I’ve always meant to do this, but after hearing about the AI thing I want to get it done. Is there no free solution? I have too much history to clear manually.

EDIT: PowerDeleteSuite did the trick, thanks!

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    9 months ago

    The short answer is you really can’t.

    Reddit Admins and developers have gone on the record multiple times over the last decade and then some, detailing how they specifically save every comment and every edited version.

    Replacing your comments with a single SPACE or deleting them does nothing. At least insofar as you frustrating their attempts to sell your comment data.

    • criitz@reddthat.comOP
      9·
      9 months ago

      True, but I don’t have to leave my content on the site and searchable to their benefit.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        I’m sorry to break it to you but there’s no hope.

        Reddit admins have gone on the record recently saying that the content from deleted accounts will just be restored at their whim.

        You have no chance to survive make your time.

        • criitz@reddthat.comOP
          3·
          9 months ago

          If I overwrite or delete the comments, other users won’t see them. So I won’t be feeding reddit ad traffic with all the content I created for them.

          Perhaps they will decide to unedit and undelete my comments, and sure I won’t be able to do anything about that. But I want to at the very least make them put in that effort, if not successfully remove my comments from view.

          • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            I’m glad you feel satisfied, I really am.

            I’m not invested in this conversation to break you down or tell you you made the wrong choice.

            I just think it’s much better for people to live in the reality of the situation. And the reality of the situation dictates a few things:

            1. Any effort to remove your comments in a permanent way from Reddit servers is not happening, and the technical reasons have been described; effort to prevent the sale of your comments in this manner is fruitless.

            2. Reddit leadership, administrators and developers have gone on the record saying that they simply restore deleted comments and those from deleted account at their sole whim and discretion.

            The natural conclusion is to accept that you got burned by Reddit, and if you don’t want to contribute to them anymore, the only method to do so is by not participating in their app or site. You cannot retract your past participation and people need to understand this. Every time the discussion comes up about deleting one’s comments and account, it should be clearly pointed out by informed individuals that it will not achieve the desired objectives.

            I really think it is better to describe how hopeless it is, so people get an understanding of some of the more sinister motives and machinations Reddit has.

          • Alpha71@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            That doesn’t work. I went in and manually deleted EVERY. SINGLE. POST. I had on a banned account. I checked back later and they were all still up.

      • xkforce@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        You dont understand. By even being there and commenting, they have your data. You cant just edit it out of existence. They dont go “oh woe is me you replaced the text in your post with gibberish so now we are obligated to replace the copy we already have and cant use it to train AI anymore. Foiled again.”

        • criitz@reddthat.comOP
          3·
          9 months ago

          Yes but if I overwrite or delete the comments, other users won’t see them. So I won’t be feeding reddit ad traffic with all the content I created for them.