I recommend mlem! 10 year reddit user and daily Apollo user, this isn't feeling as foreign as I'd imagined. It helps that I browse /r/all like a madman, so browsing /c/all here isn't actually that different
It is a bummer to leave behind a place that I enjoyed. I met several people IRL, I got 2 Guinness World Records for Reddit Secret Santa. Countless new music from r/listentothis & r/music. Great brewery recommendations from people in the places I visit from r/beer.
I'm looking forward to find fediverse places that are just as fun & helpful.
I did this also, but then read that because loads of subreddits are dark our comments don't get deleted from them!! Should've waited until the subreddits were back in hindsight, but ahh well is a little late for me now as my account is gone.
6 year old account deleted. I came here, just trying to understand the differences in the way things work but should sort it sooner than later. Glad someone already has the UKCasual subredditsublemmy community going. Where else are we going to talk about cups of tea and what order jam and cream go on scones?
Thanks, I'm having a little peruse around. It feels similar but at the same time different. I'll get there no doubt after reading some of the tutorials but will message if I need some help. Cheers
And the weather, obviously, which is roasting right now. Had a hailstorm a couple of nights ago (in June!) which got the pollen out the air for a bit, so that was nice.
Just deleted my 14 year old account. Just a tip with redact when deleted you can edit all your comments and posts to say something. I entered "Deleted due to reddit's API policy".
I did exactly the same an hour ago, joined Reddit in 2008, and was active in several communities.It was actually really hard, at least harder than expected. I didn't just delete my account but used Redact to completely nuke it.
I feel a bit lost, to be honest. This feels a bit like the old newsgroups (gods I'm old),still here's to new beginnings :)
Same dude I was really looking at cutting my usage down but reddit was such an easy "default" gotta say props to spez for curing my addiction haaaaaaaaaa
I'm thinking of doing the same, just waiting on the data download request to go through. I wish I could delete it immediately though..
Same though, I feel this has given me the push I needed to quit Reddit entirely. I'd gotten control over pretty much all other social media so I honestly appreciate this in a way.
I just got banned after reporting a fox post on r/politics stating climate change hasn’t made wildfires worse….
Saying I’m abusing the report toon to bully. For reporting one fucking post. Fuck that site. I’m just pissed off I can no longer delete all my comments and posts.
I've had my current one for about 12 years too and will be deleting it in the next day or so. I'm just trying to find alternative communities for subreddits I was subscribed to and lurked on often whether it's on a Lemmy Instance or Discord.
I've archived my saved posts and upvotes, and deleted the mobile app. I never use the website. I might shred my comments and posts and delete my account before the end of the month. I don't think I'll go back. Honestly, I was tiring of it anyway. So many bots, reposts and memes. I'm not optimistic about Lemmy, to be honest - Mastodon seems to have quietened down after the initial flurry of activity, so I can see the same thing happening here, but it will be interesting to see what happens. But I think I'm done with Reddit.
I'm so determined for something to replace Reddit that I think Lemmy might actually succeed. If there's tens or hundreds of millions of others then enough of them will go to Lemmy for it to have active community.
I just wiped and deleted mine, too. PSA for anyone who is wanting to remove all their content, you need to delete every comment / post individually before deleting your account. Just deleting the account does not delete the associated postings, your username simply becomes disassociated with them.
I suggest enjoying that feeling of freedom. At least that's what I did after wiping all my Reddit post & comments and deleting my 10 year old account. Surprisingly enough I don't feel a shred of regret.
One of the things I was curious about after removing all my comments was what I ended up downvoting. Nearly every single one was a misclick. Some were pretty interesting. Grabbed all the saved cool guides I've collected over the years.
Currently I'm using mastodon, tildes and lemmy to replace reddit. Jumping between them gives a natural break which I've found I've been utilising to do productive things / other non-scrolly hobbies more, I'm loving that fact.
PS if anyone wants an invite for tildes PM me, I have 3 left.