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Reddit restored my posts and comments. (www.reddit.com)
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Does anybody knows how do I get them permanently deleted or I'm powerless against it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you sure you properly deleted them? Reddit rate limits you to about one edit/delete every 3 seconds. If you go faster than that the deletes fail.

All the comments I have overwritten stayed that way, it was just difficult to reach them all (as different comments show up under "Top", "Controversial", "New" and so on).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been running an app that lists, edits then deletes all comments and posts every 2 hours for about a month. It does this within the rules of the API and confirms all is deleted each time.

It is still finding restored (pre edit) comments today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I did. They were still deleted a few days after I erased my account. Now they are back.