Jacobp100Jul 21, 2023

Reddit claiming they weren’t recovering deleted posts

https://lemmy.ml/post/2290705

Reddit claiming they weren’t recovering deleted posts - Lemmy

I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence, but I raised a case with the ICO in the UK, and today they got back to me asking for all my communication with Reddit. Also today - after a month of silence - Reddit also emailed me with this If you’re in the UK and had been affected by posts being restored, I’d recommend contacting the ICO. It takes less than 5 minutes

Show threadyumcakeJul 21, 2023
That’s pretty dubious, otherwise why would I get all these replies from 3-7 years ago? Not new replies on dead threads, but the replies were posted that long ago, and I’m being notified about them now as “new” comments. Seems a lot like deleted posts coming back.
Show threaddeweydecibelJul 21, 2023
Yes, comments are being restored, but what they’re saying is it’s not something they’re doing deliberately. The scripts people were running were basically failing and comments got restored automatically. That message literally encourages you to run them again or try different ones
Show threadRadium

I’m a web developer, that is absolutely not how any of this works.

Their claim that the scripts are failing causing comments to be restored is not possible. When you make a request to a website the site returns a success or fail status. The scripts are getting success statuses, the users are manually checking and seeing that their posts are deleted and then they reappear later. This means there is a mechanism between step 2 and 3 being run by Reddit affecting an already completed action.

Don’t comment on stuff like this unless you have any idea what you’re talking about.

Jul 21, 2023 at 3:31pmWeb