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How to Delete All Reddit Posts and Comments on Web Browser (www.guidingtech.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lostwonder@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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It's about using Reddit Enhancement Suite to delete data

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[–] koreth@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Wish people wouldn't do this, though I do understand the motivation. IMO it ends up punishing other Internet users (who are the ones getting value from year-old comment threads) vastly more than it punishes the owners and employees of Reddit, Inc. (who get most of their value from people participating in active discussions and seeing ads along the way).

The end result is that you search for "how to fix a broken curtain rod" on Google and the search results are full of comment threads like

Anyone know how to fix a broken curtain rod?
    [deleted]
        Oh, that's a good idea. How do you unscrew the end if you do it that way?
            Hello! I have removed my comment from reddit because I don't like the
            way they're running their company. You can find me on Lemmy.
                Thanks! That worked.

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the idea is that that user might be less likely to return to Reddit after this frustrating experience, and over time user numbers dwindle.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed; I’ve put in my request for all my Reddit content and plan to make it available out of context elsewhere. I haven’t decided if I’m going to scrub it or not yet. If I do, it will be over time, not instantly. Good luck to Reddit figuring out when to restore to. First pass is likely going to be replacing URLs to external content.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We are not punishing internet users like you wrote, we are punishing reddit users.

Yes, people get frustrated when reddit is not good anymore and that's exactly what reddit deserves. A frustrated user will look for other places and not use reddit.

There has been many sites before reddit alienating it's user base. Many are forgotten now by young people. Reddit won't die over night, it's a slow process of just losing more and more popularity.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What if goal is to make reddit search results a frustrating experience that people start doing - reddit

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