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Anybody can go through the comment history of any redditor and know their dark secrets. I don't mind Reddit fucking up. If they were competent they would have
by Fricken 10y ago
Anybody can go through the comment history of any redditor and know their dark secrets.
I don't mind Reddit fucking up. If they were competent they would have monetized the users a long time ago and it would be an broken mess that feeds daily spam to my inbox like every other social media platform. Reddit is too valuable to take seriously.
- thekevan 10y agoNot if you always post with the realization that the one day you could be doxed, no matter how anonymous you think you are being. If I can dark secrets, I don't upvote, comment on them or include them in my comments on reddit.
- flashman 10y agoBut they have your upvotes, saved links, private messages, and at least some idea of which outbound links you've clicked (you can turn some of that off). It's like an ISP knowing a significant portion of your web browsing behaviour.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoOf course they have that data - you have chosen to send it to their website. It would be physically impossible for that website to run if the data could not be read. Obviously, it's preferable if only 'the right people' can read it, but it's much safer to assume that isn't the case. If you're concerned about the outbound link issue, disable javascript. A cursory look at the page source should convince you that that's the only way they can track outbound clicks.
- flashman 10y agoThe parent commenter was saying anybody can go through your comment history, and by extension admins have no special access to 'dark secrets'. I was pointing out that that's just not true.
- caseysoftware 10y ago> Anybody can go through the comment history of any redditor and know their dark secrets. And since now we know that the CEO (at least?) has edited comments, users' comment history should be considered suspect..