This is actually egregious. I was indifferent about the whole API pricing controversy, but I saw that a few posts I'd deleted for various reasons are back up. I'm deleting my entire message history and will not be posting on Reddit again. Luckily I never posted identifying personal information, but I guarantee plenty of people have deleted posts containing sensitive information and those are now back up for all to see.
Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
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#332Today, Reddit has started a data rollback. What they've done though it go way too far - so far they are undeleting posts from over a decade ago. Reddit didn't actually delete anything, only soft deletes. In the image posted there are also cached thumbnails from YouTube - those videos no longer exist. I've already had one trans person confirm there are posts appearing from before their transition. The IPO is really go…
I wonder if this includes content that was removed for violating terms and conditions like threats, doxxed info, images. If so, there might be some legal issues that arise from this no?
I'm gonna guess someone ran a query that just set the deleted column of every post from 1 to 0 - so there's a good chance.
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#333Looks like every time a lemmy instance gets posted, that instance gets nuked off the planet. Maybe if you want to post something from lemmy, you should find the mirror on lemmy.world or lemmy.directory and see if that can handle the traffic.
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#334Today, Reddit has started a data rollback. What they've done though it go way too far - so far they are undeleting posts from over a decade ago. Reddit didn't actually delete anything, only soft deletes. In the image posted there are also cached thumbnails from YouTube - those videos no longer exist. I've already had one trans person confirm there are posts appearing from before their transition. The IPO is really go…
I wonder if this includes content that was removed for violating terms and conditions like threats, doxxed info, images. If so, there might be some legal issues that arise from this no?
things could get exciting very quickly
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#335So I have to go back and check everything I ever deleted? WTF
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#336This reinforces the adage (that used to be true) "nothing gets deleted from the internet" and so I am for it. I hope useful posts will be un-404'd.
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#337Wow wow, Isn't this the violation of the Europen GDPR privacy laws. If you deletd it then they should actually be deleted, otherwise you are violating the laws.
There must be some legal justification for reddit doing this. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/ Maybe Reddit users don't qualify for "Right to Erasure" because Reddit is still going, their data is being used, they technically didn't revoke "consent" and so on?
For instance, Article 9 in relation to Article 17 seems pretty solid:
> the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1), or point (a) of Article 9(2), and where there is no other legal ground for the processing
> Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.
But perhaps deleting an account + posts does not qualify as revoking consent?
I dunno anything about GDPR, but Reddit would have to be confident about every condition in Article 17. It makes me think these undeletions are a considered decision, not a knee jerk response.
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#338Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wherein lies the value of seeing that others read your work? As the saying goes, work is done for those who pay for it. When I, like you, write comments on sites like these I am the one paying for it. I derive entertainment value for the cost I am sinking, so I find it to be an acceptable trade, but beyond that small window the entertainment is over and the value of what was produced is gone. To keep it around beyond…
So, you'd delete your old comments because you would rather no one in the world get any kind of value from them since you are not getting any anymore?
I would delete comments that are past their prime like I would discard expired food in my fridge, yes. What are you going to gain from keeping something that is now rotten?
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#339With how quickly Reddit and Twitter have destroyed their reputations, it almost feels like it's been intentional to bring down our giant public communication platforms as we enter a new age of misinformation.
Maybe it's a good thing. If people will grow up and realise that "everything you see on the internet is by default a piece of bullshit crafted to manipulate you", world will become a better place. The less trust we have, the better.
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#340I really wonder how it's gonna turn when discord is gonna do the same kind of thing. I'm so amazed that people think they can use big social media websites for free AND not see ad nor have their data stolen.