Reddit except you can't hide your post or comment history.
Posted by Blizxy@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 44 comments
I want to be able to click on the dumbest take I have ever seen and get the satisfaction that it is clearly an AI engagement bot.
This change seems to only help bots and morons.
SamHandwich0@reddit
rando searches my reply history
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Rjc1471@reddit
You can still do it if you want to make irrelevant ad hominem attacks rather than respond to the content of the comment itself, there's just an extra step.
The_Dick_Slinger@reddit
Nope. I had to turn off my history recently. I mod for a few gaming related subs, and I’m also active in the new mods subreddit, which the Reddit admins are also somewhat active in.
Had to remove a guys comment for being belligerent, and he threw a fit over it, demanding it be reinstated or threatening to “take over” the sub. He eventually got himself banned, and switched to several alts and started making posts about how I was clueless because I was active in the new mods sub, and was trying to rally people against me and the other mods. He got all of his alts banned from the sub, too, and I think he got perma banned site wide for ban evasion.
Not the first time something like that has happened either. The playerbase for that game as a whole is toxic as hell, and will use the most minor difference to invalidate someone else’s comment. There were a few times I’ve tried to warn people, or at least inform them of possible repercussions for modifying the game, referencing the terms of service, and for some reason, people disagree with that fact as if it were a personal opinion. They’d look at post and comment history, and say shit like “you play X Y Z characters, of course you’d be wrong”.
Even outside of the subs I moderate for, but within similar gaming communities, or even science communities, I’ve had people get over the top butthurt because I disproved their claims with facts, bringing links and citing sources, and it bruises their ego to the point they check my post history and see I’m active in several groups for high iq or gifted individuals. they’ve followed me to those subs, even on alts, and tried to bash me for “thinking I was high iq” or some shit (despite me having taken multiple proctored tests. Oh well.)
The change doesn’t just help bots and morons, it prevents people from other forms of harassment. When you’re talking with people that refuse to argue in good faith, they will literally turn any information against you in whatever way they can. If they can’t engage with the comment or opinion on its own, and have to pull information from you personally from outside the conversation, they probably aren’t that confident in their own argument, but are too stubborn and egotistical to change their mind, so they resort to embarrassment to force the other part to disengage, so they’re left as the only person in the thread and win by default.
And the fact that you have such a problem with this change makes me wonder if you’re the kind of person who looks through history when you disagree with someone… shame.
Head-Engineering-847@reddit
Shouldn't be afraid if they have nothing to hide
BrianEatsBees@reddit
I had someone intentionally contact my employer with all my dirty laundry from Reddit over a relatively minor disagreement. I keep my post history hidden now.
Head-Engineering-847@reddit
Damn, really?
BrianEatsBees@reddit
Yes, really. I had a short spat with someone on my university subreddit, and they dug up previous posts of mine as ad hominem. Then at the end of the week, an e-mail from a burner e-mail service came into my junk folder on my work e-mail with this guy's findings that would be damaging to me professionally.
There's an argument to be made that I simply wasn't careful and that I reaped what I sowed by having my personal identity technically findable, but in my defense, I don't think any reasonable company should be bothered by what I do in my own time, and I never mentioned the company or my real full name in any of my posts. He must have either dug into personal projects where my name was findable with considerable effort and cross referenced it with my LinkedIn, or he simply used a person finder lookup using police resources, as I have reason to believe that the person was a police officer.
There's also the argument that I should have simply towed the line and not posted things that I wouldn't my employer to see, but to me that's just bowing my head to the powers that be and refusing to own the things that I say. But now I'm realizing that damage control is necessary for cases like this. Some people are just lunatics and will do anything to fuck up your life if you cross them even slightly.
DookieShoez@reddit
You’re why we have the patriot act etc. stripping all our rights away.
Head-Engineering-847@reddit
Actually I was committed to a psych ward after the ndaa was signed
queef_nuggets@reddit
I hide my post and comment history because I’ve had a lot of harassment and stalker-related issues IRL, and I’d rather people not be able to figure out who I am. Obviously I can’t go into the details for that very reason, but there are a few handfuls of people out there who would very much like to figure out who I am so they can fuck with my life as much as possible. This is no joke.
Religion_Of_Speed@reddit
Then don't post personal info on the internet. That used to be common sense and part of internet best practices. If someone wants to find it they still can, all you're doing is shutting one very flimsy door.
AaronPK123@reddit
Just to let you know, anyone can find your posts and comments by googling your username. This is not a secure way to protect your identity.
chattytrout@reddit
Case and point right here.
All of those just on the first page of a google search.
gary-vault108@reddit
If anything it’s worse because it lures people into a false sense of security and they’re more like to post personally identifiable information over time
Yeseylon@reddit
For every case like you, there's a dozen bots and/or trolls using the "hide my history" to hide their comments full of slurs and bait.
Excellent_Swim_2721@reddit
Yup.
Capybarasaregreat@reddit
Don't discuss things with personal information, change things around so that it's not a direct retelling of events (an Anna becomes a Michael, a restaurant becomes a bar, etc.). Hell, sprinkle some full-on lies in there if you want, there's no lie police. Your history can still be seen, and a stalker would be exactly the sort of person to go through that trouble.
PeterP1227@reddit
Ok queef nuggets
DookieShoez@reddit
More creative than fucking “peter” 😂
Your_As_Stupid_As_Me@reddit
Exactly.
queef_nuggets@reddit
not sure what my username has to do with it but ok
BeebleBoxn@reddit
Same here
Head-Engineering-847@reddit
I mean, being afraid is a perfectly good reason to hide?.. 🤷
queef_nuggets@reddit
“Shouldn't be afraid if they have nothing to hide” implies something nefarious is going on
Ok_Bowl9351@reddit
Do you close the door when you take a shit?
froction@reddit
Why would you close the door? That just makes it harder to establish and maintain eye contact with whoever passes by.
WiseMango13452@reddit
Do you shit with closed doors? Do you yell out your name in public? You have nothing to hide right?
Calve_pindakaas@reddit
I hide my history to make my r/guessthecoaster posts a bit harder.
A take so dogshit ai could never
RobbieAnalog@reddit
Nah. Stupid people won't argue the point you are making but will go through your profile to ad hominem all day.
Sweet_Speech_9054@reddit
I like the one where it’s a totally open social media platform like Reddit but no moderation or banning. Everything is controlled by the algorithm. You can post something with the N word if you want but that post will only be visible to people who opt to have to see it and won’t show up in anyone’s fyp. If you post something illegal then it does the same thing so it doesn’t spread. Post something that violates a subs rules? The post remains but you can’t see it on that sub anymore.
Desperate-Carob1346@reddit
Personally, I'm sick and tired of idiots who have nothing to counter an argument so they scramble to find a 5 year old gotcha in the comment history.
Engage with the actual point or piss off.
Apprentice57@reddit
If it's actually going back 5 years and isn't really that bad, then usually saying so will get the digger downvoted.
My experience is that I find red flags during a debate, I look into the user's history and find recent evidence (months old at most) of bad faith, and I bring it up. Then the guy pearl clutches about digging into his history.
Religion_Of_Speed@reddit
Those people aren't going to magically start discussing things in a reasonable and logical way because they can't do this. imo that is absolutely not worth allowing hidden history.
froction@reddit
Ehh, there are plenty of tools you can use for scrubbing your old posts.
Resplendent-Sun@reddit
All you have to do is Google reddit + the username to get their results
It's only inaccessible from their own profile
Apprentice57@reddit
Reddit archivers work too, I made some tools to make the username->search workflow much quicker on my browser.
Annoying, but fairly easy to circumvent. I'm honestly more likely to look into someone's history if they hide it than if they don't.
ConcentrateExciting1@reddit
Yep. People seem to seem to forget Google exists. I usually prefer "site:reddit.com USERNAME" for more streamlined results.
Visible_Sale_3278@reddit
That’s what alts are for
abdallha-smith@reddit
New users shouldn't have the option to hide comments and posts for one year.
Then the one year account is vetted by a processus yet to be determined.
Then you can hide
xrelaht@reddit
r/crazyideas except it’s actually crazy ideas instead of rants about changes people want to see.
Ok_Bowl9351@reddit
On my last account, I said some negative shit about Hell divers and somebody called my boss about it. Go cry I’m an anonymous.
JulyKimono@reddit
Just assume they're bots and ignore/mute them. You'll be right 9/10 times.
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