Finally finished deleting all my old comments and posts from my 12 year old account and hit that delete button. (Had to use old Reddit to get it to go through.) Feels good.
I did the same on 4 separate accounts I've been running the oldest was 10 years. I don't know why I didn't do that sooner. I emptied but left one account just in case I need to write something over there. It would take something pretty monumental for me to log in over there.
This is even better if you've ever looked at the comments on the ads that have them enabled.
Also, why would any company buy ad space when they can buy accounts and astroturf? I forget the corporatized name for it, but studies have shown that just bringing your brand up in discussion on social media is often much more effective than paying for ad space.
Facebook is particularly good at algorithmically deprioritizing unpromoted traffic. If they REALLY want to get engagement, they need to post stuff like Reddit is full of smart people, only 1 in 10,000 will be able to solve this math problem! 1+7 / 0 ^2 * 8 :P
It's a hell of a lot nicer than Reddit was when Digg sold out.
If we can just keep active subject matter experts over here and not lose too many privately hosted nodes, we should be able to keep the better part of the experience.