A screenshot, taken way before rexxit, of two comments on reddit, dated “1 year ago”.

The first comment is by a deleted user and the comment has been removed. The second comment is a reply to the deleted comment and it says: “That solved it. Thanks!”

Edit: added temporal context.

  • tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    This is why maintaining your account there and keep deleting your comments/posts will destroy Reddit. Do it, you have the power.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I destroyed thirteen years of comment and post history. Is there any reason I should further maintain my account? I’m asking because if there’s something more I can do to screw with their site via my account, I’m all ears.

      • shortgiraffe@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Make sure your posts are deleted, and sell it to an advertiser. Just look up where to sell. A 13 Year old account will make you a good bit of money, and it will in all likelihood be used to spam the site with an ad campaign.

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          1 year ago

          Man on one hand that would feel cathartic as fuck, and who would mind a bit of extra money, but I don’t think I can bring myself to do that.

          I still feel a bit ambivalent about deleting comments in general, like yes it hurts the company, but it also hurts innocent users just looking for answers.

          • spiderman@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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            1 year ago

            weird to say but once i found a answer for a problem in reddit that wasn’t solved/asked even in stack overflow.

      • tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Excellent. I don’t have any other idea yet but I always think it’s better to maintain an account there in case we want to use it. I plan to use my account to refer people to Lemmy for example.

    • _number8_@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      yes but at the same time – isn’t this worse for us, the users, as a whole losing bits of information like this? the fucks up top do not give a shit about any of this