kofe

reddit is restoring comment and post histories

https://lemmy.world/post/263109

reddit is restoring comment and post histories - Lemmy.world

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 since they restored my history when I tried to delete it” 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

Jun 18, 2023 at 2:15pmWeb
Show threadfuck_u_spezJun 18, 2023
Really? I mean I'm not sure if that's even legal (at least in the EU)
Show threaddrlecompteJun 18, 2023
Definitely illegal in the EU. You can even explicitly request Reddit to remove all your content (the 'right to be forgotten')
Show threadkofeJun 18, 2023
Oh shoot, I didn't know that. I'll try that next
Show threadkofeJun 18, 2023
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
Show threadgoatJun 18, 2023
You got any other counts of this occuring? Could just be a bug or spam detection.
Show threadkofeJun 18, 2023
Yeah, that's possible. I did get an email from reddit that they did notice I added redact somehow. I just wanted to make sure to get it out there that if anyone's using a similar program it's possible the accounts are being flagged for that and being restored
Show threaddeweydecibelJun 18, 2023
I was reading about this, and apparently this isn't something Reddit is doing deliberately, it's an issue with the redact script that has since been corrected. You need to look for the version with the 5 second delay.
Show threadkofeJun 18, 2023
Oh awesome, thank you for the explanation! I'll edit my post here
Show threadVirkkunenJun 18, 2023
I've used Power Delete Suite on Monday and up until yesterday, all my comments and posts were deleted, but now they're back
Show threadkofeJun 18, 2023
Someone else noted that the scripts couldn't catch the comments posted in locked subs during the blackout. You might try running it again now that subs are opening back up. I didn't have too many left
Show threadEnigmaNLJun 18, 2023
It happened to me to but not because they restored anything. It happened because I started removing my submissions and content AFTER the blackout started. Since you can't remove content from closed subreddits the script wasn't able to get it all. As subreddits started opening up again those submissions were visible again too.