Ugh, that's extremely disappointing. I've got thousands of comments coming up on Google all the way back to 2009 that don't show up on Reddit searches or my profile anymore. I wonder if there's an automated way I can edit and then delete these.

The only problem with that, and its not really a big problem yet, is that reddit is using your content to generate money for themselves in increasingly unethical methods. Previously you could see and interact with content without logging in from many different platforms. Now, on mobile, you can only interact with it on one platform (their own app that forces ads etc) and increasingly you need to be logged in to access it (so they can better track your movement and feed user specific ads). It is not unlikely that in the future they rework reddit premium to prevent people from seeing free content.

So the end result of your content could be that reddit uses it to take advantage of someone in their time of need by forcing them to pay for a month of reddit premium just to get help with their issues which you provided a solution to for free.

Now, that's a stretch but only because I dont see how reddit can force a premium subscription on people without everyone rioting and burning the place down. But they seem to have killed all 3rd party apps which was also something I didnt think could possibly happen without bloodshed and it did easily.

With all that said, I didnt delete my comment history either because I personally feel that it's better to help people than to hurt reddit. But at the current direction and speed reddit is heading I think it's not out of the question that I would in the future change my mind and delete everything.

I don't think you are.

You're wrong because your comments don't have to be on Reddit to help people. You could copy them (including the entire thread as context, if necessary) and repost them elsewhere instead.

You’re not. I receive a few comment replies a year from old posts I made in support threads years ago, and I don’t want to screw over those people. I don’t plan on adding any more content to Reddit in the future, but I see no need in being petty and removing all my old content if it’s helping out individuals now and in the future. If the side benefit is that some rich asshole is gonna make an extra $.37 on top of his other 3 billion during an IPO or whatever, then so be it. I don’t feel like the trade off is worth it to me.

Which is a dick move, but I can see that as a workaround. However, my account shows no posts, and a search of my u/name shows no posts, so they must be tagged with a fake/shadow username that is disconnected from my account. Maybe I can find myself by searching from an alt account (self-shadow-banned?)

Edit: nope, I don't show up in searches from my alt, either.

Automated edits were throttled to an insanely low level too. It took days for me to get all my comments out. At least I think I got them all… can’t really be sure.

Just go on a farright or farleft wing subreddit, ask for clarification on a subject, get banned and question the mod, come back with an alternative account and do the same thing again. Repeat three times and your accounts and any account posting using your IP will be automatically banned from Reddit 👍

I asked on /r/breadtube what was the plan once police forces had been dismantled and got banned for promoting fascism... I'm a socialist so it's not as if I was asking to troll, I was genuinely curious... Then I was angry and kept asking the mod for a justification and that was the end of my Reddit career 🤣