Great thread, particularly for providing former usernames. Here are some archiving tools:
Reddit image aggregator:
popular.pics/reddit/u/[username]
It doesn't show deleted posted but does a decent job showing all current posts of a user in a grid format. Note that it will show all posts, including repeated posts. Also, there is an initial annoying popup ad.
Quasi-archive:
nsfw.xxx/user/[username]
Decent site that captures some, not all, posts from a user. One nice thing is that it tends to screen out repeat posts.
Another archive:
bisdako.newtumbl.com/#q=#[username]
Tumblr-style site with posts tagged by username. Not comprehensive but still good. You'll need to sign up for a newtumbl aaccount (only requires an email) to use this one. For all the reddit posts on this site use:
bisdako.newtumbl.com/#q=#Reddit
Reddit query site:
api.pushshift.io/reddit/search/submission/?author=[username]&sort=desc&size=100
For more intense (obsessed?) digging, this site returns the past 100 posts, including deleted ones, for any user. Any deleted post using reddit's image server won't be accessible. However, if the guy used a non-reddit image site, like Imgur, and they haven't deleted those images, you can retrieve them. After putting in the username in the link above, search for "imgur" and it will show all the links. Other sites to search for gfycat, redgifs and vidible. Reddit occasionally backs up video links which you can retrieve by searching for "fallback_url". Finally to search earlier than the past 100 posts, scroll to the last post listed, find the "created_utc" line, copy the number listed (the unix timestamp) and paste it into the link below (replacing [timestamp]).
api.pushshift.io/reddit/search/submission/?author=[username]&sort=desc&size=100&before=[timestamp]
Happy hunting...
Reddit image aggregator:
popular.pics/reddit/u/[username]
It doesn't show deleted posted but does a decent job showing all current posts of a user in a grid format. Note that it will show all posts, including repeated posts. Also, there is an initial annoying popup ad.
Quasi-archive:
nsfw.xxx/user/[username]
Decent site that captures some, not all, posts from a user. One nice thing is that it tends to screen out repeat posts.
Another archive:
bisdako.newtumbl.com/#q=#[username]
Tumblr-style site with posts tagged by username. Not comprehensive but still good. You'll need to sign up for a newtumbl aaccount (only requires an email) to use this one. For all the reddit posts on this site use:
bisdako.newtumbl.com/#q=#Reddit
Reddit query site:
api.pushshift.io/reddit/search/submission/?author=[username]&sort=desc&size=100
For more intense (obsessed?) digging, this site returns the past 100 posts, including deleted ones, for any user. Any deleted post using reddit's image server won't be accessible. However, if the guy used a non-reddit image site, like Imgur, and they haven't deleted those images, you can retrieve them. After putting in the username in the link above, search for "imgur" and it will show all the links. Other sites to search for gfycat, redgifs and vidible. Reddit occasionally backs up video links which you can retrieve by searching for "fallback_url". Finally to search earlier than the past 100 posts, scroll to the last post listed, find the "created_utc" line, copy the number listed (the unix timestamp) and paste it into the link below (replacing [timestamp]).
api.pushshift.io/reddit/search/submission/?author=[username]&sort=desc&size=100&before=[timestamp]
Happy hunting...