Before I left Reddit, I used a plugin through the api to replace all of my comments with random gibberish and then delete them. Part of this was because (mandatory) fuck spez. But more importantly, it was to protect the anonymity of my account. After years of posting, there is likely enough personal information shared to potentially connect my Reddit habits to my online identity. I wasn’t planning on using Reddit again in the future on that account, but I left it open in order to maintain some security control over the account. I’m not really sure what to do at this point because I still consider it a security vector that’s a bit concerning. There’s no way I can manually edit and delete all of my content with the snail’s-pace reddit UI, and I have no ability to assure that my content will remain unavailable or at least not publicly displayed.

  • beefbot
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    14 months ago

    50 thousand points… were they gonna let you trade them in for something?

    • @RememberTheApollo_
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      24 months ago

      lol, a decade + on Reddit before the API debacle. It all adds up. I don’t care about them, it was just a “huh, wonder where they went…” kind of thing.

      • @JigglySackles
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        14 months ago

        that’s how I felt about my points too. just like a fun little tally of my time. gave literally zero shits if they went up or down.