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Editing my comments on the way out (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Thteven to c/[email protected]

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[–] Orbitrix 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I'm curious for those of you who have done this: Have you archived anything?

It's hard to part with a 14 year old account and so much history. I know there are sites that archive reddit and of course archive.org. But nothing is a sure thing unless you are the custodian. It's such a huge snapshot of my life.... Proud of some of it. Not proud of other parts. But that's the beauty of it.

Also I've heard Reddit is reversing anyone who does this anyways.... so... yea. Might not go well in the EU, but they probably can get away with it in the US.

[–] Thteven 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just edited 11 years worth of comments, about 4,000 I think, and I didn't bother backing any of it up. Going through them all beforehand I didn't feel any need to keep that crap around, most of it was either tired jokes or arguments that I'd rather not reminisce on. I'm having a lot more fun here anyway.

I'm going to keep the account though until I feel satisfied that everything will stay edited or deleted.

[–] Orbitrix 3 points 2 years ago

This does seem like the right attitude. Sometimes its easy to cling to the past.

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