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I just deleted 12 years of content. Feels weird (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by m_talon@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I nuked my Reddit accounts today. Deleted all comments and posts, then the accounts themselves. The tool I used showed each comment as it was deleted, and it was bittersweet.

I watched old gaming and movie discussions I barely remember appear and then get flagged as deleted. Communities I once participated in and then moved on as the years past flashed by. I remembered how I felt back then, and then watched them scroll on into oblivion.

Now I feel...I guess it's grief. Sadness for that part that's gone. Sadness that it'll never be there again. Like footprints on a beach wiped away by the tide. It's like it never happened. There is no trace.

And I feel anger. Mad that it came to this. Mad that I let a corporation have so much of my time and thoughts. Mad that they made it clear my life was nothing but a product to them.

It's over now. Time for a new chapter.

Anyone else have strong feelings about losing a part of the past like this?

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[–] feetongrass@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Just make sure to go back in a day or two to make sure your comments/posts stay deleted. Reddit restored all my posts/comments that I edited using Power Delete Suite is back to its original content.

[–] Logic_Zero@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another report of deleted Reddit comments/submissions being restored: https://mastodon.social/@chris@mstdn.games/110553478094196259

[–] Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I had a few posts I left up, and I found that comments from when I had previously chatted with people were still there despite having a 100% cleared comment history. So, I'm wondering if a bunch of my old comments are actually out there, even though my profile says I have none.