I have been increasingly having to re-run my purge scripts across multiple accounts, despite not being on reddit for a few weeks now. The longer i wait between logging in and purging comments, the more appear.
And they do appear quasi-random, as if they page/comments get restored when another user pulls/visits an older page.
How does this even square with privacy regulations anyhow. If a user wants to delete their comments, forcibly restoring them against their will is, at best, unseemly.
As far as I know, it didn’t. And if it addresses it, I expect it to say something like “oopsie this is a bug / an accident / and oversight, trust us, we didn’t it on purpose”.
Yeah. wouldnt be shocked. Interesting part is they used to say they only kept a history of 1 edit. So overwriting your comments then saving and deleting was a sure way to purge your history.
My scripts do just that with javascript. But still the whole comment is restored. No way thats a bug to me.
Yeah, places that have “right to be forgotten” laws should be monitoring and logging proof of examples over a period of time where deleted comments and posts are restored.
Yes. Just had „Nuke Reddit History“ overwrite and delete everything, took a screenshot of my empty account, and then demanded a GDPR takeout of all my data. If anything resurfaces they’ll be getting a very nice GDPR letter of death. :)
What I’ve noticed is that subreddits that were private when I initially did it and are restored will then show up. I’ve had to go back each time a subreddit comes back. r/oddlyspecific just came back for example and now all my comments from that subreddit are showing up.
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No term of service can force someone to abide one’s legal rights. And if they keep pushing this further, eventually moderator protests will be their least concern - I could see for example Reddit being fined or outright banned in the European Union due to violations of the GDPR.
Or in the UK due to violations of the DPA or in California due to violations of the CCPA. There’s probably more that can be added to the list.
To fellow European users that want to delete their Reddit accounts, you have the right to be forgotten online. That is Reddit needs to delete all your data after you request it properly. I’m not sure what’s Reddit protocol for this, but you can sue them if they don’t comply
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I don’t think you can edit/view comments from privated communities, could it be that as subs are being forced back open those comments are now available to be edited.
Yes, that’s also happening. But many users have reported deleting or editing comments and finding those specific comments restored hours later.
