Im working up the courage to. Ill never go back, but it is also hard to delete that much history just for a statement

  • teoria@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I think i’ll nuke mine after the AMA. Just one more hour!

    Edit: its gone

    • tezoatlipoca@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I just found one thing that Lemmy in browser does that Reddit doesn’t do on the desktop. Your comment just pushed to the bottom of the thread I was writing a reply to. That was cool.

      • bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.comEnglish
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        3 years ago

        That is cool, but I think that’s going to stop working. The devs are removing the feature that relies on because it’s not efficient. Trying to keep everything smooth while there’s a large increase in traffic

        • tezoatlipoca@lemmy.caEnglish
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          3 years ago

          Fair enough. I was just surprised it popped up there, Im used to having to refresh the page to see new Reddit comments.

  • abcd@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I did today. My account was about 5.5 years old and I have to admit it was somewhat hard at the beginning. But to be honest I already don’t care anymore.

    That API stuff was a huge shitshow that made me really angry. I even would have paid a subscription to be able to keep using Apollo. But if Reddit decides to bring people out of business they are not going to do business with me either.

  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I’ve deleted my comments and posts and find Reddit then restored them a few hours later.

    So I’ve written some Python to delete them automatically and have it run on a schedule. Fuck 'em. A week later and Reddit are still restoring my data for the script to delete.

  • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 years ago

    My plan is to unsub from subreddits as I find comparable communities here until eventually there is nothing left in my feed to keep me at Reddit.

  • tezoatlipoca@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I’m waiting to see what happens; they’ve announced the API screw-over of the 3rd party apps, but if the protests on the 12th+ blackout the site (you can’t bill advertisers if there ain’t no eyeballs) there might be some concession.

    Look, Reddit hasn’t been profitable - yet. The VCs who dumped in 1.3Bn bucks want it back, and I don’t begrudge anyone for trying to make their own ham sandwich; we all gotta eat. My opinion is that the popular 3rd party app developers and API users should have been consulted and involved in the decision-making. And face it: apart from what we’ve paid to our favourite app developers we’ve received an awesome internet community for zero cost for over a decade (some of us anyway)!

    How hard is it to go to the Apollo guy or the RiF folks and say: hey. we appreciate you making awesome apps. We need to start earning money. But you too need to make money. How can we work together, to maybe put a few more ads, or ad revenue generating “premium” features without screwing each other over, or our users?

    So Ill wait to see what happens in the coming week and ride Reddit-is-Fun out to the bitter end and the lights go out and then probably delete my Reddit account then. But I’ve made the first steps. Im here ain’t I?

    Oh, and put in a request now to get an archive of all your Reddit content. I suspect that department will be quite busy in the coming weeks. https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request

    Im eager to see what form it comes in. If my posts and comments come with some context around them then Im fine with just deleting my account. I hope the links are permalinks so the backreferences to REddit stay intact (AND, you don’t need the API to access, you could essentially “scrape” the context of your posts). I’ve been trying to find a way to search my own comments and posts for years (there are tools, but I want an OFFLINE archive of my stuff - I frequently find myself replying to someone and going hey wait Ive already answered this, now where did I put that comment…

    • coffeeisnotlatte@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
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      3 years ago

      iamthatis (Apollo) even said he could do it with a bit more time after the initial shock, some negotiation etc, he was willing to try if Reddit would throw him anything at all so it was possible. But Reddit instead shut down all communication then lied about what happened

      • tezoatlipoca@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, I like how they tried to throw him under the bus. Terrible that, Canada being single party consent states/provinces for recording phone conversations.

        Whups.

  • Moonrise2473@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    be aware, you need to use a tool to wipe your content before deleting the account, otherwise all the posts will be up again

      • Moonrise2473@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Power delete suite on GitHub . Copy a JavaScript and paste on the address bar while reading your profile. A new interface will come and can decide what to delete or overwrite

        • Signfeld@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 years ago

          Thanks, I’ll take a look around. Redact looks good but I’d rather something FOSS if I can find it. If I find anything I’ll post here.

            • Signfeld@lemm.eeEnglish
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              3 years ago

              I ended up using shreddit, a Rust remake of an unmaintained Python script (https://github.com/x89/Shreddit). I had to keep running it over and over, but, I think that was the Reddit API’s fault. If you end up using it, I recommend running it in a loop unless you want to keep running the same command over and over.

              Anyway, it deleted all posts and comments, but messages in my inbox are still there. I’m fine with that for now but eventually want to clear that out I think.

              If you’re thinking of doing this I’d recommend running it before the API changes since the script uses it.

  • UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I haven’t yet. I imagine it’ll be like how I handled Twitter… slowly going there less and less as the fediverse got more and more compelling. Now my Twitter account is abandoned.

  • annenas@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I’ve put all my saved posts and comments in a notes file in preparation and have deleted an alt account. But I think I might keep my main a bit until my most niche subs have transferred (if they’ll transfer at all). Once Apollo stops working I’ll no longer be going to reddit on my phone in any case.

  • sparklingsquirrel@feddit.deEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I already deleted all my comments and posts and when the time comes and RIF is down I’ll delete my whole account.