I 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 apps for free AND not see ad nor have their data stolen.
Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
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#342Wow 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.
I am planning on using my EU citizenship to have reddit wipe my history completely.
I believe you can absolutely revoke your consent to Reddit processing your data and demand that they remove any and all PII from their records. That will force them to go through your entire comment history and identify any such information.
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#343I’m actually glad this is happening because I’m sick and tired of looking for information on Reddit and seeing someone reply to a deleted comment with “Wow thank you that information was very useful!”
It’s user hostile, and prevents the spread of knowledge.
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#344Lawsuits under EU privacy laws incoming?
Yes, you can't keep deleted data indefinitely.
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#345Obvious LOL. Stupid question, but did anyone ever /trust/ online social sites to do what they claimed when it came to managing user data?
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#346Yea.. this is why you don't delete, because god knows it isn't actually deleted. You edit, and even then it's as crapshoot because it might not be gone. If they store versions of old comments then even editing wouldn't help (which tbh, would make sense in case there were ban-worthy content being hidden via edit) . Plus of course the rest of the internet still likely has your deleted/edited comment. So nothing public…
Don't remember where I heard this, but I've always held the idea that anything you type into a text box, whether you remove it before hitting "cancel", delete it after submitting, or edit it, should be considered non-revocable and "out there". IIRC Facebook got caught recording what users typed up, changed their mind, and never thought they were submitting?
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#347Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who knows. Maybe this will actually make people hesitate to trust everything to a private 'platform'. Maybe this will finally be the straw that breaks the camel's back and maybe even makes people consider the real issue at play ( platforms vs protocols ) and maybe even make appropriate conclusions. I am a dreamer.
For a "protocol" of any note, wouldn't you expect there to be various actors archiving everything posted via that protocol?
Not anything with a reasonable expectation of privacy, which would either only be federated to the nodes of the people who are supposed to see it or not at all.
Decentralized platforms are identical to the vast majority of the internet in their archivability, the distinction is in their administration.
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#348Lawsuits under EU privacy laws incoming?
hopefully
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#349Obvious LOL. Stupid question, but did anyone ever /trust/ online social sites to do what they claimed when it came to managing user data?
IDK what's so fun about it man. We used to think that agreements between users and providers were binding. That they were stronger than good faith. US law is based on that, I think. Everything that's not based in Europe is fucked and it's not even remotely fun.
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#350Earlier quoted context omitted.
A comment’s value rarely outlasts more than 24 hours, if that. Why hoard data?
That's crazy, most of the comments I read are months if not years old.
Exactly. And it's so sad when I find a thread that clearly had exactly the answer I was looking for to a question, with somebody replying "thanks so much that answers it perfectly!" only the answer itself was deleted. :(