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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] 1 points 2 years ago

I still go on there a little bit, but for these past few days I've mostly just been here on kbin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I still go there to check on a couple of subreddits, bit I'm detoxing. I'm hoping to leave it completely by the end of the month, when the API changes take effect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The day Apollo announced it would be shutting down for sure (I believe it was June 8th), that was the day I deleted my 11 year old account as well as any content I had contributed to Reddit.

Unfortunately, I did not have the foresight to anticipate Reddit rolling back deleted comments, so I have no idea if my comment history has since been restored without my permission.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Deleted my nearly decade-old account and all content with it.

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

I have to open the app every day to delete 5-6 posts, but that's about it. I figure with time my account will be empty.

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

You know there's tools to automate that right? It takes like 2 minutes

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

Already tried this, they just roll back the deletions and edits. So far they haven't been roling back small deletions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Try again after the blackout is over. The blackout prevents deletion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I ditched Reddit well before the blackout or even mention of it, just got sick of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit has done its damage for me. Since a day before the blackout I think I’ve only been back there twice, and only for search results and without logging in. it’s totally been fine for me, and I don’t really see myself going back to Reddit for the things I used to go there for.

I’m still on the fence about removing my account altogether, however, because there are 1 or 2 tiny communities on there who aren’t really organized enough survive a migration. I anticipate needing to pop into one on a rare occasion to ask a very specific question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Used reddit for 8 years up until the API stuff that killed the app I liked to use on mobile. Deleted my account the other day and looked for decent alternatives, which is how I ended up on kbin. Reddit stuff still comes up in searches and I'll open the page to get an answer I need, but I don't browse it daily like I used to.

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

Deleted my account a few days ago. Even if reddit reestablishes itself and force reopens private subs or opens new subreddits to replace them I can’t see myself going back. They destroyed the sense of community that they managed to hold on to for so long and with those decision makers in charge it feels like it will continue to slowly get worse. I’ve found the fediverse to have more interesting discussions and less awful people to put up with, it reminds me of how reddit felt to use 10+ years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Same, not coming back to reddit anytime soon. And actually, I like it here!

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

I'm 100% done with Reddit. I do miss the user & comment diversity, and there are several subreddits that I have yet to find anything nearing a replacement for elsewhere. I'm an absolute noober to kbin but so far I'm really enjoying what I'm seeing. It feels fresh and new, which is very welcome after over a decade of Reddit use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've reduced my usage massively. Beforehand where I would post threads, write comments and upvote / downvote. Now I'm just lurking and consuming, without creating anything of value. I think that's pretty fair given how Spez treated everyone, treating them like they're leeches, when they're the ones trying to pitch an IPO off of people's content

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I had 3 reddit accounts and deleted all of them a week ago. I've put up with a lot of shit from reddit for years and the API issue was the last straw.

Btw, this is my first post here. I'm hopelessly lost. Hopefully I can connect with some "magazines" or something!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've removed my Reddit account already. If I'm going to have any reason to use it to any extent (maybe one or two niche subs), I'm going to do it through some libreddit instance.

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

I may have a cursory browse of my VERY limited feed and one glance at /all just to have a peek (i'm heavily filtered on Apollo) but I know the days are ticking down til July 1st, that's when i'll fully be like...fuck this. After years of being spoiled by Apollo...no way am I using that reddit app again.

I've gone back to SomethingAwful a bit [long in the tooth], and i've been enjoying Tildes instead. I'm still on the fence regarding these federated places but kbin is definitely the least-shittest to experience as a user. I really wish I could hide posted threads though, all of these new things make it impossible, I hate seeing stuff i've seen once.

Apollo had the best feature of consuming reddit - marking read once scrolled past. DREAMY! Previously I had reddit set to manually upvote each post to hide which was also ok, but tiring. Not having anything like this on kbin is unfortunate. Hopefully it'll be here soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Count me in.
However I find that, as users, we waste too much energy thinking of Reddit. I have ditched it and I have moved on. I don't have any need to see how many more people did it, or how many still use Reddit.
It doesn't do any favor to ourselves, and to some extent it is like our happiness in the fediverse still relies on whatever Reddit (or its users) do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm in read-only mode from Apollo, and getting more and more used to the federated content. Come July 1st, it'll be over.

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

I still go from time to time because too many Linux communities are still (for some reason I can't understand) much more active on Reddit

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Personally I don‘t use it for browsing anymore
Sometimes I take a peak to check out the funny ways subs stick it to spez though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ditched reddit. Won't delete my account, so I can continue voting pro-John Oliver, but I overwrote all of my comments and posts with a message saying I was leaving. It appears some of those comments mysteriously un-edited themselves!, so I'm running my script again. As far as actually using Reddit? Fuck them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ditched it and haven’t looked back

I was 100% Apollo so any other inference is shit
Just can’t and won’t

Don’t miss it as much as I thought I would

Also fuck /u/spez

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Exited completely. Logged on once to edit a bunch of comments, may do that again and see if they've been reverted.

Not missing it half as much as I thought I would.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I haven't touched Reddit since discovering kbin and Lemmy. I'm sure I'll end up using it inow and again when searching for stuff, but otherwise good riddance.

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

Deleted my accounts after 14 years. Contributed, modded, had a decent amount of karma, fuck it.

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

I pretty much deleted the shitty app i specifically only use reddit for finding good info.

Ill delete my account soon though i wont go through the trouble of deleting my comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There are scripts that can do it for you, so you don't have to do it manually. Might as well give a final FU to spez. Assuming they don't just roll back as they have with others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ditched for day to day browsing, but still use it for tiny communities that have yet to move to a different platform

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