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I've been seeing a lot of pro-reddit, anti-mod comments, despite tens of thousands of up votes on Reddit blackout posts. Pro-reddit comments also have a ton of gold for some reason.

Is reddit trying to change the narrative towards hating on mods for "ruining everything" before they try and remove them?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 153 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I don't really care. I don't visit Reddit anymore and don't intend to return.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I enjoy this comment so much. :D

I have also deleted my apps, and unbookmarked the page. I sometimes still mistakenly auto pilot to the website but quickly get off.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, delete your account too.

It's like Cortes burning the ships.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm mainly keeping an alt account for /r/SQL because for it's sort of a defacto professional repository (also the only place you can ask for and get a sciprt for a bespoke data cleaning on a large relational DB in about 60 minutes).

I do get deleting accounts (and I'm deleting my "main" just commenting account) but some of the accounts have literally irreplaceable info, not just in the tech space, but my god some of the guides for gaming in older games only exist on reddit (like getting a full 50 monuments in the original Guild Wars, or setting up a good build for Bioshock 2). So I'm keeping my "info" accounts for as long as I can, I know it adds value to reddit being assholes, but I feel it adds more value to a stressed out Admin over their head in a bad situation, or some frustrated retro gamer that doesn't want to know the glitch mode that everyone uses right now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, delete your account too.

Pro-tip: don't make the same mistake that I did. Before deleting your account use one of those tools to mass-edit all of your comments (forgot what the tool were called tho), replace the text with either a dot or with something like "user has moved on to X social network", the less content reddit has the better. Why? Because fuck em, that's why.

I wish I thought about this before deleting my account

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Would these tools still work after the API change?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It would probably get the comment removed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Before deleting your account check your favorite subs to see if there's a poll regarding going on an indefinite blackout. One sub I used to frequent has a poll going this week and I couldn't vote since I deleted my account

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be keeping mine but using a bot to scrub my comments and changing them to an anti-reddit sentiment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I changed all my comments to one recommending Lemmy along with instructions on how to choose an instance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's a bold move ! Don't you have any feeling of lost ? I am asking because I am also considering leaving reddit for good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not really, I started using it in 2008 but it's changed a lot since then. Recently I've just been using it for talking about books and video games.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

After June 30th Lemmy is still my new home. I won't browse reddit without Relay Pro.

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used Apollo, and after the way they treated the creator, there's no way I would use Reddit again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Apollo was an outstanding app. Easily my most used when I had an iPhone. The fact that it's been killed by Reddit is absolutely shameful imo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have Boost (paid), Relay (paid), BaconReader (paid) and at one point, Apollo (paid).

I loathe the official app and ads, I won't be back either. I have a special amount of contempt for the Reddit app even prior to this event.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I really liked Reddit Sync and I've never used the official app before. The way I see it, if I'm going to be forced to make a change anyway, I might as well leave Reddit altogether for something new.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a heads up, looks like Relay pro will still be a thing moving to a sub mode (dev states $2-$3/month)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's very tempting, but there's no telling if reddit will raise API pricing going forward, or add more restrictions to 3rd party apps. Their community has gone to shit anyway. Better to just pull the plug entirely and start anew.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'll keep checking the front page of all once or twice a day until Reddit is fun dies, but once that happens, I'm done with Reddit

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted my 3 Reddit accounts last night, one that had over 110k karma. I'm starting to get cosy with Lemmy now, hopefully some refinements and it will be great.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It felt good, right? I nuked mine today after a reddit user was an ass after I agreed with a sub mod on an extended blackout. This place is much cozier and you folks are a lot nicer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My issue has been that I have too many niche hobbies that either don't have communities on Lemmy/Kbin, or have very small, inactive communities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We have the opportunity to change that, I'm giving it a shot with two magazines atm

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just be patient, these things take time

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You gotta make em. Even if you don't intend to mod them long term, giving the space for discussion is the only first step you can take.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm hoping this will improve rather quickly. If they all stay on Reddit, it will be much slower growth though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I feel the same. Cutting out Twitter a year and a half ago was rough, but Mastodon and Feedly took it's place nicely. I guess that prepared me for Reddit's shenanigans as Kbin has filled the gap without issue.

I may miss out on some things here and there, but I don't feel the need to be "in the know" as much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way. Tons of people will stay on Reddit, Reddit will be fine. Just look at Facebook, how long it has lasted and what it has done, etc. Reddit is the new Facebook (platform, not company) and tons of people will be fine sticking with it. That's okay.

The beauty is we have options, and we're working to improve those options.