I can't count the number of times that I've come across a would-be useful comment that would solve exactly the issue I'm having, only for it to have been deleted.

Hating the site is fair, but honestly what you're doing is really shitty. Thank god Pushshift exists.

I respect what you're saying and honestly it is shitty. It is true, I deleted the many technical posts I made because I did not want to leave that value on the site to support what is has become.

I feel bad about it. I hope people are able to find my posts in archived formats somewhere. But I just didn't feel comfortable on there any more. Reading around there is just gross now. I think I will concentrate on posting on my own website now.

That's the point though. Reddit wants some posts and not others, best way to stop them getting what they want is deleting all comments exactly so less people will go to the site.

Reddit called itself a bastion for free speech then walked it back for Chinese investors, and were surprised at the backlash.

The original ban wave was the exact reason the delete scripts were conceived.

I did the same for my 15 year old account and added reddit to my DNS blacklist. It's as close to voting with my dollar (data?) as I can muster at this point.

Is there a quick tool to clear all posts and comments

I commend you on your small but heroic action