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due to the rolling blackout... I think it's had its effect.

I think I am done with reddit.

it's a shame because as someone who doesn't use Facebook it was nice to have a sense of local community I otherwise don't get online.

I still think besides the few odd regulars who brought the vibe down every chance they could, it was a genuinely great subreddit.

anyway, I'm just curious how many of you are well and truly done with reddit? not even going back for a peak?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yep pretty much done. Definitely stoping my endless scroll over there.( Probably for the best anyway) May pop over to the occasional boutique community until they exist in force over here (suggestmeabook etc)

Reddit has been too big for the last five years or so. What’s the point of commenting on a post with 10k+ comments.

Lemmy is still too far on the other end but hopefully takes off in the next year. Hopefully spez continues his Musk performance and Lemmy gets the growth curve Mastodon has had.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On top pf being the spcial media I interacted the most, Reddit also used to be my default idle scrolling app, whenever I had time to kill and a phone with Internet on my hand or when I felt like multitasking watching TV. I stopped using it for the blackout and I never really went back.

I snooped a bit through r/modcoord and r/save3rpartyapps to see how thing were going when someone mentioned them a couple of days ago and from there I went on the linked subs to see their alternative protests and vote on the subs I subscribe to, but that's it.

I still miss some subs, but I haven't felt the need to visit them yet, so even if I cave in, I'm no longer a daily user, just a once-twice a month one with a ton of ad blocks.

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

I have zero want to go back to reddit. This is what I hoped and wished for in reddit. Something I didn't know I wanted till I found it. I don't need a corporation getting involved with my human interactions. I've found the people who have switched are generally more intelligent too as a bonus. The content is just icing on top of thought provoking comments for me. That's not really reddits forte. All the people who wrote nice comments are probably here now.

Reddit is a glorified search engine now. It's a closed system. If I need something specific, I may stumble upon it, but I will not interact. I haven't even had to do that all week. Maybe I never did need to do any of that.

I want to cut out the middle man and get to the point. I want to push the boundaries of thought. I don't know, but I'm enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here, I deleted my 11yo account a few days ago - I've opened the site a few times out of habit but I closed it again. I'm quitting reddit like other people quit smoking.

There is no expectation of ever going back.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Still using it for /r/ukrainianconflict, otherwise done

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm here because I'm ditching Reddit. I've been on it for so long. If I can't use RIF, then I don't want to use Reddit.

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

Unfortunately I can't just ditch it because my target audience and traffic source is mostly on reddit(80%+ of my website traffic). But I don't use it for doom scrolling anymore

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I uninstalled Sync for Reddit on the 11th, I'd rather the day I uninstall Sync be the day I stop using Reddit entirely as my contribution to the protest. Rather than the last day I use it be because Reddit pried it from my hands. Fuck /u/spez.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've only gone back to vote for pics of John Oliver and spread the good word about the verse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm slowly letting my RiF die. Still have it downloaded, but it's gunna but hard come 6/30.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Im still on it for my hobby subs and general news

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd like to move fully but the historical content on Reddit is necessary for me. I also tend to end a Google search query with Reddit these days as it returns better results than some shit article on a advertisement bait and switch website.

I'm also not keen on how whatever this platform is functions, it feels like moving from Windows to Linux, some nerds made something that could be great but it is just not easy to pick up and use.

Usability is what made Reddit great and especially the 3rd party apps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I deleted my various reddit accounts years ago, checked out Lemmy briefly and then kind of forgot it existed until recently. Of course I wouldn't say I have ditched Reddit completely since I deleted my accounts, as I have often used it for personal research purposes and will likely continue to do so. Though I suppose I could migrate to searching a Reddit data archive or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've gone back a few times to scroll through the news subs, but I think I'm done with it, having found the news streams on Kbin.social.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I was surprised how nice it is here, so I don't really feel an urge to go back. Scrolled Reddit for a bit an hour ago, and the content is on par or worse than it is here. With the mlem app as well I have no problems staying on lemmy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

There are plenty of smaller communities there that truly don't care about what's going on in management, and will probably stay alive for a long time still.

It's those communities that keep me in Reddit.

Otherwise, I'm no longer idling and killing time through r/all or my frontpage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I still have my account but I'm keeping it just to get the list of subreddits I'm subscribed to and find respective communities on Lemmy, on July 1st it's game over for me on there

[–] scrollbars 2 points 2 years ago

I still go there for a few specific communities that haven't moved over here yet. But when I have some time to kill I now use lemmy or some other indie sites to fill that void.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I went ahead and scrubbed my post history over there. When Apollo closes out, I’ll be out. Hoping this setup continues to grow. It’s a shame, but no interest in supporting the current stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've logged out of reddit, deleted the app and I've checked it a couple of times to see the state of the protest but I think I'm just going to drop it now. I've not deleted my accounts but I barely used them so I'm not sure if it would add much!

It'll be interesting to see what the long term effects of the migration event are, I'm guessing quite small as reddit still seems active. But then again, maybe the bulk of actual engaged users have now left?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Tbh I had slowly already stopped using it. I only use it to Google answers to things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've kind of gone on a soft break - I go on there and scroll a little, but don't participate/post and limit my time greatly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Mostly. Still go to /r/AMD for news about products, but basically nowhere else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Enjoying Kbin for my daily browsing since Monday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Eh, not enough content here yet to scratch the itch so I'm still lurking Reddit despite blackouts. That said, I'm not going to use the official app or browser, so once RIF stops working I'm done for real. My guess is that most of the remaining lurkers share that sentiment, and there will be a gradual preliminary migration for three next two weeks, followed by a huge wave after July 1st. Then there'll be content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've edited, deleted comments, deleted account. 7 years gone. A few times since I've jumped on reddit not logged in as anyone, and wow, what a horrible place it is when you don't see only what you're subscribed to!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Done and done. Even deleted Apollo. Not even missing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I just deleted all of my comments before this month. I was looking at my old comments before deleting them, and I realized that Reddit was better 5 to 10 years ago. I saw better engagement from me with communities, and with individuals, than I even remember being possible on Reddit. I'm not going back to Reddit, but I'm starting to wonder if social media is healthy for me at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I occasionally open a Reddit link from search results because I am not paying enough attention, but even if I need something that I think can only be found on Reddit I am not touching it and I immediately close it if I accidentally open it. If any friends send me a Reddit link to a meme image, I don't open it. Instead I share links to memes on Lemmy. 😂

I haven't gone and overwrote all of my content (because I figure they are looking for it right now and I might end up fighting an automated restoration system right now), but if I ever open it intentionally again, that's what it will be for.

I'm fully done with it, no peeks. It's actually significantly easier to write off Reddit than most sites for me. Had this happened a little while later it might have changed though.

A subreddit for something I work on had gotten automatically shut down for lack of moderation (it was dead so 🤷) and I was in the middle of contemplating contacting Reddit to unban the subreddit and take control of it, but with Reddit's decisions I don't want to use the site anymore, even if they reverse course.

I am instead contemplating opening a dedicated Lemmy instance specifically for the thing I work on, and if I do end up following through on that the only reason I would go on Reddit again is to make sure that subreddit stays closed, permanently. Me and the other person in charge have zero interest in using Reddit at all (we are both third-party app users), and we work to make sure that nobody masquerades as "official" (it only causes us headaches) and fracturing our informational/reference material further than it already is.

[–] Whooping_Seal 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've deleted my posts and comments using a userscript to overwrite them prior to deletion. I haven't deleted the account yet however as I don't think private subs let you delete your comments. If you want recommendations for this Power Delete Suite is the easiest to use but may stop working with the API changes from what I've heard. Better Reddit Delete is one of many userscripts to delete your history. You will need a user script manager such as Greasemonkey for Firefox

Long term I plan to move some of my subs to RSS feeds from Teddit. I will likely also have Libreddit as a PWA on my phone with all of my existing communities added.

For the small amount of communities I interact with that I don't see moving to the Fediverse I'll access them through Old Reddit only. I'll likely make multiple accounts to separate interests and delete them / make new ones after a certain amount of time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

thank you for the tip for PDS -- I decided to bite the bullet and just do it.

account is cleared, going to wait until EOM to see if anything is restored and then i'll delete my account too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Part of me is tempted to go back for the remaining 12 days before Apollo shuts down, but I feel like that’d be a betrayal after all the bullshit from spez. I’m done with reddit

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