Before I left Reddit, I used a plugin through the api to replace all of my comments with random gibberish and then delete them. Part of this was because (mandatory) fuck spez. But more importantly, it was to protect the anonymity of my account. After years of posting, there is likely enough personal information shared to potentially connect my Reddit habits to my online identity. I wasn’t planning on using Reddit again in the future on that account, but I left it open in order to maintain some security control over the account. I’m not really sure what to do at this point because I still consider it a security vector that’s a bit concerning. There’s no way I can manually edit and delete all of my content with the snail’s-pace reddit UI, and I have no ability to assure that my content will remain unavailable or at least not publicly displayed.
I’ve replaced all of my Reddit comments for the past year with AI generated nonsense. It seems to have stuck. I plan on going through all of my past comments but will spread it out over time so that it’s harder to restore.
IMO the key is making a post that writes gibberish but that is good enough to suck a user in to read it for a few seconds before they realize it is BS. That kills the user experience and poisons the site.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is why I make sure that everything I post is offensive or inflammatory. That way, keeping my comments published is counterproductive for the platform, you dumb piece of shit.
ngwoo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
See the reason Lemmy is better than Reddit is because you don’t have 37 people jumping down your throat right now because they didn’t understand the sarcasm
macgyver@federation.red 3 months ago
Bro WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT MY IQ? I’ll have you know my momma cared about my schooling very much. LIFE WAS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
HATEFISH@midwest.social 3 months ago
Idk man, sarcasm comprehension might even be worse here somehow…
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I can’t believe you think my IQ is 37!!
(I can’t read.)
Zacpod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And you didn’t get a 3 day ban for threatening violence. Even if all you said was “I miss when we could unapologetically punch Nazis.”
Kurroth@lemmy.world 3 months ago
As long as this kind of thread doesn’t get repeated over and over.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Damn, I wish I thought of this before. Instead I tried so hard to be nice and helpful 😔
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Helpful, abrasive, profane; you can be all three at once!
experbia@lemmy.world 3 months ago
😢 I know, I’m sorry, I’m trying
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No, no, no… not you. You’re great! Your posts are great, your attitude is great, your hair looks good. I love everything about you. I was just making a comment about how sites like Reddit deserve to be littered with offensive and insulting comments you fucking moron.
njordomir@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s a great idea, eat shit butthead. ;-)
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thank you for the kind words you sack of cat shit.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
ThatsMySecretCap.jpg I’m always snarky.