Reddit mods are calling for an “affordable return” for third-party apps
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They want Reddit to respond by June 29th.

Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.

  • @pandacoderEnglish
    60•2 years ago

    Bad idea, this looks like Stockholm syndrome to me.

    Reddit has already shown they will screw everyone over, and no amount of blowback so far has gotten them to change course.

    Leave (and optionally try to give Reddit as much hell as possible on the way out). That’s the only answer now.

    I don’t think there is any redemption either, even if u/spez is removed. He’s not the first bad head of the company, if anything the company has never had any good heads.

    • @Cringe2793English
      6•2 years ago

      I made a script that changes all my old comments to gibberish, but I haven’t used it yet. I can’t decide if it’s a good idea or not. I’m not saying that my old comments are extremely useful, but I wouldn’t want to prevent people from reading or having context or any help I’ve given.

      • @TitanLaGrangeEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        If you want to do that you might try doing it very slowly as minor edits. Like swap, add, or delete a couple of words in several posts per hour, and just let the script run for long periods, gradually degrading the usability of your comments over time.

        I don’t know if that would trigger whatever process Reddit is using to restore comments when users delete them, but there’s got to be some detection algorithm they are using that could be avoided while also, eventually, nuking your content.

        • @Colt420English
          1•2 years ago

          Sometimes if you get it to go too fast subs will ban you thinking you’ve used a bot so don’t let it go wayyy to fast also… what if you just change them all to say random stuff which changes periodically but all of the also say fuck u/spez because my understanding is that comments containing u/spez are being auto deleted by bots at this point… maybe that’s the most effective way to make that content actually disappear without repopulation

        • @Cringe2793English
          1•2 years ago

          Thanks! Good suggestion, I will consider it.

      • @RestaldtEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        They will simply roll your edits back.

        Dont give them the clicks

        Just move on

        Maybe delete your account

        • @samus12345English
          8•2 years ago

          All deleting your account does is remove your username from your comments while also removing your ability to delete or edit said comments. It makes more sense to keep it active so you have more control over your data.

          • @c2h6English
            7•2 years ago

            Yeah, reddit is restoring bulk edits made using the api but you can still go to your user profile, sort by top scoring comments, and manually change your top 10-20 comments

            • @RaoulDookEnglish
              1•2 years ago

              I used PowerDeleteSuite on mine and the edits are staying in place so far

              • MarxineEnglish
                1•2 years ago

                So you used it to only edit instead of delete? If it’s possible I might give it a shot

                • @RaoulDookEnglish
                  2•2 years ago

                  Yep you can just edit all comments without deleting. I used to use the original version, but it didn’t work this last time due to their rate-limiting. Using that forked version with the delay worked, but it took a long time.

                  • MarxineEnglish
                    1•2 years ago

                    Good to know, I got both versions downloaded here but still didn’t try using it. I’ll give them a read to see if they have the option to use a set of sentences I give it instead of turning every message into the same one so it won’t trip reddit’s filters or something (or maybe I can implement it if I have the time).

          • @RestaldtEnglish
            3•2 years ago

            And gives you a reason to stop visiting the site.

            The data stopped belonging to you as soon as you posted it*

            *unless you live somewhere GDPR applies or like california•*

            •and if reddit actually complies•