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

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[–] Savion@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'll have no choice but to delete RIF after it shuts down, so I'll probably make the tough decision after that.

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 1 points 2 years ago

I'm going to leave the account, delete most of the old content and switch to posting links back to fediverse. Likely automated.

[–] lea@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I don't really want to delete content potential googlers could stumble upon and be helped by, but I've replaced the Relay shortcut on my homescreen with a Jerboa shortcut. That's as good as deleted cause that's all I access reddit through.

[–] Dalek@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’m probably gonna keep my account but only use it on desktop with Ad blocker. If they break it with ad blocker I might delete but not sure. It’s hard to delete something I’ve been using for so long but I’ll definitely not use their shitty mobile app

[–] nLuLukna@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I refuse to uninstall boost, and once I figure out how to delete all my posts, the I will be deleting my account.

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[–] MayorMcCheese@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, I had been teetering, I like the idea of a FOSS public solution. I still fondly remember nntp before it was ruined. It reminds me of Reddit in many ways.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Migrating completely to a new platform is a process for me, especially if it's one I'm actively viewing content on. I still have my Reddit account but I suspect that will not be the case for much longer, as was the case with Twitter when I moved to Mastodon, and others.

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

A few years ago, I have no regrets. I could browse the site without an account anyway

[–] hawdini@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure yet, a lot of subs haven't set up on Lemmy yet. Hoping that'll change after the blackout next week.

[–] br0da@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Haven’t pulled the plug but edited then deleted all of my comment history, unsaved all of my saves, and got situated with Lemmy (testing Mlem), in preparation. I’ll pull the plug on the 30th. Let me just say the transition so far has been better than expected. It took a bit for the sign up to get approved and the servers to catch up, but I think we will be just fine.

[–] roi@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Just deleted it, I hope the future for the fediverse goes down right.

[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 1 points 2 years ago

Deleted account history like many others (after a GPDR and manual export of everything). Going to delete my account just before the 30th, as I won't be able to use it anyway. For now I'm still somewhat lurking on Reddit, so to keep my list of subscribed subreddits, I have not deleted my account yet.

[–] mangel@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I might delete it when Boost kicks it at the end of the month, we'll see.

[–] DarthRedLeader@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

After the AMA yesterday, I made the decision to delete all of my posts and comments. I'm not sure I see a reason todeletee my account altogether as I think not giving traffic to Reddit is more important, so I left everything else the way it is. Maybe one of these days I'll go back through and delete everything for good.

All that said, like most other people here, I have no intention of going back, especially after yesterday, unless there's some sort of drastic change which is very unlikely.

[–] Etelekeli@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Deleted yesterday right after the post from Christian detailing the scummy way in which Reddit was treating him.

[–] lixus98@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I already deleted all the content of my account, I will probably delete the account when boost dies on June 30th.

[–] Csynthare@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yep. I waited too long on Twitter. Not making the same mistake again.

[–] redballooon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It will be a while until I consider Reddit replaced for me. There I subscribe to a ton of subs with only a few thousand people. Even if all of these already existed here, it would take some time to find them.

[–] iliketurtles@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I was going to keep it around for hardwareswap but now they have closed shop. Guess I don't need it anymore?

[–] fl1ghtless@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I deleted my 10 year old account and haven't looked back. It was all useless karma after all.

[–] marcellogalhardo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't delete it but I stop using it for now. I will hold for a few months to see how things develop and decide what to do next. I use Reddit mostly due to Developer communities (Android, Kotlin, etc) which doesn't seem to exist in Lemmy, yet.

I hope the communities migrate here with time but overall, I'm finding the servers a little confusing and the Android app has space to improve.

[–] IEatChickens@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

I am also hesitant to remove everthing. Maybe someone for example has the same question I once had. If Reddit holds on to their decisions I will probably delete the app though.

[–] racoon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I abandon my Reddit account every month or so and start over

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'm selling mine, apparently it's 50.000? Right?

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