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Yeah, that's very valuable information to people trying to solve problems. But "old content" is maybe not so valuable for engagement-based revenue. If Reddit
by neilv 3y ago
Yeah, that's very valuable information to people trying to solve problems.
But "old content" is maybe not so valuable for engagement-based revenue.
If Reddit wanted to restore the deleted stuff, I suspect that they still have copies of it.
If user sentiment was the barrier to restoring the deleted (say, in non-"sensitive" subs), then waiting until after IPO seems a good idea, so maybe we'll see that now.
- al_borland 3y ago>If Reddit wanted to restore the deleted stuff, I suspect that they still have copies of it. I always read to edit a comment before deleting it. To actually delete it. Make the data in the DB worthless, then delete. So even if the comment is restored, it’s nonsense. Most of the comment delete scripts work like this.
- neilv 3y agoThat's how the scorched-earth delete tools have worked for a long time, since well before the big exodus. Which is one of the reasons that I doubt that's a barrier to restoring the comments and posts, if they wanted to. People should think of the delete tools as being a symbolic protest, with the collateral damage of denying random nice people the comments/posts later -- but not as providing protection from Reddit reanimating their comments/posts later, nor denying it to someone who really wants to dig it up.