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Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by macNchz »

chankstein38 wrote: post #2

Why though? If a listing has been deleted, I know that it's no longer available, which I see as a feature. Is this just for meme or funny listings?

A decade ago I rented an apartment that was advertised on Craigslist as having laundry machines, that we only learned would cost extra after signing the lease.

The broker who rented it to us swore the ad didn’t specify it was included. Thankfully I’d taken a screenshot, and caught the broker in a lie directly in front of her boss. They paid us cash right there to make up for it!

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by willsmith72 »

rgovostes wrote: post #9
chankstein38 wrote: post #2

Why though? If a listing has been deleted, I know that it's no longer available, which I see as a feature. Is this just for meme or funny listings?

A friend of mine was a victim of a false Craigslist listing inviting people to come by his home and take "free" items from his property. The listing was removed before he got home from work and realized what happened. It would have been useful to have an archived copy of the listing.

I really hate these scammers.

I've moved quite a few times and when it gets to be a week out and I still have so much stuff and no time, I've often tried to give it away, but people are so suspicious that they could get a free couch or desk that we have to go through 10 messages for them to trust me. I can't be bothered to exchange that many messages with 20 people just to give something away.

I want an apartment equivalent of a garage sale for good stuff, not junk

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by pdntspa »

jpc0 wrote: post #49
xwdv wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry to tell you, but once you post it on Reddit, the content is no longer yours. Not your content, not your choice.

I am still an individual in this world with rights no matter how much "the internet" feels that isn't true. Reference the current legislation being put in place around the world regarding privacy as proof that I am not in the minority here. Also it did work exactly like that since reddit allowed me to delete said content and and chose to stop posting or interacting with reddit. Could there be a copy my reddit history…

Legislation or not, it is very entitled to think that that which is cast to the public is something you have any control over. Any illusory power you might have is merely legal, which in the grand scheme of things doesn't amount to much. The entire notion of copyright is built on this false premise of control. But in the world of ideas or information, bits are copied freely and easily and there is nothing that can be done to stop it.

Don't like it, don't post it

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by Isthatablackgsd »

xwdv wrote: post #27

Reddit is especially bad about this. I’m tired of seeing deleted posts leaving tattered conversations where you can hardly tell what someone is talking about. Content you post online should be as immutable as possible.

Especially solutions for various software and stuff.

I ran into an rare issue with one software last year that I couldn't remember what it is. I saw the error in the log and posted it in Google. There are only one Reddit post in search of this error. The deleted user deleted the comment of the solution, preventing anyone from fixing the issue. That deleted comment have more than 200 child comments for thanking for the simple solution and other are asking other what are the solution after the deletion.

Some got around by quoting the comment to for those deletion situations. I get they want to protect their privacy and whatnots. It is rather infuriating when it is the only solution in the entire internet that are deleted.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by pdntspa »

slikrick wrote: post #57
xwdv wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry to tell you, but once you post it on Reddit, the content is no longer yours. Not your content, not your choice.

sorry to tell you, but you're wrong lmao

"Possession is 9/10 of the law"

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by BarfBarfomellow »

june07 wrote: post #25
thih9 wrote: post #23

What about the right to be forgotten and similar laws? Is it legal to run a service like this when laws exist about providing the original author or a person present in a photo with a way to remove content or personally identifiable information? There are also copyright trolls and GDPR trolls, isn’t a service like this an opportunity for them?

Unfortunately, when you post ANYTHING online... one must assume it's like a tattoo... that is to say permanent. Not saying it's right or wrong (because believe me I have my own privacy/trust issues), just saying it is reality.

Canadians have the right to be forgotten. They won a lawsuit against google too.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by Kye »

willsmith72 wrote: post #70
tivert wrote: post #66

I just found out the other day that the official Internet Archive/Wayback Machine extension ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp... ) has a mode to automatically archive every page you view. It's pretty neat, and I wish more people would run it to get a more diverse snapshot of stuff into the Wayback machine.

I see they have a private mode, how does this work exactly? How does it make sure it's archiving the home page of my bank's website and not my personal dashboard?

It probably nudges the crawler to come rather than sending the page. If it's private, the crawler won't be able to see it.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by oldbbsnickname »

xwdv wrote: post #27

Reddit is especially bad about this. I’m tired of seeing deleted posts leaving tattered conversations where you can hardly tell what someone is talking about. Content you post online should be as immutable as possible.

Reddit is anti-patterns all the way down. They only thing they have/had is/was popularity, but that's fungible.
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