3rd Party Apps should add a 'delete user history' function before going offline

3 years ago by stanleytweedle to c/technology

I know it's probably too late to add this feature but I think a lot of users like me that relied on RIF and others would like to delete their history so it doesn't add to Reddit's content (not that I added much, but in principle).

I know there are other ways and I'll try to find one but for a lot of people it would be easier to just do it through the app before it's gone.

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lemme 16 points 3 years ago

This one was recommended in a FOSS community: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

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aceospos 7 points 3 years ago

Looks like a good tool as it mentions editing your comment before deleting them. Not sure if I recall correctly but I believe I heard Michael Bazzell in one of his podcasts mention something about editing your posts first (and allowing sometime for them to "bake in") before deleting the edited posts

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Narte 4 points 3 years ago

Any idea how long the edits need to cook? Are we talking on the order of hours, days, weeks, or months?

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perkele 2 points 3 years ago

Make sense. Deleting a post probably just toggles a 'deleted' flag in the database and doesn't touch the post contents. Writing over the comment, however, would actually change the data. Then you can proceed to delete it.

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sokkies 4 points 3 years ago

I used that to wipe my account.. got like 10 automod messages complaining about it lol

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