Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious
I’m moving here permanently and never looking back, but I’m leaving my posts because that’s 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That’s the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other’s knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don’t think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a ‘gate-keeping’ sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance – they have all devolved into “I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!”, “Look at my shiny new themed desktop”, “Update broke my installation. Help!” etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a “niche website” and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can’t be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven’t heard of, Linux Mint. I can’t and won’t ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn’t even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn’t want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that’s fine by me.
Cheers :)
Also decided to move permanently. Running Power Delete Suite now to mass edit all my comments/posts there so they can’t monetize my effort.
I’ve deleted my 10 year-old account and I’m considering deleting the others I don’t use just to drive a point. I only have a particularly naughty account on the Snoosite and the Birdsite each where I get source material for the Fediverse, though. Tee-hee.
I’m going to stick around here. I’m not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
Well, I’ve been here since before the blackout. I’ve been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.
The only reason I wasn’t really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!
I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.
I don’t see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It’s like being in an exclusive club. You don’t want go to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I had created an account almost 3 years ago. This reddit API apocalypse reminded me of lemmy. Considering, the subpar experience. It would be stupid to not be on lemmy. I still have my reddit account and posts but, after the blackout and the subpar experience my activity has been super reduced.
I didn’t make a lot of posts or comments on Reddit, but I did spend a lot of time on that site. If I still use the site once the dust settles, it will only be for a few niche subreddits that I was a part of.
Reddit is damaged goods as far as I’m concerned and It’s clear that the people in charge don’t give a shit about the community. I will miss certain content and interactions, but I’ve walked away from other communities in the past and have adjusted quickly.
I like the idea of Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon and the fediverse. It’s clear that they aren’t ready for the current influx of users and there has already been some drama between different instances, but I’m willing to work through the growing pains. The whole vibe around Lemmy is generally positive, and that is what’s keeping me around for now.
I’m definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.
I’m not ok with anything Reddit’s done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.
Pretty much between here and Tildes. I’m new here, I’ve been off and on Tildes since 2018. Both are chill.
Tildes looks nice, but the invite-only aspect of it is frustrating.
How do you get invited? And what is entailed in inviting someone? Do you have to vouch for their good behavior or something? What’s the point of it?
I was given an invite code back in 2018 when the creator was giving them out, or something. It was super small.
I think that have a few invite codes. I’m assuming everyone got 10, and you can use those. They only disappear when the person I gave them to uses it.
I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn’t eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn’t really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q’s I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won’t miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man’s ego so much.
I deleted all my comments along with my account. I’m not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I’ll happily contribute to it.
I deleted my reddit account. If I need to find something specific it’s okay to wonder there from time to time. My main interests at reddit were technology based so I’m sure these topics move partly to here. I also created Solidworks community here that was my main interest. Lets see if it starts growing.
No app on my phone. Might google something specific or go there for very specific reasons for time to time. Not browsing Reddit anymore.
I’m definitely sticking with Lemmy. While I do feel there’s a number of communities missing and those that do exist don’t have nearly as much content, I know that this will improve over time as more people switch over. It’s also a little rough around the edges on the software side (having to refresh my page several times for it to load properly), but this will be sorted out as well.
I want to stay gone. I’m banned and can’t go back on the reddit app so Apollo was the only way I could post. That being said, I want something to replace it and I’m not sure what that’s gonna be right now. I mean it wouldn’t be the worst thing for me back on there and not allowed to say anything but sometimes I do like to ask question. Hopefully something positive happens but I’m not holding out much hope
I toyed with the idea of triggering a ban on my account, on purpose. I just need to log into the account that was banned years ago, edit something, and BANG! automatic detection bans my current account. Then you’d get a bunch of people claiming that I was banned because my account criticises Reddit, that would further fuel the fire.
The only reason that I don’t do this is moral. I don’t mind small immoral acts but this steps over the line for me, as I’d be effectively lying to other users.
