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No API required. Kinda slow, but just leave it running overnight if you have a lot. Make sure you run it from https://old.reddit.com/u/me/overview

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

u could also try making small valid changes to detail over time until the posted content is unrecognizable and probably** false.
eg: i drive a red car
i drive a blue car
i drive a blue truck
i dont drive anything

those are all possibly true. but alot of them are incorrect.

[–] nucleative 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A python script hooked up to the openai API could be a fun way to play with this. Just edit the comments with random bs somehow marginally related to the original topic but incorrect.

It's a real shame though because those old comments are often lifesavers when you're looking into really niche subjects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I was thinking about manually editing every comment to replace them with lorem ipsums and similar rubbish text, I wonder if they would mark that as "suspicious activity" and lock me out of my account? I read some people in the past had similar issues with mass deletions or edits.

[–] Zachariah 6 points 8 months ago

the last fun way to use reddit