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Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
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Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#362Yea.. 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?
I've had interviews with programming challenges and they recorded every single keystroke. Not sure how legal that is.
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#363I’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.
No, it’s user hostile to undelete information the original CREATOR of the information choose to delete. They don’t owe you anything.
Does Reddit owe them anything?
Didn’t think so.
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#364With 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.
I dunno what you are implying, but Reddit and Twitter dug their own graves.
They repeatedly chose short term gain over the long term health of their platforms/users, and the debt is catching up with them.
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#365Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
It's not about you, it's about everyone else who might benefit from reading your comment. What are you taking that benefit away from them? Why do you dislike other internet users like that? Also comments don't rot on the internet, nothing is ever "past its prime". Why do you think comments lose value to other people ? In fact, there's quite likely a long tail of future users who would benefit, who are even larger tha…
So long as I am paying for it, it is absolutely about me. I would consider offers to write for others if they see the value, but it is quite apparent that what I write does not actually provide value to others. Which is fine. I'm happy to leave that work to the professionals.
Why do you feel entitled to the work I have paid for? It is one thing if I generously offer it to you, but to expect it?
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#366Wow 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 wonder if there is a legal difference between submitting an official GDPR request for deletion and simply hitting the delete button on the platform itself.
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#367I’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.
IF that were the agreement we made when we commented on Reddit that would be one thing. IF that was their past behavior when this happened (what you describe has been happening since the inception of Reddit) that would be one thing. Neither of those things are the case, Reddit has shown they have always had the ability to create these features (vote out mods, fix modding tools, improve accessibility, prevent comment…
If you don’t want others reading your comment send a DM.
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#368...and I just wrote a script to go through and delete them all again.
What was accomplished?
Re: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
#369Yea.. 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…
In https://mastodon.social/@ashe__/110553872844888220 it was reported that they undid edits too.
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#370What's the root cause of all the recent reddit tumult? Is it essentially that reddit is trying to keep away web scrapers so it can retain exclusive access to its data and sell to LLM companies?
If so, this seems like an impulsive miscalculation, based on how easy it would be for any determined actor to scrape reddit. So why annoy users in order to attempt to do something that has a high probability of failure?
The situation sounds a lot like news website paywalling circa 2010, which was a flop for most sites.