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Do the advantages of deleting one's entire Reddit history outweigh the disadvantages?

I have previously nuked my first Reddit account because it felt satisfactory to be completely detached from a platform one considers unethical/bad. Though, I have garnered quite some history on a second account—because Duty Calls*, of course—and I'm considering doing the same.

However, I don't want to do it impulsively. I think I might be blind to some disadvantages. What do you think?

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mostly - it gets messy with content being posted though. They absolutely should be deleting all personal information about you.

I am however unsure how this applies to posts and comments which don’t contain personal information.

[–] pietz@augsburg.social -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

@breadsmasher @lnxtx Every post from any person contains personal information. At least the fact, that the person has posted that specific sentence or maybe only shared a link at that time.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Sure, not disagreeing. Its a shame its barely enforced