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Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accounts::undefined

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[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

100%. The idea that reddit would just permanently delete all those chat messages rather than just archive them away from the public is crazy. Even if they don't directly sell them to advertisers there's a shitload of value for private ML training