Is there a nice summary of how to do this available? Or, if not, would you mind posting a few pointers?
One thing I haven't got to yet, and am not sure how to even approach, is removing my old Usenet posts, which you can find on Google Groups (from 1995!).
I still comment on reddit and such, as I like to help people. I just come back later and remove the comments.
May I ask why? There are few things more frustrating than arriving in a help thread from search results and finding that the answer has been deleted.
It's a couple things. I may actually be wrong, and don't want to leave my stupidity open on the internet for all to see. And secondly, for those who figure out my alias in real life and snoop me up on the internet and find things out about me that I'd prefer to keep private (things I am interested in, activities I partake in, etc).
Like Sharparam, reddit search results can be fruitless because of all the deleted answers. Imagine if StackOverflow was like that.
1). Your karma is too low
2). Your account is too young
3). You haven't been subscribed long enough
It's always a turn off when you've written a long and properly sourced info dump, but then the automod deletes it and you have to go fish it out of ceddit et al. And then asking admins to make an exception is always as fun as getting your license renewed. So I do what the OG does: Keep a couple of accounts dedicated to each subject-matter, and delete my posts routinely.
If what I post is important enough, it'll propagate. If it doesn't, it dies. That's not the reason I do it, however. It's a boycott against Reddit as the world's discussion platform. Good luck figuring out the answers to those really important questions or why all the commentators are applauding [deleted] ;)
It is a pity Reddit has become the go-to discussion platform because you have one identity tied across multiple interests (unless you happen to create specialised accounts). It's also plagued with the eternal September because users easily hop between subreddits. As such, few people bother reading the FAQ or searching before asking a question.
I think that ship sailed a long time ago!
I think they took it away?
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-delete-your-old-USEN...