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Hopefully Reddit will exercise the prerogative to hit the undelete key. The idea that forum posts belong to the author in perpetuity is a weird mental hangup; f
by idlewords 3y ago
Hopefully Reddit will exercise the prerogative to hit the undelete key. The idea that forum posts belong to the author in perpetuity is a weird mental hangup; forum posts are a conversation and after a certain grace period, contributors should not have the right to memory-hole the past.
- AlexandrB 3y agoDepending on jurisdiction, they literally do have that right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten
- greyface- 3y agoDo you feel the same way about public posts on social bookmarking sites? (If yes, you might want to update your FAQ and privacy policy.)
- idlewords 3y agoNo, I think it applies to public forum conversations, like the one we are having. You shouldn't have the right to prevent future generations from seeing how I zinged you good.