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Reddit decided that i can’t delete my account, i tried several times with no luck. Do you have ideas? Should i get myself banned?

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[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 86 points 18 hours ago

Make a comment saying „Luigi is good“ or something like that, that should get rid of your Reddit account.

[–] Ciryamo@feddit.org 75 points 18 hours ago

Just send a GDPR deletion request. You can find ready made texts online. Just plug in your email/username and send it. Make sure to request a confirmation of the deletion.

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 45 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dan00@lemm.ee 40 points 18 hours ago

Yey, that worked! Thanks man!

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

That's funny. I live in a small country so I can't stop being banned. All I have to do is comment "hey" and my account is gone instantly.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

why? does reddit just assume any and all traffic from your country is VPN traffic?

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

it's not just Reddit. it's more websites every year.

I've worked as a sysadmin at companies who have done it. they blacklist an ASN which covers an entire ISP, or they just straight up ban the entire country. it's the easiest way to get rid of a few kids running penetration scans against the site or whatever. they don't get much revenue from the users in these countries and so they don't care. access to the collective knowledge of humanity is always getting smaller in developing countries.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

wow that's so shitty holy heck. i hope none of those websites are essential, or if they are that you find a free and working VNP

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago

I think we can all agree, Nutsack is being falsely maligned.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 35 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

So when I deleted my account a few years back, i hade a Firefox script delete all my posts and comments.

Then i created a ticket for support asking to apply my right to be forgotten, according tomy GDPR rights and also a written confirmation that my content would not be recreated after deletion.

They will play hard but just say that you then will need their official information such as conpony name, adress, phone number, email, reg number and preferred communication method for your local data authority to contact them.

They complied with my request without any fuss. I didn't even have access to my account due to losing my 2fa device.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 hours ago

I wonder if one could use a Euro VPN provider to say that they've moved to a GDPR country to affect this outcome by having a Euro IP. It might work.

[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 32 points 18 hours ago

"Oh no. Our automatic door seems to have suffered a unfortunate malfunction while you were trying to leave the premises."

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 31 points 14 hours ago

Try the website, old.reddit.com in particular.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 27 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Make sure you go back and delete every comment or posting first.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't matter don't do it.

A few months back someone posted that they found all of their deleted posts from when the great migration to Lemmy happened. And I checked myself that day and found that a large portion of my posts that I had deleted were restored. And I had verified the day that I had left Reddit that my posts were gone. There was no history on my account. And if I look right now those posts exist again.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I've heard that editing your comments into random sentences is an effective workaround.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You can only go so far back, and then it won't let you edit older posts. I tried many months ago.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 43 minutes ago

That's both frustrating and evil.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

I recommend using a tool to scramble all of your comments, waiting a while, and then deleting. Check back every few days to verify deletion before ultimately closing your account. For some reason, if a subreddit is hidden or closed, you can delete your messages from there until it's reopened.

I spent about 2 weeks deleting my accounts from reddit during the mobile app exodus.

[–] anon@reddthat.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Only thing i regret about deleting my reddit was not doing this beforehand :l

Also just remembered i may have some lost account that isnt deleted, shrug

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 21 points 14 hours ago

You can check out any time you want.

But you can never leave.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You could try posting pro-mangione stuff Or just harden your browser

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 5 hours ago

You mean stuff like:

Feels So Good released in 1978 reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What happens when you click learn more?

[–] dan00@lemm.ee 24 points 18 hours ago

You learn that reddit support is a shithole and when you eventually reach the faq for deleting your accout, reddit says 🖕

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I believe you're then obligated to deploy to Klendathu within 3 months.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

But it's an ugly planet! A bug planet! I don't wanna!

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

Well I'm glad I've deleted all my Reddit account before chaos on there

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

See if you can sell it then lol

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago

56k + karma up for grabs hit me ... where's that polish chick with the dab rig

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago

Just stop going there. Delete the app, delete the bookmark, and move on with your life.

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

There was a browser add-on that removes or edits all your Reddit messages. Can't recall the name though.

[–] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

This doesn't work anymore they shut down the api , if your in a gdpr country just enforce your right.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, if you live in ~~freedom~~ burger land could you use a VPN and claim gdpr enforcement? Or is there more to it?

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Gdpr only applies to EU citizens. But your account is anonymous. How would they know you're not?

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The add-on, called “Nuke Reddit History,” no longer uses the API, just good ol’ fashioned JavaScript.

It takes a bit longer, but it does the job.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

It works.

https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

Whether it works on the back end and they'll restore your comments or not as a different story.

Yup I've heard of people doing this and then reddit just restores ..

[–] Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth 2 points 18 hours ago

I remember it using the API, which is supposedly disabled now. There are warnings on early Lemmy posts to use the tool before Reddit rolls out the changes.

[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I believe it might have been called Power Delete Suite

[–] dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 hour ago

I’ve been trying to delete my Facebook for years

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago

Eff you, Reddit

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Maybe somebody spilled beer on the one and only deletion server.

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Even when you're banned you have to delete your account. May as well try as an experiment