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  • apemint@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    That’s strange. It took me a while to figure out as well, but then worked non-stop for an entire day.

    This is what I ran:

    C:\Users\workPC\Documents\reddit-data\shreddit-windows.exe --username blah --password blah --client-id blah --client-secret blah --gdpr-export-dir C:\Users\workPC\Documents\reddit-data\export_blah_20240225

    It’s possible reddit is rate limiting you, or the program loses access to the gdpr folder it’s pulling the links from (antivirus?). You could try running it from a different path or on a different pc.
    I ran the .exe from the same “reddit-data” folder that contained the gdpr files just to be safe with folder permissions and stuff.

    • Transporter Room 3@startrek.website
      1·
      10 months ago

      So I finally managed to figure it out and let the gdpr run for 3 days.

      After day 1 I figured out without the gdpr folder, you can only delete a certain amount, 100 I think.

      The rate limit is also set to 30/min (sleep 2s between actions) so I managed to get two instances running at once without hitting the limit.

      One gdpr deleting from 2010 onward, one with an auto-typer hitting f3+enter ever 2 minutes 21 seconds to delete from 2023 backward.

      Took another 2 days but I managed to delete my old profile. Googling will bring up a few archived posts on other websites, and name mentions but no posts, and the random sampling I did showed nothing when I tried checking on the individual comments.

      So it took me a bit to figure out, but I managed.

      They definitely assume people have a certain level of knowledge of things when doing the documentation, but luckily it’s easy to find information.

      • apemint@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Cool, you managed to get it working after all. I never used Power Shell before this either.
        It’s ridiculous the average user has to jump through all these hoops just to regain control of their own data.

        • Transporter Room 3@startrek.website
          1·
          10 months ago

          Hey maybe someday there will be a website that just allows you to delete everything they have on you at any time for any reason with only a few clicks and no input on their side…

          I can dream!