It's a shame to have to migrate away from a place when it was fundamentally damaged by terrible top-down decisions. 2023 really is the year of getting less for more.
Just killed mine a few ago. I was on for 9 years and although I was more of a lurker, I had some good times on there. So many good saved content, so many liked posts and comments, so many laughs and memories. I am ready to focus on kbin and start that all over here. Its like a good relationship that ended but I am ready to move on.
I’m holding out on deleting mine until I know my comments and posts are staying gone. I went through PowerDeleteSuite twice and everything still came back, so we’ll see what happens.
I also don’t want to delete it because it’s closing the door on the time I spent there. Folks on Reddit helped me get through a lot of mess and sadness in my life. It feels like losing a friend.
I really wasn't ready as sick as I did until I started watching Redact edit every single comment one-by-one, watching so many years of comments going by. It's rare to watch an era play back in front of you before it disappears like that. But at the same time I feel a lot more free to explore new platforms (like this one, this is my first comment on kbin :D). I'm ultimately glad that, while for abhorrent reasons, I was given the oppertunity to disconnect from Reddit and find more niche communities and websites again. I felt like it was 2004 all over again.
I wasn’t holding on to hope but I’m lazy so I kept using Apollo right up until the end. Created my account here a couple of weeks ago though. I like it here, feels like late 00s internet.
Honestly, if he'd ever had any intent of changing, that AMA would have actually bothered to be an AMA, and there was no reason he would have refused an offer to buy out and integrate any of what were clearly beloved apps.
It is funny to see how many feet he can fit in his mouth whenever he has to say anything at all to the press, though
Cancelled my Reddit premium subscription just before the boycott. Deleted my 8 year old account this morning. In the box where they asked me to explain why I wanted to delete my account I said ti was in direct response to how they handled everything and their blatant disregard and disrespect they showed to the users of Reddit who made that site what it is today.
Going to miss some things about it, but it was becoming a toxic wasteland, so, off to bigger and better things 😌
Been here since the blackouts started and it feels much more chill here.
Just pulled the plug on my 8 year old account as soon as Sync stopped working. I had already made my decision a few days ago once mods were being forcibly removed so this was merely a formality. It was still a sombre feeling watching it burn, but I'm glad that I can move on now.
Anyway, welcome and here's to a new era without corporate enshittification.
Just opened the Apollo app and realized it works no more. Even though I knew it was coming it’s still a strange moment that I may rarely go back to Reddit.
Literally cannot believe this is how they handled things… very sad day! Worst part is, I’m sure they will be just fine and get the IPO they desperately want.
I edited all my comments to be the same message. I don't know what the benefit would be of deleting vs editing them. Ultimately the goal is that they can't benefit from content I've created, right? Is there any benefit in deleting?
Just uninstalled RIF about an hour ago. I'm looking forward to this next chapter. It's still very early days for the fediverse but it seems very promising.
Congrats on taking the step. I axed my 12-year old account at the start of all this. I've had moments where I doubted that decision, sure, but the fediverse does seem to be growing. There's more and more activity every day.
I'm right there with you. 14+ year user. I did a lot of lurking so didn't have your karma, but I never really cared about "reddit karma". Man fuck that guy /u/spez
Running the PDS fork with the 5 second cooldown right now to do editing of all my posts and comments. Will wait a few days before deleting my account to make sure they stay edited.
I wasn't that active over the last 12 years, but it's still taking a while. 3.3k karma here
Honestly hoped that they wouldn't go full idiot....but sadly...spez is in charge. He's an insult to the idiot community.
edit: took all night but 4k+ posts edited. Waiting a bit and checking occasionally to ensure they stay edited before deleting.
Haven't yet deleted my 11y.o account. I know there's content associated with it that I can't delete. Raised a GDPR "right to erasure" request that I am fully prepared to go to court to see enforced.
If u/Spez continues to make shitty decisions with the platform, but with respect to data privacy laws, he's going to be put over a barrel by the ICO, and he can kiss the idea of ever taking Reddit public goodbye.
I did as well. I was thinking that at some point they were going to talk to everyone but instead they doubled down. What ever their lost i like how chill it seems to be here.
Funnily enough, it seems RTV/TUIR/TTRV still work, at least for now? Possibly since you use your own API key for those. If nothing else, my copy of RTV is still working.
I’m likely not too far behind you. I currently have PowerDeleteSuite running to nuke all my content. I may keep my account and just lurk on there (with ad blocker running, of course), but not sure yet.
Same here... 6yr old account deleted (after nuking all my comments). I didn't have as much karma as you, but I did have a lot of quality content. So long Reddit, we won't see each other again (I won't visit even as a anonymous visit) fuck spez