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This looks like part misinformation. It says Reddit is restoring deleted content, but the footage suggests the opposite. At one point, the user deletes all th
by brushfoot 3y ago
This looks like part misinformation.
It says Reddit is restoring deleted content, but the footage suggests the opposite.
At one point, the user deletes all their content, and then, the next day, they refresh their profile, and content is there again. But it isn't the content we saw them delete (granted, they cut some of the deletions from the video). The content we saw them delete was posted to a variety of subs. The supposedly restored content, in contrast, is all from r/javascript.
As some video comments point out, r/javascript was apparently private while the user were deleting their content. After the deletion, but before the user refreshed their profile, the sub went public again.
So, the fact that the Reddit UI doesn't show users the content they posted to now-private subs seems to be the real culprit here. That said, it's still a problem. It would be better if users could control their own content regardless of subs' current public/private statuses.