I'd like to read this because I think one of the biggest problems with reddit is that it's now basically a free-for-all for disinformation. So I'd like to see their arguments and evidence that decentralized alternatives are superior in this regard. Unfortunately, the article is paywalled.
Wouldn't you have to convert all the links into separate pages too? IE:
- https://www.rareddit.com/r/relationship_advice
- https://www.rareddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/qtj2ig/my_friend_tried_to_kiss_my_partner_for_a_tiktok/
That seems like it would need some kind of script.
That person is also archiving full pages. If we use our .csv export it will just be our comments with no context, unfortunately. Better than nothing though.
The ideal scenario would be to download your data, then upload it to your own static website before deleting it.
Here's an example of it: https://www.rareddit.com/
But you'd need a static site generator built to do that, and I haven't been able to get a response from the person who made that website. I've tried posting about it elsewhere, and didn't get any solutions.
It should be simple enough for someone to make a template or instructions or an SSG for people to use. Unfortunately, no one has.
I ran into a similar problem with snapshots of a forum and email server -- if there are scheduled emails when you take the snapshot they get sent out again if you create a new test server from the snapshot. And similarly for the forum.
I'm not sure what the solution is either. The emails are sent via an SMTP so it's not as simple as disabling email (ports, firewall, etc.) on the new test server.
Useful info from an admin about why one of the threads went missing: https://lemmy.world/comment/11288468
There seems to be room for improvement in how Lemmy handles this.
Yep, that was one of them. Do you think that's a good mechanism to automatically delete all user's content when they get banned? Those example titles you shared don't seem like obvious trolling nor obviously worthy of an account ban, and the collateral damage of deleting valid & popular threads seems bad.
How are you supposed to link to a source when it's completely deleted?
You can see it in my profile though:
@MaximilianKohler to Ask Lemmy Ex Redditors of Lemmy what made you come on over? What happened at Reddit that you made the switch? • 5 days ago
This is the link and it looks like it's been restored https://lemmy.world/post/17593614
I looked in the mod log https://lemmy.world/modlog/3106 and it says:
4 hours ago mod Restored Post Ex Redditors of Lemmy what made you come on over? What happened at Reddit that you made the switch? reason: restoring post as it was deleted as a result of the user getting instance banned from lemmy.ml
There is no log of why/when it was removed.
I looked up another one from https://lemmy.world/c/nostupidquestions titled "Where's all the intelligent discussion at?", which was removed for rule 7. I don't agree with the removal reason, but none of this is relevant to the point of the OP. You guys are sidetracking.
That's a lot of effort you're putting into something that can easily disappear at any point.
That is the point of this thread. You've chosen to deceptively magnify one part of it to twist things for your own purpose, which also seems to be a primary purpose of a lot of people on Lemmy -- antagonizing other Lemmy users.
Why would you want a lemmy.ml link though?
That's where the thread is. It was created on lemmy.ml and crossposted to lemmy.world. When crossposting from lemmy.ml to lemmy.world it says "crossposted from lemmy.world", which is wrong and confusing, and defeats the purpose of crossposting (informing people about similar communities or other instances).
“My posts keep getting deleted!”
— user looks into public info to find out why your posts might be being deleted —
Nice try, but that's deceptive. This thread was not about my personal posts. I even gave an example of a recent thread (that I did not make) with hundreds of comments. You're further proving my point.
It sounds like you're saying it's impossible, but I'm doubtful of that. Currently there is no fediverse link for the thread, so I think one could be added that links to the lemmy.ml post. I crossposted from lemmy.ml and the crosspost should say so.
If the devs conclude it's not possible or wanted, that's fine. But this is my feedback.
It's exceedingly bizarre how many people on Lemmy rush to defend Reddit and attack other Lemmy users for anything possible.
This thread had absolutely nothing to do with that, yet you somehow dug through months of mod logs to find the one thread that would allow to you attack me.
"You have a history of being inflammatory towards Reddit on Lemmy! This is not acceptable behavior on Lemmy!"