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Ya know, you could just stop using reddit and help Lemmy grow by sharing content and discourse. It's nice here.
Reddit lives from user engagement. Even bad ones mean ad view = profit.
So the best protest is not to use it in any way.
All this should be much more useful than doing anything on Reddit.
Maybe stop giving a fuck notburneddown ?
Whatever you do, Reddit is on its path to corporate enshittification and it's unlikely that you can ever change it. Just move on with stuff.
Ok thanks good idea.
Is there really anything you can do that's better than nothing at all? Using it, interacting with people, letting them serve you ads all keep reddit going, if only a little. Reddit the company is determined to kill their product, so take the hint and let them. Just disengage, and if you aren't too nostalgic, take your data with you.
My go-to approach would be to use Power Delete Suite or any similar tool to replace your content with gibberish (gsfdjkhfdsk style), and leave it online. It hurts Reddit far more than simply deleting your content.
Then simply use Lemmy (or Kbin, your choice) instead of Reddit, as you're doing now. You're denying it content, and giving content to competitors. Bonus points if you bring common topics into the new platform, we could use some discussions about random stuff that is neither Lemmy-related nor Reddit-related.
I'm replacing all my reddit content with "I have quit reddit, join me on Lemmy. Here's how:"
Reddit keeps kicking mods of subreddits that refuse to open even if it leaves the subs without mods. They then offer the subs to anyone. You can request one and instantly close it down again :D
/r/redditrequest fyi
Go on Reddit and take screenshots of your list of followed subs. Get an RSS feed app (I like Inoreader). Follow all of your subs that youβd like on there. Youβll be able to see everything including comments but you wonβt be able to up/downvote, comment, or create your own posts. I imagine you not being logged in, not seeing ads, and not interacting or contributing content hurts them. Meanwhile, continue interacting on Lemmy as much as you can and tell people you know about it.
Just a follow-up to this advice to anyone looking for the RSS feed, you just add .rss at the end of the subreddit name. For example:
In addition to not going back, unsub from all your subs. I couldn't unsub from all of them: I didn't have the heart to unsub from /r/baconreader, or the guy who posts pictures of his cows from Ireland. But where I had dozens (maybe 100) before, I think I have five now.
In the press, sometimes they are lazy and add up the number of subscribers to individual forums and talk about the billions of subscribers Reddit has. So by unsubbing from as many subreddits as possible, you help reduce that number.
Tell the cow guy to post here!
Post harder on Lemmy. Your fellow lemmings need your support!