The ideal scenario would be to download your data, then upload it to your own static website before deleting it.

Here’s an example of it: https://www.rareddit.com/

But you’d need a static site generator built to do that, and I haven’t been able to get a response from the person who made that website. I’ve tried posting about it elsewhere, and didn’t get any solutions.

It should be simple enough for someone to make a template or instructions or an SSG for people to use. Unfortunately, no one has.

1. Yes, posts, not comments.
2. I didn’t specify because I’m not sure how/if it works differently. But I think they were deleted by mods.

Not sure what you mean.

And can you prove the comments were false/lies/intending to mislead?

Yes, very easily.

A subpoena would do nothing if they were using a VPN, and if they were in another country I expect it would be just as difficult/impossible.

Taking legal action doesn’t stop a whack-a-mole.

But it is the (legal) solution to your problem.

Yes, I noted that in the OP.

That would be quite difficult due the nature of my project. But certainly I could calculate some; monetary and reputation.

Well, it’s not that simple because when people search for my project they see a bunch of disinformation and libel that these people are spreading.

even if it were on Reddit what would you expect them to do?

Supposedly they have dedicated “anti-evil” teams that deal with this type of thing.

Ban the people? They’ll make new accounts. IP ban? VPN.

Reddit can deal with that much easier than lawyers can. It would be a continual, massive money-sink to use legal action to continually take down the new accounts. Whereas reddit can track trends and things that are occurring on their own website much easier. They already deal with stuff like this on a regular basis in regards to spam, etc.

that’s the court’s job

Find a lawyer, you might be able to get someone to work on contingency if your case is solid

It doesn’t appear that defamation is something lawyers take on contingency. They all asked for a retainer and hourly rate and made it sound like it might not even be possible even after spending tens of thousands of dollars.

Ideally you’d be able to simply go to a judge and show that the info was defamation and get an order for reddit to take it down, but apparently it doesn’t work like that, and you have to hunt down the individual people behind the accounts and be able to get them to court.

Yes, I was a public figure on reddit.