedButtcheeks@kbin.social
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    I had to fill out and submit the form twice today to get it to go. The account deletion server probably sounds like a jet engine right now

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    How ridiculous and desperate. Clearly they know they’re making the wrong decision and doing it anyway.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.world
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      The people with the actual power are the board of directors and investors. All they care about is money. That’s how they got to that position. As far as they’re concerned, the right the decision is the one that makes them the most money. And by “them”, I mean each individual. They are all fighting for themselves. They couldn’t care less about each other, users, or the community. spez is being played like Ellen Pao. He’s just the fall guy.

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    2 years ago

    That would be so stupid of them. I would need more evidence to believe this. It would be hilarious if true.

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    I haven’t tried to delete mine yet but I am glad I spent the time today and deleted my posts and comments (apart from most recent). 10 years worth of it! I will have it a bit to make sure they stay deleted. I heard about too many twitter accounts where the deleted posts come back