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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • Thanks for the in depth write up! I haven’t looked too far into the docs or the subscription model, but is this a fault on Lemmy’s end, or is this a function of how activity pub handles federated communication? (I’m very new to activity pub/federation, just now reading through the activity pub docs)

    I do like your idea of distributed replication via keys,much better than what I had brainstormed

    Edit: yeah it does look like it’s a function of activity pub, wonder if theres a more scalable federation protocol out there








  • Absolutely. The value from the knowledge that I’ve gained from reddit is intangible. It will be next to impossible for me to not use it as reference material in the future. I mean we’re talking about close to 2 decades of crowdsourced information.

    Being able to filter out bad information with downvotes was also amazing, and part of the reason I will most likely be moving away from beehaw communities (no downvotes, wtf?? trying to be youtube, eh? 🤣 )








  • NOTE: Taken from reddit.

    As explained in an earlier post, deleting your user footprint on Reddit completely requires overwriting all your posts and comments with a boilerplate or randomized message, then deleting them all, and finally deleting the account itself.

    I have found two tools that do this well, one using the Reddit API, and one not. The one using the Reddit API has more features and fewer bugs, but it may stop working beyond July 1, 2023. Both tools require a Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. computer.

    My advice is to wait as close to July 1, 2023 as you can, if not beyond it, in case Reddit changes course at the last second. You may also want to request all your data from Reddit before deleting anything. Or use Reddit Manager to backup selectively.

    Power Delete Suite

    • https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
    • Requires a Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. computer.
    • Requires a major web browser.
    • Uses the Reddit API. May stop working beyond July 1, 2023.
    • Follow the instructions on the GitHub readme.
    • The UI should be self-explanatory.
    • Configure it to overwrite your posts and comments first, then delete them.

    Better Reddit Delete

    • https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/370530-better-reddit-delete
    • Requires a Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. computer.
    • Requires a major web browser.
    • Requires Greasemonkey, Tampermonkey, or Violentmonkey to be installed on the web browser.
    • Does not use the Reddit API. Will continue to work beyond July 1, 2023.
    • Follow the instructions on the Greasy Fork readme.