Based.
But on a serious note I was getting really sick of reddit (especially the default/large subs) even before this debacle with third party apps. But I am not sure how much it’s me that have changed and how much it’s actually reddit having changed. I guess it’s a bit/a lot of both.
f7u12 was a long time ago now
I don’t know how anyone used Reddit without unsubscribing from the default subs. There was just so much stupid stuff…
(I see the irony of saying this in shitposts… but I’ll probably unsubscribe from here too when it gets bigger)
I think I had about 50 subs blocked in /r/all, and even that didn’t feel like enough.
TBH It was a fun journey, but sadly all good things must come to an end. And now it is up to us, the Lemmy community to create a fun place for others.
Im lowkey loving this site way more. the option to switch servers and go to smaller communities is sick to me
Did the same thing two weeks ago. It was an 11 year old account.
Now it’s all gone. Every bit of advice I gave, things I learned, knowledge I passed along, and pointless arguments I had, have all gone to the bit bucket.
And I feel good about it.
Like tears in rain…
Time… to die.
/Best Sci-Fi monologue ever.
Agreed. I show this in a class that I teach most semesters. It holds up surprisingly well.
I’ve been searching on Google for info that I mostly find on Reddit. I’ve come across several deleted posts and I’m like man I need that piece of info :(. But I get it because I deleted my long-time account too. Hopefully we’ll soon build Lemmy to become a helpful source.
Maybe I’m just dumb, but looking for posts on Lemmy via Google doesn’t seem to redirect me to any post on Lemmy? For example ‘Beginning tips running lemmy’, doesn’t redirect me to the !running@lemmy.world community even though there’s definitely a post about it with helpful information.
Nuked mine on the 30th when Apollo went down. Ten years, secret Santa, snack exchanges, all kinds of discussions from people all over the world. All burned because of one rich cunt who just has to be richer.
Bittersweet to leave but this feels like a new beginning, chance to find new communities that aren’t sponsored or bot driven
Nearly 9 years for me. Thousands of comments and links. Nuked the lot. Mixed feelings but to hell with spez.
I’m not sure I’ll be able to delete my account. Over 10 years as well, so much content saved and so many memories. This almost feels like a breakup where I am both glad that it happened but sad that it’s over.
Fuck u/spez, that greedy little pig boy.
I deleted a few weeks ago. I never left any personally identifiable comments, but I do miss the platform. It’s a shame what greed does to people.
Welcome muhyb, welcome.
Come sit down and rest. We have vintage memes on draught. There are many refugees here. It is good.
Thanks. Old memes are better anyway.
I’ve manually removed all my posts before deleting the account and they are still available … This is total bullshit but I still I will never have second thought.
Although there are personal information on some of these posts (eg. link to Github with my first/last name in it), so maybe I can press charge or something …
goddamn, the only regret i have is forgetting to delete all my posts before deleting, i thought they’d delete automatically
I was reading that Reddit was restoring deleted posts from a backup. Apparently the correct route was to use a tool to mass edit all your posts to something that would have been saved in a backup. I just left all mine, because I didn’t think about it until after the API was limited and the tools stopped working.
If you are European GDPR applies to you and you are probably in a good position to sue if they don’t delete your data.
I feel like they already violated GDPR if there is at least a very seriously misleading “remove” button that doesn’t remove anything except your pseudo.
In France, CNIL (our data protection authority) appears to have a form to address this kind of complaint 👍
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I work in IT and the forums for that are the only reason I still have an account. But I rarely use it and will delete when hopefully the Lemmy community grows to include those as well
Depends on what area of IT you’re in as to whether or not this is even relevant, but have you seen the https://programming.dev/ Lemmy instance?
Maybe it’s accelerating? I just learned of this migration and immediately made an account. I hated the old reddit mods for stymying conversation by removing everything that didn’t fit that individuals narrative. I was actually pro API changes because it pissed off reddit mods. Do you want Lemmy to be like reddit was in terms of moderation? I don’t want a cesspool like twitter; I do want people to be less remove/ban heavy.
I’ll migrate here permanently if I can get a version of reddit where the idiots who only care about jokes and upvotes stay over there.
No, definitely don’t want it to be like reddit with bans and removes. There’s a down vote button for a reason, so I think communities moderate themselves with that. Down voted comments will remain, just at the bottom of threads so people can see. I also hate some of the rules regarding what type of questions to post and some posts getting removed because they broke a rule. Again, down votes and comments can steer the OP in the right direction. The only thing I want migrating from reddit is the scope: the fact that every hobby, brand and platform had a universal forum was nice.
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You can ask for a data request from Reddit. That way you’ll get everything you did as a text file (csv).
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230k karma, 0 posts in Q3 2023. Fuck you spez
190k karma, 0 posts, 0 comments.
Changed every 2,8k comments to “Fuck u/spez” before deleting it. Just in case they get restored.
Used PowerDeleteSuite if anyone is wondering.
reddit bad
pls gibe upvotes
thx
I think that doesn’t really work like that here, since we don’t have fake dopamine flakes (a.k.a karma).
We… “kind of” do, actually. It’s my 1 month in and I already got massive downvoted twice by some random with multiple accounts, heh.
I mean does that have an effect? I saw some comments with negative votes but they were not hidden, like on Reddit. (downvoting with multiple accounts is low btw.)
Account-wise? No.
But simpletons find it amusing and/or a way to “measure” how “good” is a thread. Then again, “(any sort of negative behavior) is the best form of flattery”, so eh… its all good.
Has anyone tried the search function on reddit lately? Its broken (moreso than usual)
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I was banned in January for wrong think and my addiction to idiocy had been holding me on until spez got rid of RIF. Congrats!
I was banned from a single sub for wrong think. Months later for completely unrelated reasons I created a new account (I was looking to get healthy and wanted a fresh start rather than trying to clean up what I had). The sub that banned me was on the front page pretty often, and without realizing it I made a very middle of the road nothing comment there. The IP matched the ban list; they decided I was trying to get around the rules, and I was perma banned from the entire site. I was so bitter I wrote a script to use the API to delete all my posts and never went back. I had been trying to break my Reddit addiction for years, and all it took was them doing something I thought was unjust to make me hate them enough to never go back.
Had there been any way at all to view subs I was banned from, I could have looked at that and proactively blocked them so I never saw them again on my new account. However, reddit bans aren’t transparent, so here we are.
I’m happy spez shat the bed so many times recently. There weren’t any very good alternatives to reddit. I had tried Lemmy a year or so ago, but it was so dead I didn’t really stick around. That’s changed quite a bit.
Are you the “get out while you still can” guy?
I had the same think happen a few days ago, I have like 6 accts to prevent doxxing (which as happened more than once). Posted on my none main acct and they suspended 3 of the accts and banned all the others. I assume this mind you, I also have considered since I was VPN’ed that IP may have been flagged and I’m getting screwed.
But since they will never tell you all the details of the ban and have no channel to contest the banning I walked away.
