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submitted 3 months ago by CynicusRex@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

Do the advantages of deleting one's entire Reddit history outweigh the disadvantages?

I have previously nuked my first Reddit account because it felt satisfactory to be completely detached from a platform one considers unethical/bad. Though, I have garnered quite some history on a second account—because Duty Calls*, of course—and I'm considering doing the same.

However, I don't want to do it impulsively. I think I might be blind to some disadvantages. What do you think?

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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago

I contributed a lot of comments to the Godot community back when posts didn’t get much interaction, I wouldn’t want those gone. I still come across my own replies when looking up errors!

[-] CynicusRex@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fair enough. But a workaround that I have implemented before my previous “Reddit nuke” was saving all my most valuable answers and hosting them on my own website. What I would do now is just replacing all my comments with a link to my website: POSSE, Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. Well, almost POSSE, because I'd be removing the actual content from Reddit.

[-] CynicusRex@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Update: I replaced all my comments using https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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