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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

well i didn't expect much

well i wondered if it would be possible for reddit to walk back their decisions but it appears that they won't, which sucks a lot

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it was a fun ride for the last... almost 17 years. but I'm out on June 30th. I'm happy to make a new home here on Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After seeing the responses, I realized Reddit is a lost cause and deleted my account of 11 years. My "exit interview" answers were... salty.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's unfortunate you went about it the way you did since they can still monetize off of the entirety of your comment and post history. When you delete your account, all your comments and posts remain. They're just no longer attached to your account name since that is what you deleted.

I was a bit more malicious and did the opposite by keeping my account intact, but gutting everything from within. So now every thread I ever commented in has "user deleted comment" sprinkled all throughout hundreds or thousands of threads.

My account is now a fine metaphor for what reddit has become. Just a hollow facade of what it once was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted all my posts before I left :) I couldn't be arsed to do it for comments, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If your account is still active, I'd suggest PowerDeleteSuite. It worked well for deleting my thousands of comments for me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It's probably a good thing, the fediverse will thrive because of it, and we'll never have to worry about the horrible monopoly-on-communities doing something ridiculous anymore.