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So that's it r/newzealand? (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by Rangelus to c/newzealand
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So, I see r/NZ is back. That's it? What an anemic protest. I guess I'm honestly surprised more people don't care. I expected the protest to go on longer, but I guess I overestimated how much the average user cared about this.

Unfortunately, I think it probably means we won't see a lot of growth in Lemmy now. Shame.

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[–] cloventt 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really bothered what happens over there now. I’m no longer invested in their community. Yeah I’ll be poking my head back in over there occasionally I think, but lemmy is scratching my itch for scrolling and doing it in a way that seems less harmful to my spare time and mental health.

My reddit protest consisted of:

  • deleting all 10+ years of content and comments I’ve contributed over there
  • making an account here and supporting an alternative service

I’ve already opened a google link to something on reddit only to find it was deleted by the user. So I think the withdrawal of content is going to have a lasting impact.

[–] sylverstream 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you used Power Delete Suite, please double check your comments/posts are really gone. There have been multiple reports that Reddit brings back deleted posts/comments.

[–] Dusty@lemmy.dustybeer.com 4 points 1 year ago

Quite a few of mine came back suddenly when I checked them. I've since overwritten and deleted everything again.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's important to overwrite them, otherwise they are just flagged as deleted but easy for admins to undelete.

[–] sylverstream 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah you're right. Power Delete Suite can do that, but I don't think it does it by default. But I think I've seen reports that even when editing, posts are brought back to live.

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most likely it's just an issue with the software or API. Perhaps it hits a rate limit and ignores some requests.

I doubt admins are restoring individual posts that they like. It doesn't seem to make sense.

[–] sylverstream 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not too sure. They are forcing subreddits to re-open, and in the past they have edited comments in favor of reddit.

Reddit content is very valuable, when I Google for opinions, I always add "reddit" to the query.

Many people who reported the issue say that their profiles initially showed up as empty, but were restored a couple of hours later.

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be interesting to have a proper test of this. There are numerous reasons this could happen. The first thing I'd look at is if this has happened in the past or if it's a new issue. People have been clearing their accounts for years, so if people have had this issue before it's a sign of an issue with the process. If not, reddit may be doing something odd.