Coleman Laing, coleman@lemmy.world

Are game achievements really yours? Or the property of the companies who made the games? If the achievements really are the players then shouldn’t they at least have the privilege of removing themselves from the achievements? Say you go to delete a game you don’t like, Imagine there’s an option remove all your achievement records as well as deleting the game. In Canada and in the UK there are digital privacy policy rights, Shouldn’t that apply to the achievements one earns? For me it’s the permanency of the thing, I understand everyone is different, some like achievements, some refused to acknowledge achievements And I just want more leeway with the item I’ve purchased make it feel like the achievements are mine, Is that so wrong to want more control over the games we buy?

Now I ain’t saying get rid of achievements, I don’t want to pick fights with achievement hunters! I’m saying add a digital privacy policy term when it comes account or game deletion, yes some sites be it console or PC have the right to hide games, but what about deleting or uninstalling a game you could add ‘delete all achievements’ as well? I guess you could say this is more for those perfectionists, just a thought.

But with mods disabling achievements and Cheat Engine (memory editing on PC), Modded firmware on consoles (rare, risky, bannable), Save file editors, Trainer programs, the data for game developers is faulty when it comes to achievements, isn’t it? I’m not asking to get rid of achievements, I’m asking to add a policy to delete one’s achievement history, the data is already faulty as I see it.

Can you say the same for consoles? PlayStation, Xbox etc. I have yet to see a mod that enables achievements on consoles, but that’s a discussion for another post. This thought is of achievements, should we have the option to delete achievement history? From those who care about achievements (Achievement Hunters), to those who don’t even acknowledge achievements (Modders), and I who is concerned with achievement permanence.

Definitely an age thing, I remember a time video games didn’t have achievements, you played the game ‘cause you liked the game, game companies kept track by virtue of their sails, now these days it’s how long a player plays, what achievements have been unlocked etc. I keep thinking that it’s OCD, the permanence of the thing, something I can’t change, but maybe you’re right, maybe it’s old age.

I’m not asking to get rid of achievements, I’m asking for a compromise, I’m just questioning the importance of achievements, there are devices and or cheats to unlock all achievements and those who use mods and don’t care for what achievements they have, that’s not reliable developer data. Like my post states I see many sides of this discussion, pro achievements, neutral to achievements, and I guess in my case questioning of achievements. One’s either pro or neutral two game achievements, in truth I have yet to hear anyone who wants achievements GONE, or at the very least an option to clear or delete one’s achievement history, it’s the permanency of the thing for me you see.

People who mod, people who replay games, people who value privacy, people who don’t want a permanent public record, people who uninstall or refund games, people who don’t want their leisure time turned into a scoreboard, people who feel pressure from completion systems, people who simply want the option to not participate.

Well I’ve cleared everything off my Reddit account but I can’t bring myself to delete it, it’s not a 100% deletion, Reddit keeps the username, I don’t want Reddit to claim anything functional or not, I want it to be like I was never there, the mistake of me even being on Reddit, maybe one day when usernames are no longer such a permanence, where a person could leave their account entirely with nothing to look back on.

And that is the trap I’m in, At best I can only hope, hope that somehow Reddit changes… as impossible as that is. I would leave Reddit If it didn’t hold on to usernames, accounts like Reddit keep your username “accounts like Reddit keep your username”. Believe me I want to leave Reddit, but I want to leave reddit 100% usernames included, like I was never there, unfortunately there’s no Digital Privacy Policy Act I can turn to that would give me such an erasure. So either Reddit improves not going to happen, or I find a way to delete my Reddit account 100%, no such thing.

Doesn’t mean I have to like it. When my only option is to complain/vent/share my thoughts, then that’s what I’ll do. I understand a person like myself can’t change something as big as Reddit, like those who hate AI, if it is what it is then why do people complain if nothing will change?

New to Lemme, and I thought of posting the same post in two different forms Lemmy.World and Lemmy.ca would cast a wider info net so to speak, It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, Reddit was kind of annoying me with its permanence, usernames can’t be reused, Its algorithms flag almost anything and as the posts say there’s no way to give feedback so plan B, post in places outside of Reddit to raise awareness of Reddit’s inefficiencies.

What’s better Lemmy.World or Lemmy.ca?

I get what you’re saying, but in my case the removals weren’t the normal ‘pending review’ type. The posts were removed instantly across multiple subs, my modmail was auto‑muted, and the ban reason specifically referenced AI‑generated content. That combination only happens when Reddit’s automated system flags an account. So the mods did ban me, but they were reacting to Reddit’s AI label, not the actual content.

From what I can tell, the initial removal wasn’t the mods — it was Reddit’s automated AI filter. After that, every post I made was auto‑removed before any human could see it, and the mods only saw the AI removal notice. So the ban came from them, but the trigger came from Reddit’s system. That’s why it felt like I was being punished for something I didn’t do.

AI chat MC (Microsoft Copilot) guided me here, I have many dreams for online accounts alternative paths no longer needing usernames so a person can leave delete their account and someday return using their own name if they want as my Lemmy profile states I fight for digital rights, the permanence of accounts feels unnecessary uncomfortable. Lemmy itself needs a better way to delete unnecessary posts and comments but you’re right it’s a far better leap from Reddit strict dictatorial moderations, regret not using MC in that post perhaps it would have simply gotten rejected and not gotten me banned and muted, needless to say the first place MC requested I send it, did not like me, alas I cannot delete my mistakes on Lemmy, yet at least I am not silenced, so far.

You cannot help with this I’m sorry to say, I just need a place to vent about Reddit’s asinine algorithms I use AI chat (Microsoft Copilot) freely and proudly to censor my own words and make me acceptable on platforms but the rare moment I used my own words this happened my post rejected band and muted, now unless you can change the way Reddit operates you can’t help me. I’d sooner trust an AI than I would another human emcee in particular so when it told me to go on to Lemmy Fuck AI, to complain about Reddit’s AI, while using AI! Yet still I trusted MC to the point where some people began pointing out the irony, “AI is what it is, it is what it will be” but Reddit’s AI is old, outdated and Reddit it itself cannot do criticism, even feedback, it’s like North Korea.