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Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accounts (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Reddit recently removed years of chat and message archives from users' accounts without warning as part of an infrastructure upgrade. Many Redditors were upset to discover that their chat histories from before January 2023 were no longer accessible. Reddit claims they only migrated data from 2023 forward during the transition to the new chat infrastructure. Some users were able to retrieve some of their old messages by requesting their Reddit data, though others reported that not all messages were recovered. Along with this change, Reddit has recently made other unpopular decisions like ending Reddit Gold, showing a lack of communication and consideration for users' sentimental attachment to their online data.

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[–] nihilx7E3@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

man, what a shitty move. i had some chats that i wanted to keep in case i needed them in the future but forgot to back up :(

[–] ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/293833/20230714/reddit-removes-years-chats-messages-before-2023%E2%80%94here-s-retrieve-history.htm

It seems there's a form you can submit asking Reddit to retrieve them, if you wish to explore that option.

[–] nihilx7E3@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

thanks for letting me know!

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The are apparently still available through old.reddit as well