For years, I was a very prominent community member on r/vans (different username). I have been a very large content creator there and loved the community, but Iโm thru with reddit.
I had the random thought to search google images for the shoes Iโve posted, searching โvans [model keyword] redditโ and I was surprised to see that my posts were consistently the top image results. Half the time the first image result was one of mine, and the vast majority of the time my images were the 2nd and 3rd image results.
Those are just the tip of the iceberg. I realize now that one user absolutely can make a measurable impact, as I have undoubtedly directed an absurd amount of traffic to reddit and r/vans thru image search engines over the years. Not anymore!
I went thru reddit manually deleting years of posts off of r/vans (admins can undue the script deletion). Now there are 100s of image results on search engines that just go to my deleted reddit posts!
Most importantlyโฆ I have created !vans@lemmy.world (alt link for apps that donโt support that format) and strongly encourage any Vans fans to check it out! I have also published the greatest shoe cleaning guide on the internet over there!
Iโm not sure thatโs how it works. Pretty sure admins could undelete anything.
Right, I think the point is that they can more easily identify strings of deletions that look like they came from a script" as opposed to activity that looks like legitimate user activity, because it was actually performed ny a user.
