Completely disagree. Not archiving/recording everything for eternity has be the de facto modus operandi of the human race since time immemorial.
Reddit had the privilege of hosting user comments, and they squandered the trust they built. Social networks live and die by the good will of their users, creators/users taking back what they made is the consequence of acting in a way that users don't like. Deleting all my comments out of every conversation I had on reddit and destroying all the value is the point, I don't want Reddit to have that value.
> Deleting all my comments out of every conversation I had on reddit and destroying all the value is the point, I don't want Reddit to have that value.
So, "if I can't have it, no one can"? That's something parents typically try to teach toddlers _not_ to do.
Yes, "no one can" means "the uncaring corporation", but it ALSO means "everyone else in the entire world".
> Sure some lost soul could use that tidbit of info, but they'll only have Reddit to blame.
No, reddit isn't making anyone delete all their content. The person deleting all their content is to blame. They could just walk away, but instead, they're purposefully making reddit worse for everyone.
> but instead, they're purposefully making reddit worse for everyone.
Yes, specifically because of Reddit's actions. Specifically because Reddit made decisions that made them no longer want to contribute to the site's success and (incidentally) also because Reddit offers no way at all for people to opt-out of furthering the company's commercial interests and no way at all for people to refuse to reinforce the network effect keeping the site afloat without also damaging the community.
Indeed. This is fine by me and it's great that you can do this in this kind of case. But what's being discussed is people deleting all their posts because they're upset at reddit for their recent policy changes, and that's what I think is not a good thing.
Reddit had the privilege of hosting user comments, and they squandered the trust they built. Social networks live and die by the good will of their users, creators/users taking back what they made is the consequence of acting in a way that users don't like. Deleting all my comments out of every conversation I had on reddit and destroying all the value is the point, I don't want Reddit to have that value.