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I deleted all my post from my reddit account, can they still monetize them? (linux.community)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by vestmoria@linux.community to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Deleting a post is simply marking a piece of text so nobody sees it, but I think the text is still stored in their servers.

Furthermore, a large company like reddit, must backup regularly, meaning there must be several copies of my posts in several SSDs. If the backup once a day… some of my posts are 5 years old.

Companies exist to make money. I suspect they just marked my posts not to be readable by anyone, except staff and they can still monetize them.

Am I wearing a tinfoil hat way too often?

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[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Dude I'm not interested in going scorched earth on one of the most useful repositories of practical information and discussion, and I'm disturbed that you're so zealous to do so.

[–] HiT3k@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

For fucking real. If I ever come across a niche question about some obscure router setting and the only answer on the internet was some comment in a ten year old Reddit post and the comment says "DELETED BY SUCH AND SUCH APP - fuck u/spez" I'm gonna cry.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"This post has been moved to Lemmy at url xxyyzz, fuck spez" would keep the info around, if that makes you feel better.

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That should be the only way, but I seriously doubt that Reddit admins would keep the links intact in that case. Out of their greed and malice they would probably mess with the Lemmy link, then put the blame narrative on the poster for deleting/making the information unavailable.

It can be a bit annoying like how c/hackernews post only external links with topic titles, but that is the (temporary) cost of freedom and privacy.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe you're right but at least you will have tried.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah as someone who has gotten into Linux and DIY computer builds in the last year, I've been pretty sad at some deletions. Ultimately the fault is on Reddit itself but still pretty sad.