We don’t know how deletions work on the back end of Reddit. It might just be marked deleted but exist on the servers. And I assume that’s the case. Especially for things >24 hours
Comment on Reddit locks down its public data in new content policy, says use now requires a contract
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You fellow banned Redditors wanna try to have some fun? Let me know if you can view my edited comment, edited well after my ban…
www.reddit.com/r/whatcarshouldIbuy/…/ijemmwu
Please let me know if you folks can or can’t read my post-ban edited comment. I’m experimenting on how much I can do with my old banned Reddit account.
Evotech@lemmy.world 4 months ago
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Still, I just edited my comment from like 2 years ago, under my banned account, under a deleted post…
I got 7 years worth of Reddit comments I can edit! I could make my own custom fragmented Base64 filesystem with my old comments LOL!
Evotech@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Good luck :p
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I just tried editing another old comment to drop in the entire Bee Movie script.
Reddit gave me an error that said it must be under 10,000 characters. Welp, now we know the limits!
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s still just a fresh idea that’s only been bouncing around in my head for the past few days.
Had to get confirmation others can see it first before considering how to proceed.
I’m not exactly in any rush, but it’s a proof of concept…
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Back when i left reddit after the 3pa fiasco I used a browser side script to sift through all my comments and posts, edit them to a fuck spez message, and then delete. Made the whole process very convenient.
It is called power delete suite
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
They store the current edit and one previous version back, and deletion does not count as an edit as it only hides the latest version from showing on the front end and through the api.
This was found out by people trying to edit and delete comments in mass during the api exodus.
So you’d want to edit the comment to garbage twice before deleting it, and hope they aren’t willing to restore shit from deeper backups they surely have for system safety (speaking as a systems engineer) that they haven’t pulled from yet.
frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 4 months ago
I did this about three or four times with Power Delete Suite before the APIs were snuffed out; and my stuff’s still gone. I check back about every three months.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ah, this is useful knowledge, thank you fellow Lemming!
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And actually, it is known how Reddit flags deleted stuff. They flag it with 999.
We can thank Camas for that…
drctrl@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I can see the comment
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I searched my name and found a few times my name was mentioned in replies. I looked at the parent comment which were mine and though my names is Deleted, my comments were back not edited and deleted. I assume that they have undone all the changes I made.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oof. Well, I have no particular expectations anyways, just seems like a fun thing to experiment with.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I can see it.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Cool beans!
I just stress tested the idea with the entire Bee Movie script, Reddit said it has to be less than 10,000 characters…
So now we know the limits!
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hahaha nice!
voracitude@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Does this help?
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over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes! This confirms others can access and view my edit!
Sightline@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I can even reply to it.
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Haha, cool cool!