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 accounts 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 :)
I don’t see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It’s like being in an exclusive club. You don’t want to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I’m still on the fence. I’d very much like to jump ship API changes or not, Reddit is only going to become more and more corporate over time and I think that goes directly against what a platform like that should be
I’m trying it out and if it takes off like I’m hoping I’ll stick around. Like the idea of a more decentralised internet, matrix too but much harder to get people to move from discord without some big catalyst like this
Of course I’m staying. I’ll also stay on reddit until June 30th, after which I guess I’m only coming back on computer once in a while to check the more niche subs. I’m also thinking of using that time left on reddit to organize with people of those subs who would like to create a Lemmy community together, and to help the less tech-savy join.
I’ve been increasingly frustrated by reddit for years. The API issue was the final straw. I had 3 accounts and deleted all 3 just before the blackout. I left some posts because I didn’t know how to nuke it all without doing it manually. But I doubt anyone viewed anything I posted as valuable, so I’m not bothered. I’m just glad to be rid of reddit, to be honest.
BIG same. I was frustrated with a “use our official app plsz” taking up half my screen on the mobile browser, along with other… shenanigans, let’s call them. Killing 3rd-party apps (which are the only way I use Reddit on my phone) was something I wouldn’t handle. Deleted all my comments and posts after the site went back up and left only an announcement of my departure along with my lemmy handle.
Toxicity-wise I much prefer Lemmy. I’ll definitely end up staying and have stopped using Reddit almost completely. However, there are very niche communities that haven’t switched over yet so it’s not viable for me to completely cut it off. I’ve logged out of my Reddit account and will most likely never use it again. I haven’t deleted my comments or any posts simply because maybe someone else will find use for them (like somebody else said in this thread). Other than that, I’m all for Lemmy.
I will definitely be staying. Even if it fails, I will then just stop using any social media but Mastadon. I am never going back.
I’ll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain’t going back to reddit
I plan to. At this point even though I do think Reddit could walk back the changes in a way that is mutually accepted, I have zero faith they would be willing to actually make the changes needed to incur enough good will. I rarely if ever commented and won’t delete my account (for access to old content viewed and subreddits subscribed to help seek them out here) but definitely not planning on going back.
Still looking both here and at tildes though.
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.
Lemmy needs a useable search - either integrated or indexed via search engines. Major use of reddit for me is treating it as a giant forum, seeking answers to questions.
Doom scrolling comes second. I need a way to swipe away posts I have no interest in to hide them forever.
I will probably never be entirely done with reddit unless the knowledgebase portion dries up.
Would be great to leave permanently, but Reddit still has the critical mass for niche community subreddits. Hopefully that will change as people jump ship.
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.
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 my 14+ year account (after deleting my content) right after the AMA: never going back. Have used RIF for as long as it has been around and it’s going dark June 30. Bridge burned. No regrets.
