EDIT: Maybe a false alert after all, my thread is now visible to all. Still weird that it stayed "deleted" for hours though.
I believe Reddit is now automatically deleting threads about Lemmy (or containing links to Lemmy instances)? A thread I made on r/Save3rdPartyApps got deleted with no explanation within seconds of me creating it and I don't believe it's the sub's mods who did that.
(However, I can see it while logged in. So it's a kind of shadow-deletion)
Can anyone confirm whether referencing Lemmy and/or an instance gets your thread insta-removed?
22 Comments
CannaVet@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y
I don't know about this but Reddit is restoring comments of folk who go through deleting their shit.
sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
Just checked now and you're right. Used PowerDeleteSuite to overwrite and delete my comments and now some of them from about 6 years ago are back. Going to wipe it again now
dilligasatall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I think part of it is when you run a comment wiper it can only delete the comments from subs that are not private. I wiped my comments the other day, and a few hundred popped back up as the related subs they were in came back from private mode.
sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
That very well might be the case. All of the comments I had left were from a single sub, though IDK if they went private prior to my data wipe or not. No matter, they're gone now.
iAmTheTot@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
I read that this is a glitch of power delete, not reddit being nefarious.
sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
It probably is, and not surprising since it only backed up 12 of my posts and comments out of hundreds
UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Holy shit really?! That is seriously awful. Also isn't this against the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?
GunnarRunnar@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
And gdpr. Waiting for someone reputable to write an article about it.
Tulko@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
Damn. I more hope for someone to report it to authorities with evidence. Those GDPR fines can be brutal.
girthero@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I'm able to see it
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
It's empty on your screenshot.
girthero@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Looks like I see it now
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Cool, I see it now in incognito mode too. Weird that it took hours, or maybe a mod took action to solve this.
demvoter@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Great post, btw.
girthero@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 3y
pleasemakesense@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Have you checked with the mods?
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Used modmail and contacted three of them individually too, no answer so far. But I highly doubt it's them since the thread got removed within just a few seconds.
lynny@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I had all my lemmy comments removed a few days ago before I deleted my account. I knew this from /r/ShadowBan.
struds@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
I can see the thread.
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
yes, looks like it got undeleted after 7~8 hours of being [removed]
ghariksforge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Reddit is taking a page from the Elon Musk book of opression and tyranny.