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Just deleted my 6 year old reddit account! (kbin.social)

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

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I stopped using it around when the blackouts started, now it's gone. Is there a way to get them to delete all my data after having my account deleted or did I have to do that before deleting my account

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[–] Hawne@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reddit does not really have a reputation of fair-play. As you have deleted your account without deleting your data you might find it restored with a dummy handle "for consistency".

My advice to anyone: if you want to take your data back from reddit you should first edit your posts (to some "lorem ipsum suck fpez" gibberish) then delete them using tools like power delete suite or shreddit.

Then you should keep your account alive and regularly pay reddit a visit just to see if its content hasn't been restored. If you're in a country under GDPR regulation you can also ask for a GDPR archive of your data that should cover whatever they have on you including posts and comment. This is a good way of verifying what you deleted was actually deleted and not just "marked as" and yet available.

I have left reddit. As in, I do not engage further than discussing migration issues. But I keep an eye on my account and will do so until I'm sure it's been thoroughly cleaned up. Account deletion is not yet in order, it might be before they go public because I also want them to fall hard from that.

[–] Jon-H558@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I could probably.just about understand them having [deleted] user maybe isn't personal but I am sure if you can link all my past comments you could get snippets about where I work, live, hobbies etc. And piece it back to me that is shocking. (Replacing my old anonymous user name with another is not removing it)