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[might not really be Reddit] Reddit threatens you for using Power Delete Suite and other tools now (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jcg to c/reddit
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Shredding up my Reddit comments (editing them to say fuck spez, linking to Lemmy and Kbin, not deleting but I don't care if they do end up deleted) and I got this.

I also got several hilarious AutoMod replies from different protesting subs. r/ProgrammerHumor requires a code block with an import statement before every comment, and r/shitposting has completely banned the letter B.

EDIT: So this is an AutoModerator message as pointed out by @SilverShrimp0 so might just be the r/absolutelynotme_irl mods trolling

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[–] silvershrimp0 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's from AutoModerator, which is configured by subreddit mods. Messages from Reddit admins would not come from AutoModerator.

[–] jcg 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, I just realized that but I'm not sure what the AutoMod rule would be in that case.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's definitely subs automod, I used the delete tool a few years ago and got multiple messages telling me to stop scrubbing my comments

[–] Korne127 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's actually really interesting that subreddit mods set it up that way that it notices if someone changes so much so quickly and send such a message. I would have never thought of that, but I mean I guess it makes sense if they want to keep the subreddit content. Still really interesting. So these mods probably want to intimidate the person to get them to stop?

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it worked on me lol.. I stopped deleting my comments and just deleted my account

[–] Korne127 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that keep your comments forever?

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but your account becomes "unlinked" from that comment. The user is shown as [deleted]

I tend not to delete my comments anymore because many people use Reddit as a source for information and I find it frustrating when a potential solution for me has their comments deleted

[–] Korne127 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know that with [deleted], but thanks for the answer.

That's just interesting for me because I thought a company would need to delete all information about a user if they delete their account… I wonder if this is conform to the GPDR.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no idea about the gdpr aspect but I would assume it's fine because that comment is in no way linked back to you. I could be wrong

[–] Korne127 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is it not linked to you? I could write my name here, my address, any personified information. And I think even without that a company must delete everything it got from you if you want.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By that I meant linked back to your Reddit account

If you wrote any personal info on a public forum, it's probably already been archived somewhere anyways especially with Reddit (I can find most threads on archive.org)

I get what you mean by deleting your comments too though, but all I know is that Reddit doesn't do that. It just keeps the comment but makes it "anonymous"

[–] Korne127 0 points 1 year ago

I know that most stuff is archived and everything, but my point still is that I thought that companies like Reddit have to delete all content a user generated like that. As I said, that's just what I'm pretty sure the law here was like, but I mean, probably I'm wrong. It's still very interesting to me; I might look into this at some other time.

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

Indeed, it even says "this subreddit" at the bottom. I wonder which sub it links to. And I wonder if OP was fooled by this, or intentionally helping in spreading misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

On a laptop you can sort your comments by "top" and manually delete. Those are the highest visibility anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I believe only your most recent 1000 comments show up tied to your profile, so you cannot delete any but those. Deleting #1 doesn't bump #1001 into slot #1000

The lists are a bit different for controversial/top/hot, which is why the deletion tools all check all three.

Older comments will still exist and be search-indexable, editable, and deletable, but you'll have to find them... manually. I guess with 3P search engines? A nightmare.

Meaning Reddit is in violation of municipalities that have data deletion rules, but so far no one seems to care.

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

You can also do this if you request "desktop site" on a mobile browser.

[–] TheOneWithTheHair 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Older comments (1 year+), if you delete will simply re-appear. Then I tried editing old comments yesterday (using public domain filler text), but overnight my comments have been "restored". Newer stuff you can certainly do this to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Someone said it's the caching or refreshing. Check again in a bit and let us know.

[–] TheOneWithTheHair 1 points 2 years ago

I checked it. They're still reset to the old data. My edits meant nothing.

[–] darthpenis69 7 points 2 years ago

Lmao. This is great, reddit seems to be progressing their death spiral at an even greater rate now.

[–] Tar_alcaran 5 points 2 years ago

Good reminder that I need to do this today. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

They really had to add the TM didn't they?

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

Love that “intended reddit experience” quip even if it is an automod.

[–] T0rrent01 1 points 2 years ago

The character of phrasing and verbiage gives off strikingly similar vibes to Weimar Germany.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Too late. I wiped it all. " r/ProgrammerHumor requires a code block with an import statement before every comment, and r/shitposting has completely banned the letter B." That's hilarious, btw.

[–] paddirn 4 points 2 years ago

In the process of deleting now "[COMMENT DELETED - API NOT FOUND]", I've been getting different Automod messages from different communities, but haven't gotten anything like that

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

used powerdeletesuite already, no comments, no posts left, everything got overwritten before deleting it with mostly gibberish. f spezzo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What was it? I know it wasn't really from reddit but I wanted to see what it said.

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

Right? Am I missing something? Can we see the thing you're referring to, OP?

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

yea that should have been linked in the post itself. was quite confused what you were talking about.

Also - that's freaking hilarious and my hats off to the mod team of that sub. This has nothing to do with you using the delete scripts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ok I legitimately love this lol

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

Where do those links take you? The mods might be doing that to demonstrate what could be coming in the future if reddit continues down this path.

[–] jcg 1 points 2 years ago

Links you to the Reddit user agreement and chat features for some reason.

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

They are really going all out to pour gasoline on this dumpster fire. Imagine if they put even half as much effort into improving the official app.

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

glad I finally left that shithole.

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

I also used Power Suite Delete to edit my comments to “fuck /u/spez” before deleting and several subreddits sent auto messages saying something along the lines of “your comment contains a subject that is not appropriate… etc… since it looks like you are removing your comment/post we have deleted it for you” but that’s all I got

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

Glad I left reddit, I think it's just going to turn into a place where the weirdos of the internet go if they keep this up

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

Kinda already is. Everyone over here is so much more polite than on reddit, which implies reddit has lost a chunk of the community that doesn't suck.

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

Absolutely this. It's been so pleasant to see proper grammar usage again.

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

Reddit just got the same treatment that facebook did when all the boomer parents showed up in force and all the young people moved on to insta/tiktok.

[–] K3zi4 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Used it last night and wiped 12 years of history from my account, rewrote several comments to say I was an RiF user. It actually got me banned from a couple subs for spam. Not that it matters, shame it had to come to this!

[–] Korne127 1 points 1 year ago

Have you downloaded the content before or anything like this? I mean I know that's a deeply personal stuff, but I could never imagine just deleting so much I put time into before I get a backup and can at least personally still have it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hilarious.

I've been doing this for years personally. I only ever kept my reddit account for 6 months at a time, after which I'd make a new one, and I would override every comment after a month with blank text.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit is automatically editing user posts that have lemmy links in them to just say "[Removed by Reddit]" - You likely got nagged for editing comments to have lemmy links in it.,

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay so where is that nuke script before it won't work anymore?!

Against the rules to use an adblocker? WTF.

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