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due to the rolling blackout... I think it's had its effect.

I think I am done with reddit.

it's a shame because as someone who doesn't use Facebook it was nice to have a sense of local community I otherwise don't get online.

I still think besides the few odd regulars who brought the vibe down every chance they could, it was a genuinely great subreddit.

anyway, I'm just curious how many of you are well and truly done with reddit? not even going back for a peak?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Done with it and deleted acct last week

[–] mjhagen 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Deleted my accounts after 14 years. Contributed, modded, had a decent amount of karma, fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For me the move wasn't hard to be honest, reddit for me is just hell scrolling (or whatever the term is) to get some news some memes and just keep up with games, and the occasional porn.

I thought about moving to lemmy before the blackout for the sake of easier piracy seeing how they made the move as a backup.

The only thing I miss is the centralized communities, for example in lemmy you have the technology community in several instances splitting the community (unless I'm just confusing on how it works) and the fact that you can't make a custom feed

Otherwise, don't miss reddit.

[–] SahdMan 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't used my account since the blackout. I have gone to the site occasionally if I Google something and the answer shows reddit though. My wife hasn't used reddit and is waiting for me to "cave" but I haven't been tempted. The first day was the hardest but now I just use Lemmy. Looking forward to some more polish on the jerboa app but can't complain about anything else really.

[–] Dewa 2 points 1 year ago

Tbh I had slowly already stopped using it. I only use it to Google answers to things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've kind of gone on a soft break - I go on there and scroll a little, but don't participate/post and limit my time greatly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I went ahead and scrubbed my post history over there. When Apollo closes out, I’ll be out. Hoping this setup continues to grow. It’s a shame, but no interest in supporting the current stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm in read-only mode from Apollo, and getting more and more used to the federated content. Come July 1st, it'll be over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I pretty much deleted the shitty app i specifically only use reddit for finding good info.

Ill delete my account soon though i wont go through the trouble of deleting my comments

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on there only once a day very briefly to upvote protesters, and for work. And when I accidentally click a search result, which is a tough habit to kick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exited completely. Logged on once to edit a bunch of comments, may do that again and see if they've been reverted.

Not missing it half as much as I thought I would.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exited completely. Logged on once to edit a bunch of comments, may do that again and see if they've been reverted.

Not missing it half as much as I thought I would.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm 100% done with Reddit. I do miss the user & comment diversity, and there are several subreddits that I have yet to find anything nearing a replacement for elsewhere. I'm an absolute noober to kbin but so far I'm really enjoying what I'm seeing. It feels fresh and new, which is very welcome after over a decade of Reddit use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've removed my Reddit account already. If I'm going to have any reason to use it to any extent (maybe one or two niche subs), I'm going to do it through some libreddit instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had 3 reddit accounts and deleted all of them a week ago. I've put up with a lot of shit from reddit for years and the API issue was the last straw.

Btw, this is my first post here. I'm hopelessly lost. Hopefully I can connect with some "magazines" or something!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can't go back. Digg was abandoned for less.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm here now, trying to wean myself off relay. So far I've found the thunder app for Android to be the nicest.

Does anyone use any developmental kbin apps yet or is that not a thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haven't been back since the blackout started, and I'll only go back before June 30 to verify that Power Delete Suite has done its job properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've reduced my usage massively. Beforehand where I would post threads, write comments and upvote / downvote. Now I'm just lurking and consuming, without creating anything of value. I think that's pretty fair given how Spez treated everyone, treating them like they're leeches, when they're the ones trying to pitch an IPO off of people's content

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm done with the website, I'm not even gonna miss it.

[–] needthosepylons 1 points 1 year ago

Same, not coming back to reddit anytime soon. And actually, I like it here!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ditched it and haven’t looked back

I was 100% Apollo so any other inference is shit
Just can’t and won’t

Don’t miss it as much as I thought I would

Also fuck /u/spez

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit has done its damage for me. Since a day before the blackout I think I’ve only been back there twice, and only for search results and without logging in. it’s totally been fine for me, and I don’t really see myself going back to Reddit for the things I used to go there for.

I’m still on the fence about removing my account altogether, however, because there are 1 or 2 tiny communities on there who aren’t really organized enough survive a migration. I anticipate needing to pop into one on a rare occasion to ask a very specific question.

[–] DarthTanion 1 points 1 year ago

If I can get regular interactions here around certain topics like Brisbane, Aussie Politics, and ice hockey then not going back will just be a fairly natural profession for me. Yes, I don't like how they made the API changes but more than that, I'm not going to install their app. Once my 3rd party app of choice stopped working (I use Joey and it's still free and working for now) I'll just fall off.

[–] CannaVet 1 points 1 year ago

I'm burning through my comment history with Redact right now and left all my subs. I plan on keeping an account exclusively for my local sub, but I haven't decided if I'm going to keep using mine or spinning up a new one. I already burned my 15 year old account to spite a catty super mod who banned me from 10 or so subs at once I certainly don't care about this one lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ditched for day to day browsing, but still use it for tiny communities that have yet to move to a different platform

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was a Reddit user for 9 years. I ditched it on TikTok to prove to people that they don't control you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've uninstalled the app - only had it to participate in r/place anyway, been taking up space since then. I'm still checking it once or twice a day on BaconReader, but seeing a lot of changes to my feed and general user participation. I'm not participating other than scrolling, and that's extremely limited.

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