▲ 206 ▼ Reddit violates CCPA (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 years ago by fbievan@fedia.io to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments This video shows that Reddit refused to delete all comments and posts of its users when they close their account via a CCPA / GDPR request. This is absolutely insane, and shows that companies OWN you.
[–] SammichParade@vlemmy.net 3 points 3 years ago (4 children) Does Reddit save edit history? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Word is that they don't, deletes are soft-deletes but edits aren't so reversible. In this specific case it looks like it might just be that specific sub being private on the day he deleted, https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/99466/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-406442 Watching the video i see him deleting from 11 months ago to 12 years ago. But don't see the specific 3 year old posts on r/javascript. Which would be consistent with not being able to see them due to the sub being private. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) When it was open source, they didn't. But it's closed source now. So who knows. Reddit says they don't, but they have lied before, so who knows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fbievan@fedia.io [S] 1 point 3 years ago https://fedia.io/m/RedditMigration@kbin.social/t/48529/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-222428 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eek2121@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I was able to delete all my posts/comments without issue (My reddit username is different from this one fyi). As you stated, the subreddit could gave been private. He also may have been viewing a stale cache. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abff08f4813c@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Word is that they don't, deletes are soft-deletes but edits aren't so reversible. In this specific case it looks like it might just be that specific sub being private on the day he deleted, https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/99466/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-406442 Watching the video i see him deleting from 11 months ago to 12 years ago. But don't see the specific 3 year old posts on r/javascript. Which would be consistent with not being able to see them due to the sub being private. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) When it was open source, they didn't. But it's closed source now. So who knows. Reddit says they don't, but they have lied before, so who knows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fbievan@fedia.io [S] 1 point 3 years ago https://fedia.io/m/RedditMigration@kbin.social/t/48529/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-222428 permalink fedilink source parent [–] eek2121@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I was able to delete all my posts/comments without issue (My reddit username is different from this one fyi). As you stated, the subreddit could gave been private. He also may have been viewing a stale cache. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) When it was open source, they didn't. But it's closed source now. So who knows. Reddit says they don't, but they have lied before, so who knows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fbievan@fedia.io [S] 1 point 3 years ago https://fedia.io/m/RedditMigration@kbin.social/t/48529/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-222428 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fbievan@fedia.io [S] 1 point 3 years ago https://fedia.io/m/RedditMigration@kbin.social/t/48529/Reddit-violates-CCPA#entry-comment-222428 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eek2121@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago I was able to delete all my posts/comments without issue (My reddit username is different from this one fyi). As you stated, the subreddit could gave been private. He also may have been viewing a stale cache. permalink fedilink source parent