I’ve always meant to do this, but after hearing about the AI thing I want to get it done. Is there no free solution? I have too much history to clear manually.

  • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Wait, if I delete my reddit account, do my comments still exist?

    I’ve forgotten how reddit works since last summer

    • xantoxis@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Yes, unless they’ve recently changed something. Folks will see something like [deleted] for your username, but the text is still there. And indexable by exploitative AI companies. And indexable by exploitative ad companies.

      Worse, you, having deleted your account, no longer control those posts and comments and can no longer affect their fate.

    • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Your comments will still exist even if you delete your account. Your username will just show “deleted” but the comment still exists. You need to edit or manually delete the comments if you want them removed.

    • urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      Yep. Do you remember seeing comments/posts where the username is listed as [deleted]?

      If you haven’t deleted your account yet, you can edit your posts to be blank/spam, then delete your account. If you deleted your account it’s too late to edit your comments.

      That being said, if reddit is concerned with keeping old comments to sell for AI training, I’m not sure this will stop them. This will stop other visitors to reddit from reading what you wrote, though.

      I didn’t need to do this (I rarely posted) so I have no recommendation for tools to help, sorry.