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This uses the API and will stop working when that goes away, correct? This presents an interesting dilemma to those of us who are planning to leave if the planned changes go through.


I've been using shreddit for years, and even have a fork of it with some options that I prefer. You could definitely replicate shreddit in selenium or just bs4 or some other crawler. It would be fairly easy, and could have identical features.


There's always "some" interface under the hood you can automate on - unless they start requiring captchas for every interaction. It might not be as comfy to use as the official API but still better than manually deleting hundreds or thousands of comments.


That's my understanding. If you wait, you'll probably have to do it manually.


Please wait for the ArchiveTeam to finish first.


How much more do they need to do? 2005-2022 is already readily accessible, with the first few months of 2023 also being hosted as a separate file[0]. What more is there to even do, except for getting these past few months worth of content?

[0] https://the-eye.eu/redarcs/




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