As a PSA, remember that the API changes don’t only impact third party apps & accessibility tools, but also your ability to bulk delete or modify your Reddit history. If you intend to delete or modify your previous Reddit posts, be sure to run a tool like Power Delete Suite today before the shut down.
Also remember that as Subreddits went from private to public, there may have been posts and comments you attempted to delete but couldn’t until they went public again. So if you ran these tools, you might want to run it again to make sure you got everything.
I’m not gonna say don’t do it, because there are good reasons to do so but do keep in mind that this also hurts users who get linked to older posts from Google etc. and can no longer view what was posted. Fuck Reddit and Spez but keep in mind the downsides of deleting your content.
Well, then maybe Google should fix their search algorithm instead of relying so heavily one site. Or if Google’s search results are so heavily invested in reddit, them maybe Google should financially invest in reddit. I’m tired of people blaming users who are deleting their data instead of corporations making shitty decisions.
Google also seems to rely on Amazon for product recommendations. Not that they have a brand name or any one function - more like 10 words listed in hopes of a key word.
Even when I search for the brand in quotations on Amazon I still get pages of sponsored BS. Why must everyone everywhere be so eager to purvey garbage. At least don’t enjoy it
Most of the content will be re-created elsewhere over time. The alternative to deletion is allowing Reddit to serve ads and make money off of your answers that were intended to help people.
My 10-year account is fully deleted and gone, including some of my answers to obscure technical questions.