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> Imagine one of those collaborative drawing programs However this isn't a drawing board, this is a message board where people discuss various topics. I think

by onedev 13y ago

> Imagine one of those collaborative drawing programs However this isn't a drawing board, this is a message board where people discuss various topics. I think reddit handles this situation well in that the content isn't deleted but the "name" associated with the content just shows up as "[deleted]".

toomuchtodo 13y ago
But with reddit, you can also roll through every last comment you ever wrote and delete them (as it should be; you own the copyright to those comments): Reddit History Wiper http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/111025 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/111025
- lalalalalalala 13y ago
  You have granted Reddit a perpetual license to them though, so they can keep them if they want > you agree that by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the Website, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, enhance, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, display, or sublicense any such communication in any medium (now in existence or hereinafter developed) and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so. ^Reddit copyright policy
  - toomuchtodo 13y ago
    Reddit still gives you the ability to delete your comments at any time. Hacker News does not.
InclinedPlane 13y ago
You misunderstand how reddit works, the comment can be deleted as well. This leads to a fairly common occurance of people asking what was said to generate the responses.
- onedev 13y ago
  Ah you're right, what I was referring to was what happens during account deletion.
malandrew 13y ago
I would love it if sites like Reddit took this a step further and used stylometry obfuscation techniques in addition to removing the name on the account. We desperately need tools to help make content as anonymous as possible after the fact, but still retain the essence of that content so that conversations that are a public good can still be maintained for posterity.

by onedev 13y ago

toomuchtodo 13y ago

But with reddit, you can also roll through every last comment you ever wrote and delete them (as it should be; you own the copyright to those comments): Reddit History Wiper http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/111025 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/111025

lalalalalalala 13y ago
You have granted Reddit a perpetual license to them though, so they can keep them if they want > you agree that by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the Website, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, enhance, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, display, or sublicense any such communication in any medium (now in existence or hereinafter developed) and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so. ^Reddit copyright policy
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  Reddit still gives you the ability to delete your comments at any time. Hacker News does not.

InclinedPlane 13y ago

You misunderstand how reddit works, the comment can be deleted as well. This leads to a fairly common occurance of people asking what was said to generate the responses.

onedev 13y ago
Ah you're right, what I was referring to was what happens during account deletion.

malandrew 13y ago

I would love it if sites like Reddit took this a step further and used stylometry obfuscation techniques in addition to removing the name on the account. We desperately need tools to help make content as anonymous as possible after the fact, but still retain the essence of that content so that conversations that are a public good can still be maintained for posterity.