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PSA: You are legally entitled to receive a .zip file of all data related to your account that is stored on Reddit's servers. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request

They must oblige within a certain time frame — even if your account has been suspended and I believe even if you've deleted your account. Curiously, this might be one effective way to protest. Golly I wonder what would happen if many people requested such reports simultaneously. It seems these must be processed manually by admins.

As a bonus, it's nice because all your comments and messages are searchable.

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I really doubt an automated database dump is going to hurt them a whole lot. However, if you're looking to eliminate everything you've ever posted (and I mean everything, not just the few recent posts you see on your profile), redact.dev (possibly others too) can use that zip to find all your posts and comments and edit/delete them.

Now I'm not saying you should delete your data. I know many people believe that leaving it there benefits humanity as a whole or whatever, but if you are going to do it that's the only effective way.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Yeah I created a lot of content for reddit, so there's the part of me that as a creator wants to pull my content from a platform that I don't want to profit off of me any longer.

    But there's also the part of me that has seen my content get reposted endlessly, which to me is always fun to see. And I want the originals to be available to people still.

    It's a tough call. I stopped posting anything after the app shutdown, and have basically all but stopped using the site, so I hold no attachment to my account at this point, I'd just hate for all of my content to become harder to find.

    Maybe I should just set up my own instance or even just a website with all my gifs and such.

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