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Re:Reddit App – Suspicious high number of recent 5 star, one... by idlewords on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:28PM (#36359372)
Hopefully Reddit will exercise the prerogative to hit the undelete key. The idea that forum posts belong to the author in perpetuity is a weird mental hangup; forum posts are a conversation and after a certain grace period, contributors should not have the right to memory-hole the past.
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Re:Reddit App – Suspicious high number of recent 5 star, one... by AlexandrB on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:00PM (#36360950)
Depending on jurisdiction, they literally do have that right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten
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Re:Reddit App – Suspicious high number of recent 5 star, one... by greyface- on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:39PM (#36365894)
Do you feel the same way about public posts on social bookmarking sites?

(If yes, you might want to update your FAQ and privacy policy.)

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Re:Reddit App – Suspicious high number of recent 5 star, one... by idlewords on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:04PM (#36366465)
No, I think it applies to public forum conversations, like the one we are having. You shouldn't have the right to prevent future generations from seeing how I zinged you good.
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