So it has now been over a month since I last used Reddit, and I’m now looking at deleting my account there.
However before I do so, I have heard of “poisoning” my comments and posts on there using automated tools, or mass deleting everything before actually account deleting.
So my questions are, is mass deleting or poisoning still worthwhile? And does anyone have any recommendations of tools or scripts to facilitate this? It’s not a massive account, but 3121 contributions is still too much to go through manually.
Thanks everyone!
I’m with the “don’t waste your time” crowd. The value is already extracted and any backups render your efforts completely moot. Also, the small amount of people doing it is probably a lot of work for little impact.
What actually matters is getting off reddit and ending the conversations on that platform. The problem for AI is its need for fresh, real data and when reddit can’t provide that they’ll become as coveted as an out-of-date encyclopedia written by a bunch of angsty thirty year-old white dudes.