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Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious
I'm moving here permanently and never looking back, but I'm leaving my posts because that's 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That's the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other's knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don't think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a 'gate-keeping' sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance -- they have all devolved into "I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!", "Look at my shiny new themed desktop", "Update broke my installation. Help!" etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a "niche website" and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can't be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven't heard of, Linux Mint. I can't and won't ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn't even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn't want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that's fine by me.
Cheers :)
I've been increasingly frustrated by reddit for years. The API issue was the final straw. I had 3 accounts and deleted all 3 just before the blackout. I left some posts because I didn't know how to nuke it all without doing it manually. But I doubt anyone viewed anything I posted as valuable, so I'm not bothered. I'm just glad to be rid of reddit, to be honest.
BIG same. I was frustrated with a "use our official app plsz" taking up half my screen on the mobile browser, along with other... shenanigans, let's call them. Killing 3rd-party apps (which are the only way I use Reddit on my phone) was something I wouldn't handle. Deleted all my comments and posts after the site went back up and left only an announcement of my departure along with my lemmy handle.
I sincerely hope the Fediverse catches on. It has a few hiccups and limitations, but I love the concept and it so clean and devoid of clutter vs Reddit.
I feel the same. I'm also finding myself mindlessly doom scrolling less. Here is to hoping it takes off!
I'm not planning on going back...
Of course I'm staying. I'll also stay on reddit until June 30th, after which I guess I'm only coming back on computer once in a while to check the more niche subs. I'm also thinking of using that time left on reddit to organize with people of those subs who would like to create a Lemmy community together, and to help the less tech-savy join.
I don't see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It's like being in an exclusive club. You don't want go to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
Would be great to leave permanently, but Reddit still has the critical mass for niche community subreddits. Hopefully that will change as people jump ship.
Deleted my accounts.
Lemmy will have to earn my attention on its own merit, but I'm not going back to Reddit regardless.
Well, I've been here since before the blackout. I've been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.
The only reason I wasn't really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!
I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.
I had a 13 yo account. Used Redact to delete my entire history, and then deleted the entire account. So I can't go back! Lemmy/kbin/mastodon is where I'll stay.
Moving here for the foreseeable future, but donβt think Iβll be deleting my reddit account. Just like the gaslit partner in a toxic relationship. I am hoping reddit becomes better. Until then, I am moving here to reevaluate.
Also I cannot live without my patient gamers subreddit and my nosleep subreddit
Yup. If not for mentions of reddit on lemmy I'd have forgotten about it. Seriosuly.
I'm going to stick around here. I'm not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
I'm definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.
I'm not ok with anything Reddit's done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.
I'll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain't going back to reddit
I'm leaving my account intact for two reasons. First to keep a log of past comments. Second to make comments encouraging mod teams to move to lemmy.
I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).
Lemmy needs a useable search - either integrated or indexed via search engines. Major use of reddit for me is treating it as a giant forum, seeking answers to questions.
Doom scrolling comes second. I need a way to swipe away posts I have no interest in to hide them forever.
I will probably never be entirely done with reddit unless the knowledgebase portion dries up.
gone for good - today was a good day without reddit sucking my soul out. happy to be part of something that does not make me feel like a serf on a corporate plantation.
I deleted my 14+ year account (after deleting my content) right after the AMA: never going back. Have used RIF for as long as it has been around and it's going dark June 30. Bridge burned. No regrets.
I'm having fun here, will likely stay for long.
My main issue right now is that, I use Reddit mostly for participating in tech communities and they don't seem to exist here... yet.
I hope that changes in the soon future.
Difficult to make that call. I will say that having the hand forced to find alternatives was eye opening. I feel like engaging in this space is more pleasant, but there is a definite learning curve. I find it refreshing that there is a consistency of content after leaving and coming back after a few hours. On the flip side, the one thing I enjoy about the Reddit experience is the evolution of the comments over time. There just isn't quite the same throughput here and threads just aren't real dynamic. I feel like going forward there is likely to be a mix of both, with the hope that this takes hold.
Toxicity-wise I much prefer Lemmy. I'll definitely end up staying and have stopped using Reddit almost completely. However, there are very niche communities that haven't switched over yet so it's not viable for me to completely cut it off. I've logged out of my Reddit account and will most likely never use it again. I haven't deleted my comments or any posts simply because maybe someone else will find use for them (like somebody else said in this thread). Other than that, I'm all for Lemmy.
I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn't eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn't really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q's I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won't miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man's ego so much.
I probably won't delete my Reddit account, but I started my own Lemmy instance in the hopes that I could encourage more people to try out the Fediverse. I think it could work out well, but it's pretty tricky to get everything set up to start an instance.
I like to think I won't go back to reddit but force of habit is hard to break even with an excellent alternative!
Yeah I'm in the same boat. I keep finding myself opening reddit just out of habit. I don't think I'm going to delete my account but I am trying to do a better job of checking out the alternatives (and actually posting instead of just lurking...)
No app on my phone. Might google something specific or go there for very specific reasons for time to time. Not browsing Reddit anymore.
I'm still on the fence. I'd very much like to jump ship API changes or not, Reddit is only going to become more and more corporate over time and I think that goes directly against what a platform like that should be
I'm trying it out and if it takes off like I'm hoping I'll stick around. Like the idea of a more decentralised internet, matrix too but much harder to get people to move from discord without some big catalyst like this
I will at least for the mobile part of things. Still have to use reddit for some things though.
I'm sticking around
I'm on kbin but yeah, I plan to stay. Most of what I saw on Reddit wasn't even relevant to my interests because their algorithms kept pushing random shit at me. I'm happy to really tailor my own experience here. Goodbye, my 80k karma
I am gone I think. old.reddit is next up, the website is gone for me then.
Yeah, Iβm done
I'd prefer Lemmy. Since there are still many subs missing, I don't delete my Reddit yet. I just don't login there for at least two weeks. If Lemmy still exists then, I guess we are over it.
I plan to. At this point even though I do think Reddit could walk back the changes in a way that is mutually accepted, I have zero faith they would be willing to actually make the changes needed to incur enough good will. I rarely if ever commented and won't delete my account (for access to old content viewed and subreddits subscribed to help seek them out here) but definitely not planning on going back.
Still looking both here and at tildes though.
Deleted my one and only account I had left and have no intention of returning. LME feels nicer to use and i like the idea of separate instances and more decentralisation. Gives more agency to more people.
I'll be staying, delted most posts & changed all comments to a link to join lemmy. Most likely delete the whole thing soon.