As a PSA, remember that the API changes don’t only impact third party apps & accessibility tools, but also your ability to bulk delete or modify your Reddit history. If you intend to delete or modify your previous Reddit posts, be sure to run a tool like Power Delete Suite today before the shut down.
Also remember that as Subreddits went from private to public, there may have been posts and comments you attempted to delete but couldn’t until they went public again. So if you ran these tools, you might want to run it again to make sure you got everything.
Did that last night.
I’ll miss reddit. Hello, lemmy!
I was on Reddit for 12 years and cleared out the old posts and comments today. It was weird seeing my profile with zero comments or posts. Hello, Lemmy!
Going through and deleting 15+ years worth of comments now :(
Why would you delete your reddit posts? I understand that there’s a protest and chang in API pricing is unfair and all that stuff, but think of all this people looking for a solution for ther problem
How are they responsible for the API pricing that you have to punish them? At least migrated all of the posts to Lemmy before deleting them, please
Irritating people looking for answers is part of the point of the deletion. They can and will find answers somewhere else, and if they keep finding blanks on Reddit, they will start ignoring Reddit search results. That is what will hurt Reddit, not just having less data to sell through the API. … and don’t worry, everything on Reddit is backed up somewhere else anyway, if you are desperate for a specific post or comment.
I hate that this comment got downvoted. It’s a valid thing to worry about and has generated some interesting replies
Not particularly practical. You can repost all the content but you can’t migrate the comments that have the solutions.
Weighing the cons of losing the history vs the cons of Reddit continuing to exploit others content exclusively for their financial benefit… I support anyone who chooses the nuclear option.
I said it on Reddit and I’ll say it here. No one is under any obligation to practice this perceived “selflessness” of leaving their comments for any reason. Nor to act as a replacement for google’s failures.
Who is to say that they even have an answer someone even needs? They don’t want their shit fed into AI. It’s their shit to do with as they please.
It’s sad but it’s their prerogative. Reddit don’t care about them and they shouldn’t care about Reddit. Gotta find a dedicated message board with the answers. Like in the days of yore.
Those people can thank reddit… for trying to monetize the content people gave it for free.
Removing posts so that Reddit can’t monetize them and so that people can’t use them to fill in for Google is the entire point. No one will remain ignorant as a result of edited or deleted posts. They’ll simply be inconvenienced. They have to find the answers online like we did in the first place.
I filed a request for my Reddit data a week ago, so that I could save my account in its current state, before deleting it, and still haven’t received the notification that it’s ready. This process should be automated and not require human intervention, so I’m not sure why it’s taking so long.
NO API NEEDED
I used the “Spaz’s Reddit Delete” browser script through Greasemonkey to sanitize my account. No API needed. Now, if any of my comments or posts are a result of a Google search (I posted a lot on tech support type subs), they will lead to a dead link or to a [deleted].
PS: Deleting your account leaves your posts and comments behind, which in turn provide value to Reddit.
deleted by creator
Just did that. Thank you for the reminder.
I deleted my account, didn’t want to deal with the hassle of shreddit or whatever. I know people think they can “make reddit lose money” but the truth is that Reddit doesn’t give a shit and probably already has 18 backups of your comment/post history. All your doing is wasting time
I’ve at least been checking mine daily and it’s still all gone after 11 years of comment history. For now…
TamperMonkey browser add-on with RedditHistorySanitizer userscript (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/23605-reddit-history-sanitizer/code). It’s kinda slow, but much faster than doing it manually!
