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Do the advantages of deleting one's entire Reddit history outweigh the disadvantages?

I have previously nuked my first Reddit account because it felt satisfactory to be completely detached from a platform one considers unethical/bad. Though, I have garnered quite some history on a second account—because Duty Calls*, of course—and I'm considering doing the same.

However, I don't want to do it impulsively. I think I might be blind to some disadvantages. What do you think?

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Deleting posts is basically pointless - reddit keeps everything you delete, it just is no longer shown to front end, regular users.

If you are concerned of your posts and comments being used to feed openai, its way too late

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 22 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

That's illegal within the EU.

The GDPR also gives "right to be forgotten".

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely true.

I don't believe for a second that Google and Reddit give a shit, though. Untilbwe see a company destroyed for violating the GDPR, they'll just consider the risk of fines part of the cost of doing business.

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