Used a script to overwrite old comments to finalize my switch to Lemmy, and got this message from one of the subreddit that i commented.
Yes my intention is to annoy and create awareness. After i delete my account, Reddit is not going to get to keep my pearls of wisdom, or shenanigans. I hope more people edit their old comments to something like [moved to Lemmy].
They specifically will though. If you delete your account, comments are retained without an associated user, for others to continue to view and use.
Thus why they’re using a script to edit and save their comments before deleting them. Reddit only saves the most recent edit on deleted posts.
Better to just edit I think, in my experience edited comments don’t get restored however edited and deleted have been coming back.