Reddit changes the rules to make sitewide protests much more difficult. Moderators will now have to get admin approval when switching a subreddit from public to private or when adding a NSFW tag.
Might be better to replace old posts with links to the fediverse. Or since those are probably filtered “Google search ‘Reddit alternatives’ and look for the mouse…” or some shit like that.
Not sure on the technicals but lots of rate limiting to prevent PDS from being able to get everything and outright shenanigans to make posts not appear in the old view which also prevents PDS from deleting them. Not to mention un-deleting comments after a while (even if you use the option to edit before deleting).
So run it early and run it often. And then just delete the account for the rest.
I’ve checked a few times, and I’ve had a few posts show up after I thought I got them all. I think what is going on is that the delete script can’t get posts that are on hidden subreddits that you aren’t subscribed to. So when people are done protesting or whatever and they set the subreddit to public the posts come back.
Would do so but they bring back allot of posts, and besides I deleted my account. I couldn’t take them making it more and more difficult for me to do what I enjoyed on the site.
And delete your posts and comments.
https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
Might be better to replace old posts with links to the fediverse. Or since those are probably filtered “Google search ‘Reddit alternatives’ and look for the mouse…” or some shit like that.
They’ve done a lot to neuter that.
Not sure on the technicals but lots of rate limiting to prevent PDS from being able to get everything and outright shenanigans to make posts not appear in the old view which also prevents PDS from deleting them. Not to mention un-deleting comments after a while (even if you use the option to edit before deleting).
So run it early and run it often. And then just delete the account for the rest.
Some users have seen their deleted content return later. So yes you should try but don’t assume it will be permanent
Can confirm! I’ve run that exact utility multiple times. Each time it finds a few posts that were restored.
But it’s like 99.5% effective in deleting posts. So it’s better than nothing.
I’ve checked a few times, and I’ve had a few posts show up after I thought I got them all. I think what is going on is that the delete script can’t get posts that are on hidden subreddits that you aren’t subscribed to. So when people are done protesting or whatever and they set the subreddit to public the posts come back.
Would do so but they bring back allot of posts, and besides I deleted my account. I couldn’t take them making it more and more difficult for me to do what I enjoyed on the site.