They were archived as they restored them several times. But I kept the account and every time they restored them, I used software to go in and wipe them back out. They’re still not visible on the front end to this day. Maybe they’ll do something AI with them, but they don’t show up in Google search anymore.
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Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks agoDeleting your posts was a waste of time. Chances are likely that it is archived on their end.
Reddit has been paying close attention to behavior patterns of banned users and users they wouldn't want on their platform. It's likely they've gotten your posting imprint and just give you the comfort of thinking you've deleted your posts.
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You can download everything posted on Reddit prior to the great op ban in a torrent. So yeah it’s still out there.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
deleting your account also wont stop them from finding your new accounts, they mostly archived that as well. they look at browser fingerprinting, device, device components, time zone discrepancy, browser size and VERSION, resolution,etc. if you use any paid service/trial service that can spoof any of these above and they arnt the correct versions, they can detect that.
and then theres the warming up period with new accounts(like not posting, reporting, or upvoting too fast after account creation)
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
As far as I know, they use things called Evercookies and it's been a thing now too. If you have an Evercookie, then it won't really matter what browser you use or even if you clean the cache and history. You have to deep scrub your system and practically all traces of your browser to even get rid of those.
And even so, basic networking is a no brainer when they can just flag your IP and it won't even matter how many times you've done that process.
VPN and Incognito browsing is the way.
sacredfire@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
That there are so many ways to store data on a browser (including exploits) and that they expose so much information about your physical device is a big part of the problem. Even barring that, there are additional ways they can fingerprint a user. While any one thing might not be telling, when you take all of them in combination, it gets frighteningly accurate how easy it is for them to know exactly who you are.