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submitted 5 months ago by dan00@lemm.ee to c/reddit@lemmy.world

Reddit decided that i can’t delete my account, i tried several times with no luck. Do you have ideas? Should i get myself banned?

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[-] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 103 points 5 months ago

Make a comment saying „Luigi is good“ or something like that, that should get rid of your Reddit account.

[-] Ciryamo@feddit.org 92 points 5 months ago

Just send a GDPR deletion request. You can find ready made texts online. Just plug in your email/username and send it. Make sure to request a confirmation of the deletion.

[-] anzo@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't that require an EU citizenship/ residence? I always assumed that was the case...

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 55 points 5 months ago
[-] dan00@lemm.ee 50 points 5 months ago

Yey, that worked! Thanks man!

[-] Nunar@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

Don't delete your account. There are browser plugins that will edit all your posts to nonsense to fuck up AI models. Be a burden.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago

They reverted mine before. It's Reddit, if they don't have backups or methods to detect mass edits or deletions, I'd be shocked.

[-] Nunar@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

But the reversion sets them back and requires resources

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[-] suite403@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Shit. I would have done this.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's funny. I live in a small country so I can't stop being banned. All I have to do is comment "hey" and my account is gone instantly.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

why? does reddit just assume any and all traffic from your country is VPN traffic?

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

it's not just Reddit. it's more websites every year.

I've worked as a sysadmin at companies who have done it. they blacklist an ASN which covers an entire ISP, or they just straight up ban the entire country. it's the easiest way to get rid of a few kids running penetration scans against the site or whatever. they don't get much revenue from the users in these countries and so they don't care. access to the collective knowledge of humanity is always getting smaller in developing countries.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

wow that's so shitty holy heck. i hope none of those websites are essential, or if they are that you find a free and working VNP

[-] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

I think we can all agree, Nutsack is being falsely maligned.

[-] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 34 points 5 months ago

"Oh no. Our automatic door seems to have suffered a unfortunate malfunction while you were trying to leave the premises."

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

Try the website, old.reddit.com in particular.

[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

Make sure you go back and delete every comment or posting first.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Doesn't matter don't do it.

A few months back someone posted that they found all of their deleted posts from when the great migration to Lemmy happened. And I checked myself that day and found that a large portion of my posts that I had deleted were restored. And I had verified the day that I had left Reddit that my posts were gone. There was no history on my account. And if I look right now those posts exist again.

[-] Kit 9 points 5 months ago

I've heard that editing your comments into random sentences is an effective workaround.

[-] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

You can only go so far back, and then it won't let you edit older posts. I tried many months ago.

[-] Kit 3 points 5 months ago

That's both frustrating and evil.

[-] kometes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You have to use the API and scripts.

[-] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

I recommend using a tool to scramble all of your comments, waiting a while, and then deleting. Check back every few days to verify deletion before ultimately closing your account. For some reason, if a subreddit is hidden or closed, you can delete your messages from there until it's reopened.

I spent about 2 weeks deleting my accounts from reddit during the mobile app exodus.

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[-] anon@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Only thing i regret about deleting my reddit was not doing this beforehand :l

Also just remembered i may have some lost account that isnt deleted, shrug

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 22 points 5 months ago

You can check out any time you want.

But you can never leave.

[-] caboose2006@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago

Just get banned. It's pretty easy nowadays.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, there's a simple code for it, you just have to type "Luigi spez" and they'll handle this for you.

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[-] brrt@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

Having the same problem with Twitter account lol got banned 2023 for being nafo embassador but now can't delete the account somehow.

Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦🫶🏽🤍

[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

See if you can sell it then lol

[-] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

56k + karma up for grabs hit me ... where's that polish chick with the dab rig

[-] SleepNotRequired@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

All I did was make a scene by arguing with a bunch of circle jerking divas and the power tripping mods got me banned.

[-] langsamerduck@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

They won’t let me kill my account either

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[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Eff you, Reddit

[-] nao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

What happens when you click learn more?

[-] dan00@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago

You learn that reddit support is a shithole and when you eventually reach the faq for deleting your accout, reddit says 🖕

[-] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 4 points 5 months ago

I believe you're then obligated to deploy to Klendathu within 3 months.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

But it's an ugly planet! A bug planet! I don't wanna!

[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Well I'm glad I've deleted all my Reddit account before chaos on there

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Just do something to get it banned.

[-] xye@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

If anyone is considering the same don’t forget to use shreddit first.

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