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Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by scotu » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 7:24 AM UTC

StellarTabi wrote: post #13

Fair warning, I use tools like masstagger, pushshift, and redusa to analyze users when deciding if a ban is appropriate. It's not difficult for anyone to still read over 99% of your deleted comments.

interesting, is the writer of a comment entitled of the copyright on them? could you dmca this services?

Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by pardonmyfrench » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 11:58 AM UTC

How does this tool play with large data gatherers like the Library of Congress that regularly archive tweets? Just asking for visibility.

Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by NickGott » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:12 PM UTC

techntoke wrote: post #20

NickGott wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's built in Python, it's pretty simple for a Linux user to run it (I have instructions on the readme that explain how to do so from the command line). I just haven't built an executable for Linux because of how many different Linux OS there are out there in use. And yeah, only Twitter and Reddit right now, the next plans are to get Instagram working with this.

Don't forget the evil Facebook too, please.

That one is a stretch goal, I'd love to do it but they are much less... friendly to this kind of thing than reddit or twitter is.

Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by Can_Not » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:40 PM UTC

TACIXAT wrote: post #15

Interestingly, there is no way to delete hackernews comments or accounts.

Actually, I find this incredibly sad. Users should, at the minimum, have the right to delete their comments or detach their username from them.

Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by shambolicfroli » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:41 PM UTC

What are the misuse cases, and what does the software try to do about them?

Re: Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets

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Post by HNLurker2 » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 8:10 AM UTC

Can_Not wrote: post #24

TACIXAT wrote: post #15

Interestingly, there is no way to delete hackernews comments or accounts.

Actually, I find this incredibly sad. Users should, at the minimum, have the right to delete their comments or detach their username from them.

Just mail at hn@ycombinator.com