“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” - The Verge - eviltoast
That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

  • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’d dare say that reddit cannot survive without its content!

    https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite works great for backing up, then editing, then deleting your content from reddit.

    I’ve used it on a few of my accounts and I’ve noticed the following:

    • You have to baby sit it as occasionally it’ll display an error box you have to click on.
    • You definitely have to run it a few times, across a few days, to catch everything.

    It seems that (at least for my accounts, keep in mind) you have to edit the comment, then delete it. That way spez’ world of woe backs up the edit, not the comment.

    EDIT: Oh! It’s a javascript that runs from the old site so it can be a bit funky at times. With macOS and Safari I’ve (as instructed) added the link to my bookmarks and sometimes I need to click it a couple of times before the UI comes up.

    • Hanabie@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’d been using RES to overwrite, then delete all my posts and comments every few weeks for the last years. If Reddit tried to restore any of my stuff, even if they went past the overwrite nonsense strings, they most likely only caught a fraction of it.