• Aer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      2 years ago

      They really scared about Lemmy? Being so blatant about this shit… I have learned the following:

      • They do not like subreddits going NSFW it makes them no money. I for one welcome all furries and rule 34 artwork to Reddit.

      • They do not like people promoting Lemmy, any kind of competition gets them trying every tactic they can muster, playing all their cards now.

      • They do not like people deleting or removing data from Reddit. You know what would suck? A GDPR deletion request… That would be a real damn shame. No data to sell then lol

      • Kadath (she/her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        They do not like people deleting or removing data from Reddit. You know what would suck? A GDPR deletion request… That would be a real damn shame.

        Don’t tempt me, lol.

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          That’s how I left Twitter. GDPR request for a full copy of all my content. Then a GDPR request to delete account.

        • VV4lle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Also found this blog post and made the request to Reddit for GDPR data removal. However I removed comments by using the Power delete suite (https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite).

          After few hours got email (similar as in the blog post) from reddit and followed by the instructions given in email (basically send as a reddit message confirming account deletion). Few hours passed again and got confirmation email from Reddit “We’ve now flagged your account for irreversible deletion. Please allow some time for this action to complete.”

          Basically not much effort needed in case you’re willing to remove the comments (etc) manually or using scripts, extensions, etc.

          However not sure if it would be GDPR compliant for Reddit to leave the comments if the user data is wiped out even if the username is removed from the posts.

        • twoshoes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I just want to add that as a European citizen you also have a right to get a copy of all your data, and an explanation how and when this data has been used.

          Also, I’m pretty sure that their response “you first have to delete your comments manually” does not comply with EU guidelines.

          • DrYes@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            2 years ago

            Read the update at the bottom. Reddit doesn’t seem to want to comply with the requests. I guess you could use a deletion script.

            • Aer@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Then they are in breach of GDPR regulations. If they don’t comply I could see some serious fines heading their way

              • neanderthal@lemmy.worldEnglish
                0·
                2 years ago

                Wouldn’t they have to have some sort of presence in the EU? If all of their operations are US based (I don’t know if they are or not), can the EU really do anything about it?

                • Aer@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  5·
                  2 years ago

                  They serve people in the EU so they absolutely have to comply. If you have EU citizens on your website then EU GDPR regulations apply to you.

                  I have done enough GDPR compliance training to make me want to gouge my own brain out but I guess it came in handy lol

      • Fisk400@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I think there will be a lot of random actions in the coming days. Reddit is really mad right now and admins are taking random actions that are later overruled because it’s bad optics.