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How do purge all posts without deleting account? (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 months ago by gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net
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I tend to purge my account around once a year for opsec but I want to keep this username for when Chuck kicks the bucket. How would I go about that? Also if anyone has any username recommendations that would be appreciated.

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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You could use the API to pull all your posts and delete them. My understanding is that posts that are deleted eventually become purged from the DB. Comments you can always undelete, so you would want to have your script edit the comment before deleting it. You'll have to respect the rate limits while doing that, which, I think, are part of the site json object.

[–] Edie@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Comments you can always undelete

That isn't true anymore, they get deleted after 30 days.

It's still a fine idea to edit them, but I just wanted to correct it.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Oh, I didn't know that! That's good to know.