Im working up the courage to. Ill never go back, but it is also hard to delete that much history just for a statement
My plan is to unsub from subreddits as I find comparable communities here until eventually there is nothing left in my feed to keep me at Reddit.
this is a pretty decent approach. glad you are here :-)
Thank you, I’m happy to be here. So tired of corporations ruining everything.
I deleted my throwaways weeks ago, but I deleted my main account earlier today. I lurked more than I posted which I guess means I don’t have a lot of the history a lot of others have with their account but I posted every so often and had the account for years.
Even so, reddit has made it a place I don’t want to be, I want them to know that (by falling user numbers) and I also worry reddit will make it more difficult in the future to get rid of your account.
I did today. My account was about 5.5 years old and I have to admit it was somewhat hard at the beginning. But to be honest I already don’t care anymore.
That API stuff was a huge shitshow that made me really angry. I even would have paid a subscription to be able to keep using Apollo. But if Reddit decides to bring people out of business they are not going to do business with me either.
I think i’ll nuke mine after the AMA. Just one more hour!
Edit: its gone
🫡 may your future be bright and the wind at your back!
I don’t plan on deleting my reddit accounts to be honest, I put way too much work in them, plus they have some saved posts that I really need and use as a reference from time to time. Also, there are some communities there that I don’t believe will shift over here (for some, I am sure they won’t, since they’re other not that big amd moderation is not a problem for them), so I’ll mostly be using Lemmy and Reddit interchangeably.
UPDATE: I pulled the plug
I’ve deleted all the posts in my 12 year account but I find it hard to nuke the whole account.
They sure aren’t going to make any more money off of me though.
I’ve deleted my comments and posts and find Reddit then restored them a few hours later.
So I’ve written some Python to delete them automatically and have it run on a schedule. Fuck 'em. A week later and Reddit are still restoring my data for the script to delete.
I yeeted my account today. I’ve used reddit for ~10 years now. It’s sad about some niche communities and inside-jokes, but if people keep using lemmy i’m sure they will find their way here eventually.
I have. Found a tool on Github that edited and deleted every comment or post I did and then deleted the account. So, the nuclear option. My account may not have had much contributions, but it was an honest account of 5 years.
I have. And i would love for it to be permanent, but that’s going to depend on if Lemmy continues to build content. At the end of the day, I like this platform but without content I won’t stay. Current momentum is looking fantastic though, and I will continue to comment and add my pieces!
I find lemmy too complex and technical to succeed…
There’s a lot that can be done to make it simpler and easier given enough time.
More importantly than that though, as long as any fediverse-enabled platform takes off, then it actually doesn’t matter if it “succeeds” (if by succeed you mean millions of users). Do I care if somebody uses Kbin instead of Lemmy? Hell no. Kbin’s success is Lemmy’s success and vice-versa.
The measure of success is not Lemmy user numbers. The measure of success is fediverse user numbers.
How could I use Lemmy to see outside Fediverse content?
I found reddit complex once upon a time. I think once people wrap their heads around instances, everything else is easy.
For example, have you tried mentioning a user in a comment? it shows every corresponding username in every instance…
after seeing /u/spez doubling down on the API changes, i went ahead and deleted my 10 year old reddit accounts posts and comments.
also literally made this account as well, but i’m 100% done with reddit.
I was a reddit user for about 15 years. Deleted my account and post history yesterday — honestly haven’t missed it as much as I thought I would 🤷♂️
I’m waiting for my GDPR data export, but it’s taking longer than they promise already. Very close to get rid of it all.
I’ve begun the process, requested my data from them and then afterwards i’ll be nuking my account
