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Comment and post history is still trivial to find through a basic google query. All that hiding them on Reddit does is pissing other users off because it break
by eps 1y ago
Comment and post history is still trivial to find through a basic google query.
All that hiding them on Reddit does is pissing other users off because it breaks establish site's norms and expectations.
- swarnie 1y agoTrue, the only option is to not use the site entirely.
- permo-w 1y agothe problem here is that in an inversion of the usual roles, Google has locked us into reddit's ecosystem by placing it highly in search results, killing off all the dedicated forums, meaning that some answers to some questions are only available there, simply by user quantity. I literally have reddit IP-blocked on my laptop using my hosts file and I still have to copy a reddit link into TOR once or twice a day to get at some useful information
- firesteelrain 1y agoIt’s not a bad thing. People on there, if you piss them off in a discussion, will go find your old posts and downvote them and in some rare cases harass you by replying or worse put two and two together to doxx you.
- eps 1y agoNot sure what you mean. They can still do all that even if the profile is set to private. It doesn't hide your posts and comments from Google. They are hoovered up just the same.
- firesteelrain 1y agoIt’s slightly harder is what I mean. Takes more effort than clicking on profile and going thru comments
- Loughla 1y agoI see you've never accidentally really pissed someone off in a comments section about an inane topic. I got e-mail blasted on my linked e-mail here for a user called u/Loughla on reddit (who has deleted their account now). It's not me. It was never me. But oooohhhh boy did they upset somebody in an anime subreddit. In other words, angry people absolutely will go the extra mile just for some feeling of vindication or other nonsense.
- pixl97 1y agoEh, for investigating scammers/bots it's a real pain in the ass. Massive changes in posting history was a very good sign that an account was a farmed or stolen account. Makes it a lot easier for reddit to deny their bot problem.