After many days i finally received my GDPR data request, which i supplemented further with reddit-user-to-sqlite, so i have a nice full local copy of my account. Now I’m torn on whether to fully shred the data of the account or just delete it:
- On one side, i highly dislike the idea of willingly contributing to a Wisdom of the Ancients scenario, although it might be a moot point anyway since it looks like Spez wants to wall off Reddit after all
- On the other, fuck Spez and i don’t wanna contribute a single cent to their profits
- And as an additional point, it’s rather unsettling the amount of info you can gather of somebody from their Reddit posts, just from a privacy point of view
What are your opinions on this?
Edit: Just deleted my RemindMeBot reminders, somehow that felt like it had almost the same finality as deleting my account somehow…
To shreds you say?
IMO shred. We have archives of reddit, we’re not losing data forever. Reddit is losing the data.
Deleting comments on your own won’t do shit, King Steven the Turd will just reinstate them. Since you are an EU resident, though, you have a High Council of Bueraucrats you can appeal to. Do whatever you need to to formally invoke your Right To Be Forgotten. That gives King Steven actual consequences when his Royal Court doesn’t comply.
Deleted mine due to privacy concerns
There is a need for some kind of reddit archive type of site with nice search, where we can just plug our data requests with options to filter out cats, memes etc.
Download data request file, upload file there, uncheck any sub content you want to not add and done.
I don’t know how much space you need to store this stuff though or who would pay for it and keep it running
