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Re:Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments by ohgodplsno on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:16AM (#36356056)
>But it could be argued you're 'defacing/destroying' digital property by editing to add content that knowingly will mess with their algs.

It cannot. Source: Reddit's ToS and reality:

>d. User Content. Reddit user photos, text and videos ("User Content") are owned by the users and not by Reddit.

If I want to replace what I posted with seventy five consecutive poop emojis, I am fully in my right to. Coupled with the right to be forgotten and the illegality for reddit to prevent me from doing so, it serves as a perfect tool to poison LLMs.

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Re:Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments by anonymouskimmer on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:39AM (#36356422)
Additionally, if they leave the edit functionality intact for older posts they would have no legal grounds to stand on. It's not "hacking", or in any way unlawful, for a user to use an option provided by a company.

I predict that if they want to do something about this they'll go the HN route and just make posts uneditable/undeleteable after some time.

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