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Im working up the courage to. Ill never go back, but it is also hard to delete that much history just for a statement

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[–] Xenxs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Already used Redacted to remove all posts and comments but still lurking as long as Boost is working. It's not easy to let go

[–] ArtemisDown@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Don't think I'll go as far as deleting my account as it still holds some sentimental value to it (things nearly 12 years old at this point) but as for browsing / general usage, yes, I've fully switched to Lemmy as my daily site. While there are a few niche subreddits I'll probably still periodically check in on the sites been going downhill for years now, and the most recent AMA / API tomfuckery made me jump ship to greener pastures.

[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'm done.... Was a user and contributor since the very early days. Out of principle l shall not be returning!

[–] GraceGH@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I'm probably not going to get rid of my reddit account entirely, at least not until I get some better means of reading the news. Definitely not using it on mobile though, the official app is atrocious

[–] Lordofheaven@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Just before I joined here, I deleted my posts and my account from reddit. Hopefully I don't need to visit the site very often anymore after today's shitshow.

[–] cheggyeggplant@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I deleted all of my posts and comments from my 8 year old account today. Just need to 'export' saved videos and articles to some other apps and then I'll delete the actual account.

[–] SmugBedBug@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

My account is still there but I haven't been back since creating an account here on sh.itjust.works. I don't plan on going back.

[–] Reitoei@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Currently using 'Redacted' app on Android to purge my musing. Automated for the win.

[–] macias@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Did it yesterday, and also removed all my comments and posts, but I didn't post that often - I have probably made 30-40 comments and posts in 2 years. However, I still use Reddit on my phone with Relay but logged out. When Reddit shuts down its free API I'll probably switch fully to Fediverse.

[–] kylemsguy@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Haven't gone scorched earth yet. Don't think I will, but I'll think twice before going back on the site. There's some things that are valuable, and I'll wait and see if they even stay valuable.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I have too much history on Reddit to want to delete my account, I just intend to use Lemmy instead going forward

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Strongly considering it. I requested a dump of all my posts & comments there (going back to 2005!) and expect to be pulling out of there at the end of the month if this absurd situation isn't resolved.

You can request a dump of all your Reddit data here under EU GDPR or California CCPA.

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[–] coffeeisnotlatte@latte.isnot.coffee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you guys seeing the trainwreck in this AMA?

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[–] honk@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I deleted the apps on my phone and my ipad so I don't get any push notifications. I will probably only post on here. There are some communities I kinda rely on when it comes to information, tutorials etc. that are not really existing here. So I'm trying to kinda slowly move everything over here as far as I can do that. Hoping that more and more communites will be coming over too.

I honestly prefer the interface and how clean everything is here. Makes me wanna use reddit as little as possible lmao

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[–] Trabic@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

I nuked both of my alts, but I haven't been able to pull the trigger on the 10 year old main account yet.

Maybe once I get the rest of my recipes and stuff over here I'll scorch the earth, but there are still too many memories in there.

[–] PunsNRoses@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm being naive, but I still have some hope that the blackout will cause Reddit to reverse their decision, or at least be open to re-negotiating with the 3PA devs. I'm exploring alternatives either way.

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[–] abclop99@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not yet. I'm waiting to see if Reddit will send me my data. Then, even if they don't, I'll delete my posts and comments by the end of the month.

[–] datwillpowerdo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I have a lot of things saved so I'll probably keep it until I can extract what I want to keep.

[–] twoslothsmating@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

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 🤷‍♂️

[–] Xune531@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Just waiting for the Spez AMA shitshow and them I'm out

[–] WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will delete it when Sync for Reddit cannot be used anymore. But I will stop using reddit anyway

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[–] PetDeCerveau@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Deleted my accounts a few weeks ago. Over time, I’ve found the noise levels to be cyclical and I happened to hit a point of “why am I scrolling through this stuff?” The API nuttiness just reinforced that decision for me.

I'll probably not. Regardless of their current decisions, old reddit posts help a lot when my browser just won't give me a straight answer

[–] kudzu@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

I had been without a Reddit account for a while using Infinity (3rd party app) without being logged in. I didn't care about being able to post of comment but it's much more fun on Lemmy! Lemmy is much nicer than Reddit in my opinion and I'll end up stopping using Reddit completely

[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Not yet. I want to, though. I want to try saving down everything I've saved over the past 10 years. Once I do that, then I'll feel comfortable deleting it.

[–] Dresta@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Not deleted, but exploring the alternatives.

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[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I deleted my accounts earlier this week (before the AMA). I decided I could just make a new one in the future if that ever was a thing, and I’d rather not contribute to their line charts of “active users”, and rather would appear on those for “accounts deleted in the last 30 days”.

For me it was a symbolic reminder that I don’t want to lurk there and deleting my account was an action I remember. I hope they follow the direction of Twitter and Instagram by making the platform unusable without an account, further cementing more barriers for me.

[–] animist@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Just did it, no ragrets

[–] NoxiousPluK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] wusterion@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I removed all my posts and comments but kept account alive, at best I'll be lurking.

[–] bryan7675@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My plan is to drop and delete Reddit on June 30th.

What I have not figured out yet, is where to post my goodbye. Any ideas?

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[–] tookmyname@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ll go back for specific things like I’d go to any website looking for a solution for an issue after googling.

I’m not browsing Reddit anymore. Place is cancer. Even before all this API stuff I was over the nfts, the unimaginative meta humor, the predictable and repetitive nature of every top comment, the puns, the thirsty comments every time someone looks somewhat attractive, the hostility, etc. Reddit feels like I’m reading chatgpt now.

I’ll miss the smaller subreddits. Hopefully they’ll come soon. That’s where interesting conversations occurred.

I don’t know when I’ll delete my account. I have a lot of “saved” items I don’t want to lose yet. If I don’t find myself using those saves after a bit I’ll delete everything.

[–] dylan@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Completely agree. I’ve hated the site for years because of all the crap they were adding to the new site, and how the larger subs were everything wrong with the internet, but there was nowhere else like it if you wanted community-based social media rather than individual user-based. Glad I can finally leave without looking back

[–] RoaringSilence@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Just today, some hours ago.

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just deleted 1 of my 2 reddit accounts.

This one was 11 years old. Once I get my requested account data downloaded for my 14 year old account, it's gone.

[–] dan@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Not quite, but I also don’t really want to go back to reddit. I’m seeing some great alternatives on the rise, so I can sense I’ll be deleting the profile at some point. Just haven’t pulled that trigger yet.

[–] chillybones@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I did - this rings too reminiscent of Twitter for me. I really dislike the native app, and the desktop app is all but unusable on my devices (why? I have no idea, we’re talking recent MacBooks with the m-series processors and gaming PC’s…). I also really dislike ads, and while I think there were options available to pay Reddit for no ads (premium?) it didn’t feel like my subscription money was going to the right place since Reddit is all user generated content. Unlike platforms like YouTube, where the users who create the content openly discuss how their revenue is generated, I’m not even sure the money I would pay to Reddit for premium would benefit the content creators on their site. So yeah, I’m really not going to struggle to use Reddit anymore. RIP Apollo.

[–] teddy@lemmy.cornspace.space 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I want to transition off of Reddit but I'm not deleting my account because I feel like there's too much valuable information on the site to get rid of it all just yet.

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

me! i used power delete suite to ensure that all my posts and comments were also deleted beforehand :)

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Deleted my posts, deleted my comments, account will be active until the 30th then I’ll probably delete that too.

It sucks - I had some 20K comment karma on about 2000 posts over 13+ years - but they’ve burnt that bridge and I’m not giving them anything back.

If I need to create a burner account at some point down the road then that’ll happen but I just don’t want to engage with it any more.

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