[thunfisch]

When the API changes were introduced, I tried to overwrite and delete my comments with a similar browser addon.

I had to repeat the deletion for months afterwards every week, because Reddit restored some random comments of mine again and again, even though they supposedly can not be recovered after being deleted.

I'm fairly convinced that they keep the data even after you delete it. I tried to follow up with a GDPR request, which they answered dishonestly and incomplete, I escalated that to my local authorities and then it took a few months for that authority to get back to me, requesting more information. Sadly I'm not in the mood to throw more of my personal time on this, but hope that at some point Reddit faces some legal actions for their behaviour.

[FrustratedMonky]

Of course. Does anybody really believe any online company "deletes" their content? Even if some company does make a good faith effort to delete. They have backups, and probably shoddy backup practices where your data remains, gets brought back, is even just laying around in some 'backup_old' directory.

[GenerWork]

>I'm fairly convinced that they keep the data even after you delete it.

Honest question: How young are you? This reads like someone who's very young and naive learning for the first time how the digital world works.

[01HNNWZ0MV43FF]

Reddit said years ago that they keep the content of deleted comments, but editing overwrites the content in their database, that is why these extensions were written.

They must have changed it or been lying from the start. (Reddit was partly open source waaayyy back in the day, so one could go check)

[TeMPOraL]

Or they're conveniently considering the use of those extensions as an ongoing cyberattack (they probably go against ToS, at the least), and use this opportunity to test their ability to restore from backups.

[ranger_danger]

Why do you think they are learning how the digital world works for the first time? Can you give a specific example please?

[DEADMINCE]

> I tried to follow up with a GDPR request, which they answered dishonestly and incomplete

Based on what?

[thunfisch]

Based on the information provided being contradictory with itself, and omitting things that were at that time plainly visible on the site. Also, there were comments restored against my will from years ago, which were not contained in the data dump, even though others were. Which means that Reddit holds data in other places (otherwise they would have been unable to restore that), but have not detailed them in the GDPR request, which means that they have answered dishonestly and incomplete.