SquanderJul 14, 2023

What is Reddit account scrubbing/washing?

https://lemmy.world/post/1486294

What is Reddit account scrubbing/washing? - Lemmy.world

I keep reading that former users of reddit are scrubbing their old accounts out of spite. So I wanted to know- What is it? Why are people doing it? Does it actually hurt reddit? What are some good bots that will do it for you?

Show threadTheSpookiestUserJul 14, 2023

To do a full scrub of everything you’ve ever posted:

  • Request your GDPR data package here: www.reddit.com/settings/data-request
  • Wait for it to arrive
  • Use shreddit to fully delete everything: github.com/andrewbanchich/shreddit

    • This will take a long time if you’ve posted and commented a lot. This works better than PowerDeleteSuite in my experience, as PDS missed a lot of stuff that was older than a certain point.

    Reddit – Entdecke ohne Ende

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    Show threadMultisJul 15, 2023
    I got the data but saved comments and posts only have sub name and permalink. Unlike our comment which also have the saved content text along with permalink. Did your saved comments also have this problem?
    Show threadEquinox

    If you only need json, I recently wrote a userscript that exports saved posts and comments for myself. Please report back if it works/you decide to use it :)

    (It works by scraping the pages, so its gonna take some time) (It also has horrible ui, sorry) github.com/hyperacuity/userscripts

    GitHub - hyperacuity/userscripts: A collection of small userscripts written by myself

    A collection of small userscripts written by myself - GitHub - hyperacuity/userscripts: A collection of small userscripts written by myself

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    Jul 15, 2023 at 2:44amWeb
    Show threadMultisJul 15, 2023
    I exclusively use reddit on mobile. Hope it is useful for others
    Show threadEquinoxJul 15, 2023

    You could actually still use this (on Android), because you can visit Reddit in the browser, and Firefox allows you to use an addon called “Tampermonkey”.

    But then I don’t know if the json file would be of any use to you, probably not :/