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Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by HigherPlain »

shmde wrote: post #6

Off topic: If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit you can navigate it two ways without getting engaged(also enraged) with the the scum and filth and rage-baits that is r/all or r/popular. 1). Use old.reddit.com, create an account ( it will bait you to enter your email, but its not necessary to proceed. ). Go to subreddits that you want to follow, there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly qui…

In particular the posts from /r/politics which hit the front page are often Q-anon tier; absurd misinformation and extremist rhetoric. But yes the smaller sub-reddits can be good.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by trinovantes »

ma2rten wrote: post #28
trinovantes wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Right now, we internally blacklist the account so that the data is not exposed via any public API. For full disclosure, we currently do not permanently delete any data unless there is a major issue involving PII, etc. While you have the right to request that people cannot search your comments and submissions via the public API, we reserve the right to keep data in our private archive so long as we never allow any d…

It says it's using the pushshift api on the page.

Don't know what to tell you, I tried opting out a year ago [1] and they still have some of my deleted comments today [2]. Pushshift is a massive GDPR violation so I'm surprised they haven't gotten into any trouble yet.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/Gjp7YOA

[2] https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/#{%22author%22:%22trin...

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by nicbou »

trinovantes wrote: post #22
speedgoose wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want to delete your Reddit account from the pushshift Reddit dataset, you have a Google form: https://teddit.net/r/pushshift/comments/pat409/online_remova...

> Right now, we internally blacklist the account so that the data is not exposed via any public API. For full disclosure, we currently do not permanently delete any data unless there is a major issue involving PII, etc. While you have the right to request that people cannot search your comments and submissions via the public API, we reserve the right to keep data in our private archive so long as we never allow any d…

> we reserve the right to keep data in our private archive so long as we never allow any data that you requested be removed get exposed through any public API endpoints.

This is why I'm really happy to have GDPR. If this were a European company someone would eventually tear them a new one.

"Reserve the right" is a cheeky choice of words for keeping data that isn't theirs against people's consent.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by BlueTemplar »

nolok wrote: post #19
gpgn wrote: post #3

I'm still going to use google to search to be honest.

Google search is terrible because reddit mangles all the dates in their seo

Sounds like it's reddit that is terrible here. But then what else would you expect from a platform ?

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by basisword »

trinovantes wrote: post #32
ma2rten wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says it's using the pushshift api on the page.

Don't know what to tell you, I tried opting out a year ago [1] and they still have some of my deleted comments today [2]. Pushshift is a massive GDPR violation so I'm surprised they haven't gotten into any trouble yet. [1] https://imgur.com/a/Gjp7YOA [2] https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/#{%22author%22:%22trin...

Report them to the relevant authority if you can. Assholes like this need to be stopped.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by BlueTemplar »

shmde wrote: post #6

Off topic: If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit you can navigate it two ways without getting engaged(also enraged) with the the scum and filth and rage-baits that is r/all or r/popular. 1). Use old.reddit.com, create an account ( it will bait you to enter your email, but its not necessary to proceed. ). Go to subreddits that you want to follow, there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly qui…

> If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit

Just don't

> there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly quite awesome

They are condoning reddit by continuing to use it

----

There's another comment that points out that reddit screws up search engines results in order to get more front page hits.

Just how long will it need to be pointed out that platforms are evil, and anti-Web, and you should be shunned for using them ?

(I had some hope for reddit myself - that it would not fall to the same issues somehow, but that hope is long gone now...)

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by jotm »

danhor wrote: post #29
shmde wrote: post #6

Off topic: If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit you can navigate it two ways without getting engaged(also enraged) with the the scum and filth and rage-baits that is r/all or r/popular. 1). Use old.reddit.com, create an account ( it will bait you to enter your email, but its not necessary to proceed. ). Go to subreddits that you want to follow, there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly qui…

An important thing is also that reddit still doesn't require a mail address. Just click continue on the signup form without filling in the mail and bypass the dark pattern.

You can't comment or even view some subreddits without verifying your email, though. But creating an email address takes 5 minutes at most.

Re: New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design

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Post by jotm »

BlueTemplar wrote: post #37
shmde wrote: post #6

Off topic: If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit you can navigate it two ways without getting engaged(also enraged) with the the scum and filth and rage-baits that is r/all or r/popular. 1). Use old.reddit.com, create an account ( it will bait you to enter your email, but its not necessary to proceed. ). Go to subreddits that you want to follow, there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly qui…

> If Anyone reading this thinking of joining reddit Just don't > there are hundreds of niche subreddits which are frankly quite awesome They are condoning reddit by continuing to use it ---- There's another comment that points out that reddit screws up search engines results in order to get more front page hits. Just how long will it need to be pointed out that platforms are evil, and anti-Web, and you should be shun…

It's sad, but few people these days put in the minimal effort to set up a forum. Or sign up for one.

Reddit is the easiest free way, but you pay the price in the end, and it's very high.

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