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Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accounts (mashable.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In an effort to have a smooth and quick transition to this new infrastructure, we will migrate chat messages sent from January 1, 2023 onward. This change will be effective starting June 30th.

It really seems like everything reddit is doing is rushed and always chooses to harm the users as a default. It's as if they're actively sabotaging their own platform.

[–] CataclysmZA 12 points 1 year ago

They don't want users to be able to wipe their own chats manually or via GDPR requests.

If anyone asks, they will be told that the data is gone, but we all know that's not the case. They do have backups.

[–] BillyZane 6 points 1 year ago

Every decision they’ve made in the recent past, they have went with the worst possibly option available. Repeatedly.