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They don't comply with GDPR. Not sure if it still works, but you can use PowerDeleteSuite to edit and then remove your comments. It's a good idea to keep your account open for another week or so to make sure Reddit doesn't restore deleted comments (they did for a few comments on my account), then delete the account in the preferences tab (I used old reddit to do so)
https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite
To avoid rate limiting, there is a 5 second delay between editing and deleting each comment, so expect it to take a very long time.
I have seen that part of that may be due to subreddits going from private to open, so you suddenly have comments again.
Didn't think about that, but that's a good point.
Thank you, I will definitely try that.
Do you think they would not delete my comments if I wanted them to delete everything according to the GDPR? Because I could make a few test comments after deleting everything else(would be nice proof).
It might be naive of me to think that I can make a difference by reporting it, but I would love to see them get fined like Facebook/Meta recently did.
They claim to not have a way to delete your comments.
By all means, please report them to the proper authorities, but only after making a formal request, and after they respond.
What happens if you ask them to comply? Has anyone tried?
I hear some had success with it, but then Reddit got overwhelmed and stopped responding to it.
They (sometimes, from what I understand) claim that they cannot delete your commemt or post history, and will offer to delete your account while retaining the data.
Oh man I am so glad I did this last month instead of now. Had over 100k posts and comments combined, that would have been excruciating.
Just used it myself. Still very much working.