# When the Bots Purge the Archive: Reddit’s AI Moderation Erased a Decade of r/AskHistorians Work

Over the course of April, dozens of posts and comments stretching back a full decade disappeared from r/AskHistorians. They weren't edited. They weren't quietly queued for review. They were removed automatically — from a subreddit whose entire reason for existing is that its answers remain readable

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| Published | 6 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/when-the-bots-purge-the-archive-reddits-ai-moderation-erased-a-decade-of-r-askhistorians-work/