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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1180367

There are tools out there that help with this, but the better ones like the one I linked use the API.

I don't know what will happen to them next month, but if you are thinking about it, keep in mind that they may not be around or work like they do today, and you may have to use other more convoluted tools.

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[โ€“] awdsns@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I understand the sentiment, and everyone of course has the right to do this with the content they posted, but please consider:

The only thing this probably achieves is fucking over people googling for specific information in the future. How often have I searched for some really specific problem or information, only to find a thread in some niche subreddit from years ago with exactly what I needed?

For Reddit itself it's trivial to keep previous versions of comments. Also deleted posts can just be flagged as 'hidden' and still remain in the database. They already have your content and won't be giving it up. So please consider leaving it available for the public as well.

[โ€“] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Deleted thousands of my comments and posts today.

[โ€“] Dandylion@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Very dumb question on my part, but why would someone do this as opposed to just deleting account or simply never logging in again? Deleting my history never occurred to me and I have one super old account (inactive) and my current is about 8 years old

[โ€“] 3nt3r@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally used this tool over PowerDeleteSuite. Has a bit of a nicer GUI as well and an app for every OS

[โ€“] eric3a@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. I just used it to delete my posts.