New layer of assholery: Reddit removes years of chat AND MESSAGE archives from users' accounts

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[–]yaiyen 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder is this them trying to delete history, by doing this they are censoring people. When people do search on google Reddit come as result. Voters have very short memory, this is why establishment subs don`t allow old news articles. They are getting ready for 2024 election, they have learn from 2016 that Reddit have a lot of power

[–]RandomCollection 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit is self destructing.

[–]CaelianPost No Toasties 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I've been having less luck searching for my old comments. No, you can't find everything on the Internet.

[–]CaelianPost No Toasties 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had good luck today (18 July 2023).

[–]MartiniPlease send olives! 🍸[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Did you try the pull push thingy?

[–]CaelianPost No Toasties 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

No. I normally use Google with "site:reddit.com WayOfTheBern Caelian" followed by key words. This worked pretty well before the Recent Unpleasantness.

H/T "The Recent Unpleasantness" is a Southern euphemism for the American Civil War, also known as "The Wahr Between the States". There's nothing "Civil" about it, you know.

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    [–]CaelianPost No Toasties 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Yes, I've heard that name.

    [–]Maniak🥃😾 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    But hey, at least this 'new chat infrastructure' is so much better than the previous one, so it's all worth it \o/

    Sure it's buggy, ugly, less usable and spied on, but... that's what makes it better, right? Who cares about data retention.

    All that data remains on the Reddit servers anyway, users simply don't have access to it, so Reddit will still be able to parse it and sell whatever can be sold from it, it's all good \o/