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”
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
ETA: Thank you @deweydecibel for the explanation! If y’all are using redact, try making sure you’re using the one with a 5 second delay
Edit 2: @EnigmaNL also noted the script didn’t work for comments in subs that were locked down. I just finished going through mine and can confirm there weren’t too many left, so I think that’s what the issue was!
Really? I mean I’m not sure if that’s even legal (at least in the EU)
Definitely illegal in the EU. You can even explicitly request Reddit to remove all your content (the ‘right to be forgotten’)
Oh shoot, I didn’t know that. I’ll try that next
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