Update: As some have pointed out: the restores can be rollbacks from the server issues or post haven’t been properly deleted due to subs being private during blackouts. Many have experienced the same issue, I can’t explain how this happens. I’ll just run the script again, try the GDPR request and delete my account.
Also worth noting: according to the ToS Reddit can actually do whatever they want with existing content, apparently we agreed to this when signing up.
I overwrote and then deleted all of my 14 year comment/post history and it came back complete. I hate to say it, but my guess is that it’ll all get restored.
That’s ok. I am petty enough to constantly delete my stuff.
You’ll have to do it manually for July.
“Manually” just means without the API.
I hope Reddit likes scraper bots consuming full webpages instead; surely that’s cheaper for them. /s