Found a way to track deleted reddit threads before they vanish

I kept seeing memes get yanked from political subs minutes after posting, so I started using removeddit with a browser extension. You just swap the 'reddit' in the URL to 'removeddit' and it shows the original content plus mod actions. Caught a screenshot of a UK election meme that got nuked in under 10 minutes last Tuesday. Anyone else use archive tools to keep receipts on deleted stuff?

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ryang7719d ago

That "swap reddit to removeddit" trick is exactly how I started doing it too. I had a similar situation where a local news sub was deleting posts about a council meeting that got heated, and I couldn't figure out why the thread was gone. I ended up using reveddit as well (it shows removed comments in real time) because removeddit sometimes lags behind on newer stuff. What really worked for me was setting up a simple bookmarklet that automatically redirects any reddit page to the archived version, makes it way faster than typing out the URL every time. The combo of both tools means I can catch stuff before it's even fully deleted sometimes, which is wild. Just be careful, because some mods really don't like people using these tools and you might catch a ban from certain subs for mentioning it.

briancampbell19d ago

Wait, so now I need a whole toolkit just to figure out what actually got said on this site before it disappears?