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It's also a gamble to build your business on top of user created content and then piss off the users. I just used redact.dev to delete over 10 years of reddit

It's also a gamble to build your business on top of user created content and then piss off the users. I just used redact.dev to delete over 10 years of reddit comments and posts on my 125,904 karma account. Honestly just kind of done with mass market social media in general at this point, so it wasn't that hard to push me over the edge here.

tough 3y ago
Could you request a backup of your user data? Upload it to new reddit open source backend, offer that to the app devs at a resasonable price Fork reddit
waboremo 3y ago
Seconding the redact shoutout, although the UI could use a lot of work, it's certainly much easier than looking for an extension for the bunch of supported services or having to use an outdated script in tampermonkey. The nice thing about redact specific to the reddit module is the edit before deletion, that way reddit can't keep monetizing your comments/posts. Useful for people who posted personal content as well, who thought their selfies or artwork or whatever got deleted with account deletion but remained up.
goolz 3y ago
This is awesome and I will be following suit, I urge others to do the same, great advice!
add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
> Honestly just kind of done with mass market social media in general at this point I've been saying, the current leaders are too big to fail or get disrupted by competition, but if there's a silver lining it's that in lieu of a better Reddit happening we may realize it's a good time to start being less online.
- willis936 3y ago
  Reddit is not too big to fail.
  - web11 3y ago
    is not it in the top 5/10 websites in the world?
    - willis936 3y ago
      How does that make it too big to fail? Are people worried about their deposits? Was Twitter too big to fail? Myspace? Digg?
      - eric_cc 3y ago
        Did Twitter fail?
        willis936 3y ago
        Yes.
        add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
        It has failed to remain good/worthwhile. But what I meant is that it's too big to go away and get replaced by something else completely. It has so many users staying there out of habit/inertia, it will take a decade for them to dwindle away.
        eric_cc 3y ago
        Aside from some advertisers leaving, what other metric are you basing this on?
        peoplefromibiza 3y ago
        less users overall less tweets per user (down by 25%) less time spent on the platform less overall visits > side from some advertisers leavin that's some understatement! Ad Sales: down by 59%
teruakohatu 3y ago
This bookmarklet works very well with Chrome, is very easy to use and no need to install any applications: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite It relies on old.reddit.com, which everyone assumes will be gone not long after the API changes. So use it while you can.
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Does it? In the readme it says: > There is NO NEED to use never ending reddit to load as many comments / submissions. This script uses the actual Reddit API endpoints to edit and delete instead of automating clicks on delete and edit buttons. ahem, reddit overwrite My plan was to run it on June 30th since it claimed to use the API. I guess since it’s in-browser it could still be using the API and masquerading as the website.

tough 3y ago

Could you request a backup of your user data? Upload it to new reddit open source backend, offer that to the app devs at a resasonable price Fork reddit

waboremo 3y ago

Seconding the redact shoutout, although the UI could use a lot of work, it's certainly much easier than looking for an extension for the bunch of supported services or having to use an outdated script in tampermonkey. The nice thing about redact specific to the reddit module is the edit before deletion, that way reddit can't keep monetizing your comments/posts. Useful for people who posted personal content as well, who thought their selfies or artwork or whatever got deleted with account deletion but remained up.

goolz 3y ago

This is awesome and I will be following suit, I urge others to do the same, great advice!

add-sub-mul-div 3y ago

> Honestly just kind of done with mass market social media in general at this point I've been saying, the current leaders are too big to fail or get disrupted by competition, but if there's a silver lining it's that in lieu of a better Reddit happening we may realize it's a good time to start being less online.

willis936 3y ago
Reddit is not too big to fail.
- web11 3y ago
  is not it in the top 5/10 websites in the world?
  - willis936 3y ago
    How does that make it too big to fail? Are people worried about their deposits? Was Twitter too big to fail? Myspace? Digg?
    - eric_cc 3y ago
      Did Twitter fail?
      - willis936 3y ago
        Yes.
        add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
        It has failed to remain good/worthwhile. But what I meant is that it's too big to go away and get replaced by something else completely. It has so many users staying there out of habit/inertia, it will take a decade for them to dwindle away.
        eric_cc 3y ago
        Aside from some advertisers leaving, what other metric are you basing this on?
        peoplefromibiza 3y ago
        less users overall less tweets per user (down by 25%) less time spent on the platform less overall visits > side from some advertisers leavin that's some understatement! Ad Sales: down by 59%

teruakohatu 3y ago

This bookmarklet works very well with Chrome, is very easy to use and no need to install any applications: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite It relies on old.reddit.com, which everyone assumes will be gone not long after the API changes. So use it while you can.

mynameisvlad 3y ago
Does it? In the readme it says: > There is NO NEED to use never ending reddit to load as many comments / submissions. This script uses the actual Reddit API endpoints to edit and delete instead of automating clicks on delete and edit buttons. ahem, reddit overwrite My plan was to run it on June 30th since it claimed to use the API. I guess since it’s in-browser it could still be using the API and masquerading as the website.