Is there a bulk comment deletion tool for Lemmy?
Is there a bulk comment deletion tool for Lemmy?
I enjoy deleting my old posts and comments, but it's lot of work doing it individually, especially with comments. For other platforms there are apps you can login with, then delete old or all content, but I can't find one for Lemmy. Does such a thing even exist?
I enjoy deleting my old posts and comments
You do you I guess
Btw, it's super annoying if I bookmark something, or remember something, check out the old post and the author deleted it. Happend more than once to me already. I mean it's your content and your choice. Just wanted to say it's annoying to me.
If I'm linking to a personal blog or something that may not have long legs I sometimes take a snapshot on web.archive.org.
I still link to the site directly so they get the traffic and visitors get any updates they might make but I know that if the direct link dies the page is still available for anyone who looks it up.
hmmh. I recently installed linkwarden to do this. but i regularly forget to add links 😅 good advice though.
my stuff isn't bookmarkworthy 😅
Might not be for you.
Maybe as an alternative for you: create new accounts after one year or so to not leave a years-long data trail? This way your posts are preserved but can't be connected easily to each other to doxx you.
There aren't that many users doing this, and I'm abysmal at remembering names. I'd say it's a 1/3 chance it was you. It was someone usually writing silly stuff or participating in memes and random talk, with the one-off meaningful contribution, software or website recommendation or something. I forgot, and I think I removed the bookmark... But I'm not trying to convince you. You do you. If you like it this way, I totally respect that.
This might be tricky, given that Lemmy is federated [1]; there's no guarantee that deletions will be federated to all instances — eg an instance could defederate from the rest of the network after your content's been pushed to it.
References
- "Introduction". Lemmy Documentation. Lemmy. Accessed: 2024-12-01T08:02Z. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/introduction.html.
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Lemmy is a selfhosted, federated social link aggregation and discussion forum. […]
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Even if the deletion request is federated - what stops me from using a modified server that ignores them and stores them anyways?
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- "Introduction". Lemmy Documentation. Lemmy. Accessed: 2024-12-01T08:02Z. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/introduction.html.
If you don't mind answering, out of curiosity, why do you want to mass delete your old comments?
I can't answer for OP, but for me personally, I like to delete my old stupid takes, and other than that, sometimes you have to share some personal info ( describe yourself, where you're coming from.. etc ) for the sake of having a healthy discussion, that could accumulate and leads to exposing your real identity to.. say an employer
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