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Has reddit addressed the forced restoration of deleted comments in interviews? (lemmy.pub)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have been increasingly having to re-run my purge scripts across multiple accounts, despite not being on reddit for a few weeks now. The longer i wait between logging in and purging comments, the more appear.

And they do appear quasi-random, as if they page/comments get restored when another user pulls/visits an older page.

How does this even square with privacy regulations anyhow. If a user wants to delete their comments, forcibly restoring them against their will is, at best, unseemly.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As far as I know, it didn't. And if it addresses it, I expect it to say something like "oopsie this is a bug / an accident / and oversight, trust us, we didn't it on purpose".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah. wouldnt be shocked. Interesting part is they used to say they only kept a history of 1 edit. So overwriting your comments then saving and deleting was a sure way to purge your history.

My scripts do just that with javascript. But still the whole comment is restored. No way thats a bug to me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, places that have “right to be forgotten” laws should be monitoring and logging proof of examples over a period of time where deleted comments and posts are restored.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes. Just had „Nuke Reddit History“ overwrite and delete everything, took a screenshot of my empty account, and then demanded a GDPR takeout of all my data. If anything resurfaces they’ll be getting a very nice GDPR letter of death. :)

[–] Elgordofordo86 3 points 2 years ago

What I've noticed is that subreddits that were private when I initially did it and are restored will then show up. I've had to go back each time a subreddit comes back. r/oddlyspecific just came back for example and now all my comments from that subreddit are showing up.