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ziq wrote (edited )

Here's a delete script Bea made. Anyone can use it to delete their entire post history so you don't need to bother admins with it any more:

https://pastebin.com/a6p3517w

IP addresses are only stored for 24 hours (not stored at all if the user has been marked 'trusted') so the posts / comments are the only data that needs to be deleted.

On reddit you can't even delete your data, just hide it. The reddit admins / law enforcement can still see everything you ever posted and all your IPs.

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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote

This is great, though I wouldn't know how to use it. Might be good if we had a wiki with the code and explaining how to use it.

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ziq wrote (edited )

w/delete_post_history

  1. log out of your account

  2. make a test account, log into it

  3. post some test comments/posts

  4. press F12 (in firefox)

  5. click 'Console'

  6. paste the code

  7. press enter

  8. when prompted for the user to delete, write the account's username

Just tested it, it works.

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ziq wrote (edited )

One more thing, if an admin does need to delete a user's post history, you should change their password and log into their account to do it (instead of using your admin account). That way the moderation log won't be spammed with thousands of useless entries and you won't risk doing something wrong and wiping your own post history.

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