Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious

  • Choco1ateCh1p@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m staying here regardless of what happens to Reddit. Because, even if the users “win” this battle for 3rd party apps, there would be a more subtle loss of control later on. They just can’t win in a fight with this new, more corporate Reddit that is just trying to beat Twitter to an IPO. This is my new home. I just hope to contribute more this time.

    My reddit account is still there as a sort of archive for the few things that I did post. But honestly, I intend on saving some, migrating the rest (to relevant communities here) and just deleting the remainder.

  • davysnavy@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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.

    • Khrounose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      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.

      • ForbiddenRoot@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        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.

  • Megaf@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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.

  • limecool@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I had created an account almost 3 years ago. This reddit API apocalypse reminded me of lemmy. Considering, the subpar experience. It would be stupid to not be on lemmy. I still have my reddit account and posts but, after the blackout and the subpar experience my activity has been super reduced.

  • Ech@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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.

  • krash@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I deleted all my comments along with my account. I’m not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I’ll happily contribute to it.

  • GenericTool@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I deleted my reddit account. If I need to find something specific it’s okay to wonder there from time to time. My main interests at reddit were technology based so I’m sure these topics move partly to here. I also created Solidworks community here that was my main interest. Lets see if it starts growing.

  • DivineDingus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    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.

  • words_number@programming.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I wanted to switch anyway as soon as lemmy is half-decently ready and has some users. This ist just a very good opportunity at the moment to ditch reddit for good. Not because I hated reddit all along or something like that but because I love federated, free (as in freedom) alternatives, especially when they’re written in rust :)

  • MoreIronOre@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Deleted my accounts.

    Lemmy will have to earn my attention on its own merit, but I’m not going back to Reddit regardless.

  • wanderingmotel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I will definitely be sticking around. I do wish lemmy.ml hadn’t taken quite such a huge bite of the FOSS sandwich. Most my interests lay in answering and asking questions about the software projects I use daily. And the lemmy.ml server is crushed. Wish there was a Libera(IRC server where many FOSS projects live) lemmy. That would have made sense to me.

    EDIT. Corrected Limmy to Lemmy. I keep doing that…

  • iNeedScissors67@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    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

      • Xilly@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        It’s just another type of instance for the Fediverse. Someone who understands it better can give a more meaningful answer but it’s like Lemmy is gmail and Kbin is hotmail (or vice versa).