Read deleted comments on Reddit

#1

Post by handwashand » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 8:40 AM UTC

Read deleted comments on Reddit
decomment.com

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

#2

Post by evan_ » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

#3

Post by avinassh » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:34 PM UTC

An alternative solution which I regularly use: http://uneddit.com

It has a bookmarklet and activating on any Reddit thread will load the deleted/removed comments.

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by dang » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:35 PM UTC

evan_ wrote: post #2

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

A small number of reposts is ok if an article hasn't had significant attention yet. Otherwise too many good stories languish unnoticed on the /newest page.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:37 PM UTC

evan_ wrote: post #2

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

Reposts are allowed on HN if there hasn't been significant discussion on the link. Even more so if there has been week-long gaps between submissions.

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by cLeEOGPw » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:43 PM UTC

It should be called "undelete". Decomment sounds like it is deleting comments.

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by pki » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:44 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #4

evan_ wrote: post #2

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

A small number of reposts is ok if an article hasn't had significant attention yet. Otherwise too many good stories languish unnoticed on the /newest page. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

I'd think, personally, a bit less so if he signed up specifically to post that one thing, and contribute absolutely nothing else..

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by kyleknighted » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:50 PM UTC

evan_ wrote: post #2

You've posted this same site here three times in the last two weeks.

Now that it's made it to the front page, maybe it won't get posted again...

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by toomuchtodo » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:56 PM UTC

Reddit comments are owned by their owners, no (at least, that's how copyright works in the USA)?

How do undelete sites fly under the radar? Is it just that no one has been effected enough yet to warrant the hammer? It appears decomment.com is hosted on OVH servers in the EU (France possibly?). Aren't they keen on their "right to be forgotten" law?

Re: Read deleted comments on Reddit

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Post by rfotino » Thu, Nov 05, 2015, 6:58 PM UTC

Very little information on the site -- how does this work? Presumably by storing the contents of every Reddit comment made since Decomment's creation and serving them up on demand? I imagine once you delete a comment on Reddit it's no longer available via the API or by scraping the site, but I was hoping something more interesting was going on than just storing comments in a separate database before they are deleted.