Re:Archive Your Reddit Data Before It's Too Late
by yieldcrv on Friday June 09, 2023 @01:18PM
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in my experience, its always the current digital trail that gets anybody interested in more sleuthing
and archives on different sites arent used to link to a current digital trail
Like if you were running for political office, nobody is going to start with the archive to try to match to an unknown current user that they further want to link to the candidate. They’ll start with the candidate and try to link to a current username and then maybe extend that to archives of related usernames.
But if you really nuke and start over you’re fine, people just aren’t that motivated. Your own witness protection program.
and archives on different sites arent used to link to a current digital trail
Like if you were running for political office, nobody is going to start with the archive to try to match to an unknown current user that they further want to link to the candidate. They’ll start with the candidate and try to link to a current username and then maybe extend that to archives of related usernames.
But if you really nuke and start over you’re fine, people just aren’t that motivated. Your own witness protection program.