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I deleted all my post from my reddit account, can they still monetize them? (linux.community)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by vestmoria@linux.community to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Deleting a post is simply marking a piece of text so nobody sees it, but I think the text is still stored in their servers.

Furthermore, a large company like reddit, must backup regularly, meaning there must be several copies of my posts in several SSDs. If the backup once a day… some of my posts are 5 years old.

Companies exist to make money. I suspect they just marked my posts not to be readable by anyone, except staff and they can still monetize them.

Am I wearing a tinfoil hat way too often?

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[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You gave them an irrevocable license to basically use your content in any way they see fit. Them not showing posts you deleted is just them being nice, not being obligated to do so. They could simply ignore your request or restore posts later.

You should have thought about that when you gave them that license to your content.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Almost. According to EU law, identifiable information including usernames need to be redacted.

They can restore it but it needs to be without your account information attached

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Posts tend to die within a day. What would be the point, reddit posts aren't worth restoring.