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.
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.