Since Reddit admin have made it impossible to delete posts by hindering tools’ access to the API and by simply reinstating them from archives, has anyone tried simply batch editing them to something guaranteed to get banned? I’m currently using Redact.dev’s software to edit all existing comments and posts to something that will get my account banned from most subs. We’ll see if it works.
Change all your comments to something about Lemmy, might get you banned
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They’re my posts. I own the copyright. If I choose to edit them, Reddit doesn’t get to say how much I can change.
Besides, the point is to direct people here and to get the account banned since edits and deletions are being reverted by Reddit.
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I could. I won’t. Where’s the fun in that? They deserve as much grief as I can stir up.
I never said they don’t own the server. They do. But by posting material on their own initiative, they’re also arguably waiving their Section 230 shield. I’d LOVE to see someone bring that back to bite them on the arse.
Not worth it imo. Reddit doesn’t get any more of my time, if it isn’t necessary.
Agreed. I’m just trying to reduce their profit from any time I spent there in the past as well.
Is Redact any good? I’ve been thinking about using it on my Twitter account but I was struggling to find info about how safe/good it is.
It worked for me for a couple days until Reddit reinstated my comments from archives which really pissed me off.
If you successfully edit them all first, maybe - allegedly Reddit doesn’t keep any edit history so the only message they could then restore is that edited one. But getting your account banned does absolutely nothing to the messages unless the admins deem it necessary to wipe it (spam etc). Removing your own account would at least orphan them marking the poster as [deleted].
Case in point, akwardtheturtle has finally been suspended and has no moderator privileges anymore, but all of their messages are still visible and shown as being posted by a mod.
This is good info. I’m only keeping the account to edit and delete old messages. Once they stop reappearing, I plan to delete the login.
Since Reddit admin have made it impossible to delete posts by hindering tools’ access to the API
They did? I nuked my account yesterday. I guess I got lucky!
I spent a week manually deleting everything reddit showed me, until the comment / post list permanently displayed “this user hasn’t posted anything” and “there seems to be nothing here” for two days in a row. Then I used “shreddit” and it found and deleted a whooping 981 MORE comments that reddit somehow chose to not show me. My account is deleted now, but some of the comments are STILL visible (just no longer attributed to me and instead “posted by [deleted]”. I can even outright google them if I type my old username into the search bar.
There is definitely something fishy going on.
