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submitted 1 year ago by JustineSmithies@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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That's me deleted my Reddit account along with all data as I do not agree with recent events that have been taking place. I'm going to concentrate on Mastodon , Lemmy and take a look at Kbin .

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[-] Onyros@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago

Still can't fathom deleting my Reddit account, even though I was always much more of a lurker. I was quicker with Twitter --> Mastodon. Deleted everything as soon as the shit started hitting the fan and didn't look back. I'm sold on Lemmy, though. I'm getting a whole lot of what I was getting there around these parts, and it seems to be a wee bit more friendly for the kind of people me likey.

[-] impulse@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

I feel you. I am signing up for Lemmy, even though I still hope that Reddit's shitshow will be resolved by June 30th. I joined Reddit around 16 years ago and while I nuked many alt accounts in this timeframe, nuking the final one, knowing it will be my departure from the site feels... weird.

Lemmy has a long way to go before it can be an actual replacement, but seeing the steady stream of new users over the past few days, I can see the potential. It feels very much like when I first joined Reddit.

[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I don't think I've taken a shit without opening reddit in 10 years. I never viewed it as social media. More like someone watching TV or reading a book. 10 years is the same age as my son. That is a quarter of my life Reddit is Fun has been 90% of my phone usage (I take a lot of shits apparently). That is a hard thing to scrub from existence. But, if they are forcing me to get rid of Reddit is Fun and I have to learn a new UI I might as well leave to greener pastures anyway.

[-] maythebananabewithyo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

June would be 9 years for me. I remember I joined because I had just gotten into Formula 1 and found a great place to read about it among a community that I, as someone with social anxiety, remain anonymous, but also, as someone with ADHD, geek out and hyperfocus on all the ins-and-outs and fit in.

It has been 9 long years. My subscribed list tells the story of those years. Once I subscribed to something I never unsubscribed, even if I never went back so I would have those memories of "Oh, I remember when that happen and I was super into ____." It saw me get divorced, it saw me leave the military and travel across the country to fight wildfires. It saw me meet the person that I should have married to begin with and share Reddit with them. It has been the one constant over the last decade, that while I can move on and leave because I love it here, I just don't think I can delete my account. It would be like deleting those memories and I just struggle with that.

[-] monkeytennis@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With subs going down, it scrubs my history in them anyway, so unless they all come back up or are forced back open with new mods, a lot of my history is already gone.

[-] cookiecollision@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same. I created my account when I was 14 and I'm 25 now - almost half my life ago. That account contains thoughts I've had for 11 years now. I just can't delete it all like that without somehow archiving it.