Reddit removed your chat history from before 2023

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Bingo!

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But why? I'm guessing there's some underage shit or something that makes them liable in those chat logs. Gotta get rid of them before the IPO.

Damn bro, you just missed all your messages from before 2023

I remember when I started getting notifications for it, every single one was porn related spam.

I lived on old reddit. Chat and these other useless features just did not exist for me.

I kept finding chats I didn't notice after months or years. It just didn't seem to fit well in that platform

I didn't want it but now that it's here and many people did message me (usually asking for something) I would feel upset that all that history is lost.

Thank god I made a data request last month asking for everything in my account. I have all my 10+ years of Reddit history backed up elsewhere.

I'd forget that it existed until sometimes I'd see annoying notifications that wouldn't go away in browser.

I did use it a few times, but only as a 1-to-1 message. The inbox was more efficient anyway.

I think they had subreddit general chat but I’ve never used that.

I’ve seen it used for live events (think press releases or keynotes), which I think is probably the best use case for it. As a general chat platform it’s pretty useless.

I didn't even know chat existed until a few months ago when I logged in from a new browser that didn't have RES.

If chat is what I'm thinking of (the private DM feature), then I used it once or twice. Namely, when I wanted to send a link/file to users in a community where posting links or files were not allowed, or being on the receiving end of that, wanting to privately message someone asking for something.

Tbh, it's not a system that needs to be overhauled and enhanced. It should just do the bare minimum of letting people privately message each other in a more streamlined format (a chat, as opposed to the equivalent of sending e-mails back and forth)

Scammers

I would get chat messages from people on occasion, sometimes nice, sometimes nasty, sometimes spam. Probably mostly nasty and spam, but I did get the occasional nice message or legitimate question.

Yes, there's a group chat I share with others with a common interest and we've all become supportive friends. I also have a mod chat with my fellow mods because it's way easier than using the native mod functions on reddit. The mod chat is actually pretty bad and harder to get to, plus when notifications work (they're not working correctly now for chat), it was also easier.

I also had some friendships chats with people one on one that I've gotten to know from my years on reddit. All gone. The only thing left is the new group chat and our mod chat because it was most recent. It's honestly a bummer.

I got a few messages from some only fans scammers. Then I figured out how to disable chat.

You mean providing you with an exciting opportunity. Seriously though I didn't even know Reddit had a chat. Was it seperate from DMs or is that what they are referring to?

Honestly, I feel hurt on behalf of the people affected, even though I am not one of them, and I have permanently left Reddit. This is just cruel. Especially since there's reason to believe they basically don't remove public posts and comments.

I feel bad for him if he needs to be a moderator for "power", his life must suck otherwise.

Apparently, at least one person who works for Mashable got theirs back that way, but not everyone who requested data did.

I got some seeds from a nice person on r/guerrillagardening, they were showy milkweeds!

It's almost like the entire site is user weighted chat, making a chat feature redundant.

I already deleted my Reddit account. I learned from the Digg days to move fast.