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For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

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

Yeah, I think that loosing access to great communities like OSR, Boardgames, RPG, Horror and horrorlit will hurt, but I'm hoping to find new ones too, with fresh new people and new ideas.

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

It does suck a little, but I will say that once I had my main account on reddit banned, it felt like I realized I spent so much dumb effort trying to up my karma, that I took a step back and thought, wow I'm addicted to this and it's ultimately meaningless. I still post on reddit, but definitely more constructive, and the Fedeverse is much better since it's decentralized, and there's no central karma aggregate if that makes more sense.

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

Had an account for 11 years but lurked for a few before. Yes. I been expecting it for years since its been declining but still going to miss it.

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

Annoyed, really. I'm reminded of how Usenet went to shit in the early 2000s due to major servers utterly failing at spam mitigation.

As they say, "this is why we can't have nice things."

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

I have used Deddit on and off for years now and whilst I miss the communities and the sheer mass of useful/amusing information, I am happy we can start a new on something like this.

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

Yeah. Here’s hoping this is just the beginning of something better

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

Yeah a little bit

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

Reddit has made me discover many things in 5 years of using it, and I would have never become a Linux user without it. Nevertheless, platform come and go, and it's time to move, as usually happens once in a while. It's not wise to get affectionate to websites

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

Agreed. UNIXporn got me interested in Linux, which helped me get a career as a Linux admin. I literally wouldn't have the life I have now if not for Reddit

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

Not sad, just disappointed. They could have the perfect app and they ruined it, all just for more money.

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

Oh yeah, I mean I find my self wanting to check it right now even, not checking reddit is giving me a huge sense of FOMO but that is reason enough alone to make me want to leave it lmao

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

Yes I am a little sad. I just deleted my account(s) this morning. 7 years on Reddit, and it was my go-to platform. But it is clear that Reddit does not care about its users, so I won't be using Reddit anymore

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

For me it's like moving to a small town. Instead of a whole scene into each if my weird interests it's just a few cool people. But thats just a function of population.

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

Reddit peaked like eight or ten years ago. I am so ready for this. I have been doing everything in my power (completely ineffectively) to get the people and communities I care about to bridge to a libre network.

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

It turns into relief meanwhile. Actually, I want Reddit to die as fast as possible.

I deleted my Facebook-account a couple of years ago. At the beginning it felt a bit weird. But in hindsight it was one of the best decisions. My Twitter-Account got deleted in fall last year. And again: It was a good decision. I expect the decision to delete my Reddit-Account to be equally liberating.

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

8 years of LTL on old reddit+RES on desktop and RiF on mobile, and it's a weird mixture of grief and freedom at the same time.

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

It’s a little sad. I got really into reddit because of my gf. At the same time this is kinda exciting. Lemmy feel like early days of the internet. There is no ads, no algorithm trying to guess what I like, and I need to make the effort to find something I like

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

I've been on giant, corporate owned services for so long, I kinda forgot what it's like to be out in the cottage industry of small websites.

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

Not at all. Probably because I was not a mod of any subreddit. I've commented every now and then, but that bit is the same here.

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