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Why doesn't power delete suite edit all my comments? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Rayspekt@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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So I want to edit all my posts and comments before the API changes drop but power delete suite doesn't get all comments and forgets a lot, maybe 50%? I have unchecked all boxes about filtering out subs or gilded comments and stuff.

Here's the message I want to leave behind, in case anyone is interested:

I had a reddit and I want it painted black
No comments anymore, I want them to turn to black
I see the subs scroll by forced open by the corp
I have to turn my head until my reddit goes

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[–] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A couple things.

The original github for PDS, j0be github, has a bug (or more likely an issue that appeared after PDS stopped getting maintained). So it clicks the button too fast, and reddit doesn't allow that, so the result is that some posts miss the edit/delete.

There are other githubs for PDS out there that have this fixed, adding a 5.1s delay between simulated clicks.

Also, PDS is affected by reddit's 1000 indexing limit, so even if you used a fixed version of PDS, it's possible that PDS won't get everything, even if your profile looks like everything been overwritten or deleted, some stuff might have been missed.

Finally, the good news - PDS simulates clicked on the website rather than using the API and should work as long as old dot reddit is up.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for the explanation. So can you suggest one specific version (they are called forks then, right?) of PDS that I should use? Is there any alternative that doesn't have the delay issue and the indexing issue?

[–] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

From https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/63220/What-are-you-doing-with-your-backed-up-data I guess https://github.com/deestan/PowerDeleteSuite has the 5 second delay fix in.

Unfortunately no version of PDS can avoid the indexing issue. If you need to beat there, there is a way, but a bit more effort is involved, see https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/65260/PSA-Here-s-exactly-what-to-do-if-you-hit-the