It's a shame to have to migrate away from a place when it was fundamentally damaged by terrible top-down decisions. 2023 really is the year of getting less for more.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Just killed mine a few ago. I was on for 9 years and although I was more of a lurker, I had some good times on there. So many good saved content, so many liked posts and comments, so many laughs and memories. I am ready to focus on kbin and start that all over here. Its like a good relationship that ended but I am ready to move on.
Yeah, going through my old posts and comments was fun and sad at the same time. BUT! I know I'll make more fun memories here so yay!
I’m holding out on deleting mine until I know my comments and posts are staying gone. I went through PowerDeleteSuite twice and everything still came back, so we’ll see what happens.
I also don’t want to delete it because it’s closing the door on the time I spent there. Folks on Reddit helped me get through a lot of mess and sadness in my life. It feels like losing a friend.
I was holding onto my account as well. That was until just a few minutes ago. I was browsing /r/all to see if there was any remaining discussion on the API shutting down. I only came across a couple of threads, all of which, to varying degrees, misrepresented what is going on. Comments making lite of the impact of 3rd party apps dying, and completely ignoring the fact that the owner of Reddit is acting with complete disrespect towards those who made the platform what it is today.
At that moment, I didn't give a shit about my account anymore. Are there bots astroturfing the comment section? Maybe. Are there users who are acting a little smug because they don't feel negatively impacted at all yet? Probably. Whatever. They can have whatever is left of the site.
I'm not going to stand for this. It feels like in life, there are so many bad things that happen that we have no control over. This is something I have 100% control over. It's so simple, just never go on Reddit again.
It was never about Reddit in the first place. It was just about hopping onto a forum and talking about games, current events, memes, comics, art, cats, etc. If /u/Spez and his ilk are going to be so disrespectful towards those who want to facilitate said forum, then I'll find another one immediately.
It’s definitely more about the community than the actual site, that’s for sure. I haven’t been back on since Apollo dropped earlier tonight. Honestly not surprised that there are users being so crappy. They may not feel the impact now, but they will. And it will be interesting to watch the fallout from afar, and also to see how places like Kbin and Lemmy grow.
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I had the same feeling. It was a lot tougher for me to abandon reddit than Twitter, but ultimately I bit the bullet. I didn't delete my account but replaced all content with a message about the change. Hope it stays up 🤞
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Yeah, that happened to me too. From what I understand, there's like a 5 second cooldown when you edit/delete stuff, but PowerDeleteSuite doesn't take that into account so some stuff just gets skipped. I had to go back and manually edit a bunch of comments.
There is a fork that does: https://github.com/pkolyvas/PowerDeleteSuite
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I feel like playing No Doubt's Don't Speak on repeat. It is a weird collective mourning we're going through.
Well done!!
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I really wasn't ready as sick as I did until I started watching Redact edit every single comment one-by-one, watching so many years of comments going by. It's rare to watch an era play back in front of you before it disappears like that. But at the same time I feel a lot more free to explore new platforms (like this one, this is my first comment on kbin :D). I'm ultimately glad that, while for abhorrent reasons, I was given the oppertunity to disconnect from Reddit and find more niche communities and websites again. I felt like it was 2004 all over again.
Welcome to kbin and the fediverse.
I wasn’t holding on to hope but I’m lazy so I kept using Apollo right up until the end. Created my account here a couple of weeks ago though. I like it here, feels like late 00s internet.
Yeah, it does! Things are chaotic and they don't quite work but it's super neat because we get to see shape up and improve! And the dev seems pretty down to earth and responsive.
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Ya I just made mine after RIF closed. I didn't get to nuke my reddit account before thr api close tho
I used PowerDeleteSuite a few days ago and edited all of my comments, then I waited to see how many reverted back. I edited them again until they all stuck, then deleted them and checked if any would get unselected. Repeat until nothing was left. All that was left was to delete my account itself.
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Yup, was browsing on Apollo and it was working until it suddenly stopped. Interestingly enough, I had just tapped on Christian's farewell post and the app crashed due to the API server being shut down.
Deleted the app, came here, spun up this account. See no need to go back to Reddit.
Honestly, if he'd ever had any intent of changing, that AMA would have actually bothered to be an AMA, and there was no reason he would have refused an offer to buy out and integrate any of what were clearly beloved apps.
It is funny to see how many feet he can fit in his mouth whenever he has to say anything at all to the press, though
Exactly!! That AMA was a shitshow greater than Woody's.
Literally, all f-u/spez had to do was talk about rampart and avoid the questions about sexually abusing a high school girl and he could have matched Woody.
Can we stay on topic please?
Been here since the blackouts started and it feels much more chill here.
Just pulled the plug on my 8 year old account as soon as Sync stopped working. I had already made my decision a few days ago once mods were being forcibly removed so this was merely a formality. It was still a sombre feeling watching it burn, but I'm glad that I can move on now.
Anyway, welcome and here's to a new era without corporate enshittification.
Cancelled my Reddit premium subscription just before the boycott. Deleted my 8 year old account this morning. In the box where they asked me to explain why I wanted to delete my account I said ti was in direct response to how they handled everything and their blatant disregard and disrespect they showed to the users of Reddit who made that site what it is today.
Going to miss some things about it, but it was becoming a toxic wasteland, so, off to bigger and better things 😌
I deleted my 12 year old account the other month. Still have to delete my 7 year old alt account...thing is I can't figure out how to delete my comments that were left in communities that went private, so that's why I haven't deleted it entirely yet.
Only thing I'm going to miss is the smaller communities I was a part of. The rest of it I won't miss at all.
Thank you for your service and welcome aboard!
Thanks, I'll really liking it over here so far, kind of rough around the edges but still pretty neat!
Yeah, this place seems super chill to me so far.
actually, i don't even know where i am. are you accessing this info using lemmy or kbin? what is the difference? can i login and read these posts using lemmy, kbin, something else? i am so lost. it is time for a panic attack. what is happening???
I’m on kbin too. If you’re ever wondering where someone is commenting from, you can tap their username and their profile will show the instance name. If you’re ever wondering what platform the comments are hosted on, the sidebar (where it says magazine) is the easiest way to see that. I pay attention to that because I know some instances have different moderation rules - for example, Beehaw (which uses Lemmy) is a community that tries to create a safe and productive discussion environment, so I try to be mindful of my actions there to help make sure I’m not interfering when I visit. :) I like to think of it like traveling from my home country to other countries. Norms and customs might different, but we all have some commonalities in how we’re built and communicate at the end of the day.
Lemmy and kbin are just different types of software for communicating, kind of like how you can use an Outlook account or a Gmail account for email. They use the same protocols, but have different interfaces and features. Personally, I like kbin. But either is just fine. Technically, you could even use Mastodon to read this, though that would kind of be like using a terminal for email. It’s possible (I’m sure), it’s just not fine tuned for this type of content or use case.
You’ll get the hang of it quickly. Welcome, be nice, and have fun!
This magazine (magazines are like subreddits or communities, they are called magazines on kbin) is hosted on kbin. We know this because the address for the magazine is @[email protected]. The first @ sign is the name of the community, the second @ sign is the address of the instance that community is hosted on.
Your account address is @[email protected], so I can see you made your account on kbin.social. So you're probably viewing this from kbin.social as well. Kbin.social is just an instance (a server) that you're using to access the Fediverse.
So the community is on kbin.social, you're on kbin.social, and I also happen to be on kbin.social. But that's mostly just a coincidence. Say if my account were made on lemmy.world, then my account address would be @[email protected]. Because lemmy.world and kbin.social are federated, a lemmy.world user could reply to my comment.
As far as your day-to-day browsing, this isn't super important to know about. But it can be helpful. For instnace, sometimes federated content can take awhile to move from instance to instance. This thread is still pretty new when I'm typing out this comment, so it might not have shown up on other instances yet. That's why if you look around right now, it's mostly people with kbin accounts participating. But give it an hour or two, and there might be a few comments from people using different instances in the fediverse.
I know that was a bit of an info dump, please let me know if there's anything else I can help clarify. I'm still learning this too and find it pretty interesting.
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They're federated, so it doesn't matter too much what instance your on, when it comes to content consumption.
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I'm not going back. Spez can drown in his greed. My account was 14 years old.
I'm running PowerDelete as we speak. Kinda sad to see it go, but also kind of liberating lol
Make sure you go back and check to make sure that everything got edited/deleted!
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I edited all my comments to be the same message. I don't know what the benefit would be of deleting vs editing them. Ultimately the goal is that they can't benefit from content I've created, right? Is there any benefit in deleting?
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Just opened the Apollo app and realized it works no more. Even though I knew it was coming it’s still a strange moment that I may rarely go back to Reddit.
Did the same, and signed up here. Let's see what happens.
Literally cannot believe this is how they handled things… very sad day! Worst part is, I’m sure they will be just fine and get the IPO they desperately want.
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I deleted all my comments but my account is still there with my little goodbye. 108k comment, 12k link, and 11 years.
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Well done!
This gives me the courage and boost to delete my reddit account which I haven't been using since the morality collapse
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I keep thinking that I miss Reddit but really I just miss the Apollo app. The interface and filtering was great.
Congrats on taking the step. I axed my 12-year old account at the start of all this. I've had moments where I doubted that decision, sure, but the fediverse does seem to be growing. There's more and more activity every day.
In the process of doing so for mine right now as well. 9 year old account, 255k post karma, 210k comment karma.
Trying to delete mine... keeps telling me "something went wrong" They trying to stem the bleeding?
Are you just outright deleting it or are you using something like PowerDeleteSuite? If it's the latter, I think that needed the API to work, so that might be the problem
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Just uninstalled RIF about an hour ago. I'm looking forward to this next chapter. It's still very early days for the fediverse but it seems very promising.
I'm right there with you. 14+ year user. I did a lot of lurking so didn't have your karma, but I never really cared about "reddit karma". Man fuck that guy /u/spez
Yep, nuked mine just an hour or so ago. What a shame. :/
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