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

unconsciousvoidling, 10 months ago

yep i used a python script from github and my reddit posts are being restored every single day... it's insane. it's like i have no control.

Lorez, 10 months ago

OP, by using reddit,

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CapnAssHolo, 10 months ago

Genuine question. No hate pls.

Suppose I used to be a racist pos but I've come to know better so Ive deleted all hateful comments 2+ yrs ago. Are they gonna restore those too?

Hypothetical question ofcourse

db0, 10 months ago

probably not. It seems to only apply to recently deleted comments from what I read

db0, 10 months ago

What the absolute fuck...