"Heads-up: Reddit is quietly restoring deleted AND overwritten posts and comments"

DaGuys470, 11 months ago

In case you live in Europe: keep prove of the deletion and if your comments are recovered keep proof of that as well. Under European law (GDPR) you can file a complaint. If a large amount of people claim violations of GDPR Reddit's gonna have some issues.

notanumber, 10 months ago

The best solution to fight such behavior

a, 11 months ago

@minnieo @tchambers i knew it! I deleted all my posts only to find some of them back a few days later.

I'm not deleting my account until all my content is gone.

cassetti, 11 months ago

That's why I'm waiting a few weeks before I log back into reddit and start deleting all my old content, slowly and methodically.

Wondering if I should delete, or simply start replacing the text wtih "F*ck SPEZ" and see how long that lasts lol

notanumber, 10 months ago

If they restore the older content, get 'F ck Sp3z' inside the text. or better yet start mixing content to make it hard for them to moderate it.

cassetti, 10 months ago

Yeah that's totally my idea is to modify/overwrite the content first. Then go back a few days later and start erasing old posts so if they recover them, they still have the edited text.

But I'm still waiting a few more months before I go that route - I want them to get comfortable assuming their troubles are over once the API is shut off.

ApathyTree, 10 months ago

I’ve started replacing comments with “this comment was deleted on (date), after being deleted and restored once already. If you can see this, Reddit restored it without my consent for the second time.”

I’ve had 6 respawn, but haven’t checked since my app died.

cassetti, 10 months ago

That's a great idea

V6277, 11 months ago

Come June 30th, I'm gonna start deleting my comments with one of the automated services mentioned here. I was planning on immediate deleting my account too but it looks like I'll have to wait for a bit.

OP, how did you make this article have an orange gradient in dark mode on mobile?

Spy, 11 months ago

I have the same question, it's almost unreadable...

minnieo, 11 months ago

uh oh , that wasnt my goal. ill try to make it more readable. the background on desktop extends a lot further, so that bright orange doesnt show until you reach the bottom. didnt know it looked like that on mobile

TheDefiant604, 11 months ago

It's not the post, it's the magazine. Every post within the magazine will look like this.

minnieo, 11 months ago

i did it through the CSS section of the appearance section of the magazine panel/settings. this will add a basic background with the link you specify:

#middle { background-image: url(INSERT IMAGE URL); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; }

i'm currently using this

V6277, 11 months ago

CSS styling is back, thank you!!

khubiliajahn, 11 months ago

Yep, I deleted all of my posts and comments yesterday and many are back today.

BuddhaBeettle, 11 months ago

Somedays Im tempted to go back and edit all my (good, evidence based) advice with bad (common misconceptions, misinformation) advice.
But in my life spreading good information in the sea of bullshit is kind of a big personal value... so I haven't had the heart to do that.
But I do share the idea in case someone likes it.

Skyler, 11 months ago

I'm an engineer who is in the middle of building something GDPR compliant. And... this aint it.

dalias, 11 months ago

@minnieo Something something GDPR...

xc2215x, 11 months ago

That is messed up of Reddit.