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Bad idea, this looks like Stockholm syndrome to me.
Reddit has already shown they will screw everyone over, and no amount of blowback so far has gotten them to change course.
Leave (and optionally try to give Reddit as much hell as possible on the way out). That's the only answer now.
I don't think there is any redemption either, even if u/spez is removed. He's not the first bad head of the company, if anything the company has never had any good heads.
I made a script that changes all my old comments to gibberish, but I haven't used it yet. I can't decide if it's a good idea or not. I'm not saying that my old comments are extremely useful, but I wouldn't want to prevent people from reading or having context or any help I've given.
They will simply roll your edits back.
Dont give them the clicks
Just move on
Maybe delete your account
All deleting your account does is remove your username from your comments while also removing your ability to delete or edit said comments. It makes more sense to keep it active so you have more control over your data.
Yeah, reddit is restoring bulk edits made using the api but you can still go to your user profile, sort by top scoring comments, and manually change your top 10-20 comments
I used PowerDeleteSuite on mine and the edits are staying in place so far
So you used it to only edit instead of delete? If it's possible I might give it a shot
Yep you can just edit all comments without deleting. I used to use the original version, but it didn't work this last time due to their rate-limiting. Using that forked version with the delay worked, but it took a long time.
Good to know, I got both versions downloaded here but still didn't try using it. I'll give them a read to see if they have the option to use a set of sentences I give it instead of turning every message into the same one so it won't trip reddit's filters or something (or maybe I can implement it if I have the time).
Just to be sure we're on the same page, here's the forked / working version I used recently: https://github.com/pkolyvas/PowerDeleteSuite/
It doesn't require a download, it's just a Javascript bookmark that you put on the bookmarks bar, and click to run.
Yeah, this is the fork I've got. I cloned the repo to read it and check how it does its thing. It's just that I've been trying to get into the habit of checking small projects to see how people outside my work code (and to be more responsible with running random scripts)
And gives you a reason to stop visiting the site.
The data stopped belonging to you as soon as you posted it*
*unless you live somewhere GDPR applies or like california•*
•and if reddit actually complies•
If you want to do that you might try doing it very slowly as minor edits. Like swap, add, or delete a couple of words in several posts per hour, and just let the script run for long periods, gradually degrading the usability of your comments over time.
I don't know if that would trigger whatever process Reddit is using to restore comments when users delete them, but there's got to be some detection algorithm they are using that could be avoided while also, eventually, nuking your content.
Thanks! Good suggestion, I will consider it.
Sometimes if you get it to go too fast subs will ban you thinking you've used a bot so don't let it go wayyy to fast also.. what if you just change them all to say random stuff which changes periodically but all of the also say fuck u/spez because my understanding is that comments containing u/spez are being auto deleted by bots at this point.. maybe that's the most effective way to make that content actually disappear without repopulation