And then, when someone (after years) comes across the post and sees that someone had the same problem, they can’t solve their problem because the comments were deleted. This is ridiculous.
Eh, I’m biased since I did the same as Gregorum (except I left the replacement text without deleting).
People coming across it later should place the blame where it belongs: Reddit.
Had Reddit not been so disrespectful to the users who made it useful in the first place, then I’d have left my posts/comments up there for posterity. After what they pulled during the API debacle, I absolutely did not want any of my contributions to benefit that company any more.
Sorry for any regular people who got caught in the crossfire, but Reddit made and shat in their own bed.
I downloaded all my comments before I deleted the data, and I’m slowly putting all the stuff that was actually important in places where I have a bit more control over how it’s used (i.e., the fediverse, my own websites, etc). Not a perfect solution, but if Reddit wanted to keep it forever they should have treated us better.
I thought about maybe instead of deleting all my comments and posts I could instead replace them with AI rewrites to poison them for other AIs.
i replaced mine with random gibberish. several times. over the course of a week.
then i deleted them
And then, when someone (after years) comes across the post and sees that someone had the same problem, they can’t solve their problem because the comments were deleted. This is ridiculous.
Eh, I’m biased since I did the same as Gregorum (except I left the replacement text without deleting).
People coming across it later should place the blame where it belongs: Reddit.
Had Reddit not been so disrespectful to the users who made it useful in the first place, then I’d have left my posts/comments up there for posterity. After what they pulled during the API debacle, I absolutely did not want any of my contributions to benefit that company any more.
Sorry for any regular people who got caught in the crossfire, but Reddit made and shat in their own bed.
I downloaded all my comments before I deleted the data, and I’m slowly putting all the stuff that was actually important in places where I have a bit more control over how it’s used (i.e., the fediverse, my own websites, etc). Not a perfect solution, but if Reddit wanted to keep it forever they should have treated us better.
And that helps no one
It’s not my job. If it’s vital work, someone can pay me for it. Otherwise it happens on my own terms.