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[–] marswarrior 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

When people look up things on google, they specifically look for a solution posted on reddit, I know I do. Lemmy needs to be used as a way for people to solve problems, before it can take over what reddit is used for now. I'm staying on Lemmy because I like the idea of a functioning reddit alternative.

[–] Pixelologist 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO that's why we should all edit over and burn our data on our way out

[–] marswarrior 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

IMO that’s why we should all edit over and burn our data on our way out

That's not effective at all, and not cool because:

  1. Most of that data is in web archive anyway.
  2. When you want to find a solution to some gaming or linux bug, or help with some project, it's frustrating to see the user who posted the solution has deleted the comment.
[–] Pixelologist 2 points 1 year ago

Most people coming from search engine traffic don't know how to view archives, and will just see deleted and leave.

  1. That's the idea
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