This video shows that Reddit refused to delete all comments and posts of its users when they close their account via a CCPA / GDPR request.
This video shows that Reddit refused to delete all comments and posts of its users when they close their account via a CCPA / GDPR request.
If you’re using the main repo for PDS then you probably have the one that doesn’t pause fro 5 secs between API calls (Reddit’s limit). The first fork version has the pause and works correctly, though slowly. Just be aware that there’s a bug in PDS that stops adding to the exported file if it hits an error (If you have 100 comments and get an error on comment #15 it will continue to edit/delete, but the exported file will only have 14 comments.)
I’ve used the one that pauses and run it to completion, such that there are no comments or posts left, and running it again completes immediately. Some have been restored after a time (hours or days), so I’ve run it again a few times. The issue is entirely that reddit only displays something like 1000 comments in every list - older comments or comments further down in Hot, Top or Controversial simply are not displayed in your profile, and thus PDS does not see them.