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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a data hoarder by nature, it hurt me to do the same. But I did, and power delete suite worked perfectly (albeit a bit slower than I expected). It even kept going once everything went silent

[–] Dark_Blade 3 points 2 years ago

My computer went to sleep and I ended up losing a lot of data cuz the tool froze. Still worth it though, at least I’m not leaving anything behind.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Keep an eye on it in a few days. Make sure what you deleted stays deleted. Multiple people have been reporting their posts and information being restored.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I haven't deleted the account yet for that reason. I did mass edit them before deletion so hopefully that holds, at least.

[–] Nelots 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if actually deleted/edited comments are being restored (has yet to happen to me), but I know for sure that one thing can happen. If a community you commented was private when you did this, you wouldn't be able to edit or delete those comments. Once the sub goes public again, they'll show up on your profile, untouched by your mass edit/delete. Unfortunately there seems to be absolutely nothing we can do about this.

[–] yonerboner 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I noticed this too, I deleted a bunch of comments during the blackouts and when some subs came back the comments showed up.

[–] Dark_Blade 1 points 2 years ago

I guess we’ll just have to keep logging in to make sure the job’s done. At this point, that’s the only thing I’m gonna log in for.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those secret Santa trophies... Back when it used to feel like a community.

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

Right? Breaks my heart. I still have the Star Trek shirt my secret Santa got me.

[–] Chewcok 2 points 2 years ago

Oof, yeah I still got my drawing tablet from like 8 years ago, legit started me on my digital art journey.

[–] ifDogsCouldTalk 10 points 2 years ago

12 years for me. It was a good run. On to newer things. :)

[–] PorradaVFR 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

14 years in September. I’ve seen stuff come and go but the manner in which this happened was not due to a better (yet) option or technology moving on rather the worst elements of corporate cynicism. Ignoring, completely, that not just content but the very functioning of the site is due to users. The same users that are now motivated to find the next thing as has happened so often before.

They’ll stumble along for a while, maybe even with decent financial results…but it’s a shuffling corpse ultimately and seeing paths taking shape have made it easier to accept.

[–] return2ozma 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Yup. So many memories. F spez!

Edit: 11 years would have been July 12th.

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

Damn, you went hard!

[–] minikieff 1 points 2 years ago

"Reddit Premium since June 2023"

wat

[–] HappycamperNZ 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was commenting this morning about how it's July 1st here and I'm enjoying the last few hours. Refreshed after Saturday sport and it all... just... gone.

Still going to log in on computer occasionally to see story updates on HFY and my vast porn collection (with no ads), but other than that this is where we are.

[–] itsJoelleScott 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah 😢

I'm getting all my posts scraped then I'm scrubbing my account and deleting it.

Here's to Lemmy 🥂

[–] MissO 7 points 2 years ago

I made my first account to post in nosleep in 2012. It’s become a habit as much a part of my day as my morning coffee, but once I’m done with something, I. Am. Done.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We need a fucking flashbang warning on this website AUGH

[–] Gingerlegs 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

11 years, 8 months here. It’s 25% of my life.

Sometimes change is bittersweet.

🫡😭

[–] avapa 2 points 2 years ago

At 26, I’ve been using Reddit for nearly half my life. I had backed up all my posts, comments, etc but when I hit the delete button in PowerDeleteSuite I felt like I just threw a big part of my life away.

[–] MetalFingers 2 points 2 years ago

11 years, 10 months 😢

But I think it’s for the best, hopefully helps with my scrolling addiction, I spent way too much time on that site and so far doesn’t seem Lemmy has enough to scratch the itch. I’m sure in time it will but I think by then I’ll be less in a habit of picking up my phone to scroll.

[–] ForceLightning 2 points 2 years ago

11 years, 3 months here. Almost half my life. I didn't think I could get this emotional over something like this. Oh well, on to newer and better things now I guess.

[–] paddirn 5 points 2 years ago

I'm in the process of deleting a 10 yr old account now (among a few others). No regrets. Time to move on to better things.

[–] whereisdani_r 5 points 2 years ago

You were even there for the secret Santa days...it's the end of an era for sure

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

Reminder not to trust this view - Google your username with "site:reddit.com" and you'll no doubt find things that Reddit has chosen not to show you for... Reasons.

[–] hotmammaskitch 4 points 2 years ago

I was 14 years and 150 karma. Never bothered to figure out what karma meant?

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

11 years of posts just erased. Hope to see Lemmy gain more users soon 🫡

[–] Got_Bent 4 points 2 years ago

I did the same thing this morning. Thirteen years of content erased.

[–] figaro 3 points 2 years ago

You and me both dude. Just looked at slide for Reddit and... Nothing

[–] SynopticVision 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean this without sarcasm at all: why exactly are you people nuking your accounts? I'm not planning to use Reddit much from now on, but I don't really see any reason why i should destroy an anonymous account over there ...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

They get ad revenue based on people viewing user content. I don't want them making money off of what I wrote anymore.

[–] Famko 6 points 2 years ago

It's to remove all content from Reddit, because the site gets all of its content through the users, so if they delete everything, there is no content or information on Reddit.

[–] Got_Bent 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It seems the whole thing is that they want to monetize user content. My thirteen years of content, which I've occasionally seen pop up on other sites, just went poof.

[–] ifDogsCouldTalk 3 points 2 years ago

12 years for me. It was a good run. On to newer things. :)

[–] beansbeansbeans 2 points 2 years ago

Ditto; 11 years. Secret Santa and the Halloween exchanges were so much fun.

[–] BrudderAaron 1 points 2 years ago

10 years here. Weird to see all that history to just go away, but it was for the best.