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Read deleted comments on Reddit

9 points by handwashand 11y ago

evan_ 11y ago
You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.
- dang 11y ago
  A small number of reposts is ok if an article hasn't had significant attention yet. Otherwise too many good stories languish unnoticed on the /newest page. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  - pki 11y ago
    I'd think, personally, a bit less so if he signed up specifically to post that one thing, and contribute absolutely nothing else..
- minimaxir 11y ago
  Reposts are allowed on HN if there hasn't been significant discussion on the link. Even more so if there has been week-long gaps between submissions.
- kyleknighted 11y ago
  Now that it's made it to the front page, maybe it won't get posted again...
- anpk 11y ago
  On another article, I got an email from the hn mods (maybe bot) to repost as it was interesting but didn't get traction the first time around. So I dont think its frowned upon.
avinassh 11y ago
An alternative solution which I regularly use: http://uneddit.com http://uneddit.com It has a bookmarklet and activating on any Reddit thread will load the deleted/removed comments.
cLeEOGPw 11y ago
It should be called "undelete". Decomment sounds like it is deleting comments.
- handwashand 11y ago
  yes... but i think its sounds good
toomuchtodo 11y ago
Reddit comments are owned by their owners, no (at least, that's how copyright works in the USA)? How do undelete sites fly under the radar? Is it just that no one has been effected enough yet to warrant the hammer? It appears decomment.com is hosted on OVH servers in the EU (France possibly?). Aren't they keen on their "right to be forgotten" law?
rfotino 11y ago
Very little information on the site -- how does this work? Presumably by storing the contents of every Reddit comment made since Decomment's creation and serving them up on demand? I imagine once you delete a comment on Reddit it's no longer available via the API or by scraping the site, but I was hoping something more interesting was going on than just storing comments in a separate database before they are deleted.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  That's exactly what goes on.
  - handwashand 11y ago
    yes, exactly

9 points by handwashand 11y ago

evan_ 11y ago

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

dang 11y ago
A small number of reposts is ok if an article hasn't had significant attention yet. Otherwise too many good stories languish unnoticed on the /newest page. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- pki 11y ago
  I'd think, personally, a bit less so if he signed up specifically to post that one thing, and contribute absolutely nothing else..
minimaxir 11y ago
Reposts are allowed on HN if there hasn't been significant discussion on the link. Even more so if there has been week-long gaps between submissions.
kyleknighted 11y ago
Now that it's made it to the front page, maybe it won't get posted again...
anpk 11y ago
On another article, I got an email from the hn mods (maybe bot) to repost as it was interesting but didn't get traction the first time around. So I dont think its frowned upon.

avinassh 11y ago

An alternative solution which I regularly use: http://uneddit.com http://uneddit.com It has a bookmarklet and activating on any Reddit thread will load the deleted/removed comments.

cLeEOGPw 11y ago

It should be called "undelete". Decomment sounds like it is deleting comments.

handwashand 11y ago
yes... but i think its sounds good

toomuchtodo 11y ago

Reddit comments are owned by their owners, no (at least, that's how copyright works in the USA)? How do undelete sites fly under the radar? Is it just that no one has been effected enough yet to warrant the hammer? It appears decomment.com is hosted on OVH servers in the EU (France possibly?). Aren't they keen on their "right to be forgotten" law?

rfotino 11y ago

Very little information on the site -- how does this work? Presumably by storing the contents of every Reddit comment made since Decomment's creation and serving them up on demand? I imagine once you delete a comment on Reddit it's no longer available via the API or by scraping the site, but I was hoping something more interesting was going on than just storing comments in a separate database before they are deleted.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
That's exactly what goes on.
- handwashand 11y ago
  yes, exactly