Is there a voat script to use the API to overwrite your comment history and then delete the posts? (AskVoat)

submitted ago by bob3333

The news that voat has a new "partner" has me nervous. I'm making contingency plans in the event that the partner turns out to insist on some sort of "curation," or if it seems like they're here to use voat as some sort of honeypot. If that happens I would like to remove every trace of everything I've ever posted to voat, but before writing my own script I wanted to check and see if this is work that has already been done.

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PuttItOut ago

Just delete your account.

We wipe all your data, including content replacement, when a user deletes their account (make sure you pay attention to the options as you can leave content or anonymize it too).

It makes me nervous that you are a janitor on a system sub and are posting submissions like this.

o0shad0o ago

Thanks Putt.

@bob3333, please note that deleting content from Voat itself won't wipe out archived content elsewhere on the net. Also, that if someone hasn't already associated your account with other info on the net (via clickthrus, etc) shortly after you posted it, it's unlikely they'll be able to later, so IMO deletion to hide yourself is excessively paranoid. If you're concerned about future associations made, just drop the account.

bob3333 ago

Thanks. I'm not trying to erase my history from the net, just prevent someone from monetizing it in the event that's what goes down.

I don't really trust "we'll wipe it for you, don't worry." Funny how people are unable to learn from history. If this new partner does what partners have done to the other two social media sites I belonged to over the years, it will be the third time I get antsy and the user base reacts with hostility and personal attacks. Doesn't matter, but funny how similarly it works every time. A few years later they'll figure out they're on a shitty site and come running to where I've already been for years.

ratsmack ago

You're displaying irrational paranoia... hopefully your day to day life doesn't suffer same.

bob3333 ago

Why is it irrational? You don't think an offer of $$$ has any possibility of making a person compromise their beliefs? You've never heard of anybody in the history of the world selling out? Hmmmm.

ratsmack ago

I hope you've noticed that you're on the internet... if you were that paranoid, why did you venture here?

bob3333 ago

Not worried about content being online. Worried about @Putitout selling the site out for financial gain and what users can do if that's the case. Since he's demonstrated that he's willing to abuse his admin powers to "punish" users for simply asking the question, I think that's enough information for those of us who care.

ratsmack ago

It's his site and I'm happy that he can run the place with some financial stability. If there is some commercialization to support the site, I'm good with it. If it turns into a commercialized shit-hole like Digg et al., then I will probably move on to another site. I'm already on Minds and Gab as we speak, but Voat is my primary home for now.

bob3333 ago

If there is some commercialization to support the site, I'm good with it.

There is no such thing as "some" when it comes to commercialization. Once that barrier has been broken it's only a matter of time.