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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 49 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I as lucky enough to use Apollo. As soon as it stopped working, Reddit became useless to me.

(Or not useful enough to use their horrendous website, old.reddit website or official app)

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yupp, as soon as i could no longer use RiF, I was done. Trying to mod a small community using the official app was basically impossible.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. The end of RIF and I went cold Turkey. I had already prepared by deleting/overwriting all of my content so leaving was easy. My three accounts combined had truckloads of karma, glad I am not chasing after that bullshit anymore.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i used a extension to delete all my comments and posts.

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[–] L3G1T1SM3@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Boost just stopped working for me yesterday

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[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Same but with Infinity. Eternity works the same but uses Lemmy, so that's what I picked.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Now I just need the timer for my Lemmy app

[–] 50_centavos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I get bad service at my job and the reddit app won't even load most of the time. I use Voyager with Lemmy and it loads just fine. I think it's all the ads and trackers that reddit tries to load before the actual content.

[–] cookedslug@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

same boat. it was my favorite app ever and to this day i can’t will myself to delete it. still grieving 💔

voyager is pretty good though

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I found it really easy to quit Reddit. The trick is to engage in conversation with a maga, say exactly what you think, and let the permaban system do the rest! 😉

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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's an addiction. Don't tell to go cold turkey. Have an alternative in place and then gradually reduce your timer for Reddit. Look at how much you use each day on average then set the timer for that. So first your getting rid of your high usage days. After a couple of days reduce it by 5 mins. Keep repeating this. Also, trim down the subs you're subscribed to so there's less new content showing up.

[–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

easiest thing for me was to just... uninstall the app and use it in a browser.

the experience is so terrible, i don't spend much time on it anymore. seriously, go to reddit.com and see what it looks like with no account and no extensions.

instagram is even worse, once in a while i try to open a funny post someone sends me in the browser, and ... it usually works for the first post (after clicking away a bunch of popups) but if i open a second one i get completely blocked. thanks meta 👌

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's your alternative? Been meaning to use Lemmy less, but since I started using social media in place of idling/skin picking/bad thoughts when I don't have the energy to do anything else, that's what I return to when I put my phone down. (I have adhd)

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh Lemmy is the alternative, this was just for getting off Reddit lol

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lmao makes sense

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

I quit. It was simple. The fediverse is a great replacement.

[–] Pondis@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Weird, I just deleted my account, uninstalled the app, and moved to Lemmy with no desire to go back.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When they killed off the app I was using, I refused to install their BS.

Web only, especially on my phone was enough to make me stop.

Now I only end up there through search results and that's only when there's no other option.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

One of the dumbest things they did was remove the mobile sized webpage. I only need to check one subreddit sometimes and I'm never going to install the app.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Here's a fun trick to stop using Reddit - simply install and use a VPN.

Just like that, Reddit blocks itself for you!

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was on reddit for well over a decade, and performed a lot of free labour, not just as a mod but putting real thought into posts and comments.

Anyway, I requested all my data so I could have an archive of it, then ran my comments through PowerDeleteSuite a couple of times for good measure, and honestly was shocking how quickly I stopped having feelings for my old account.

I've also had no use for the "archive" of posts and comments over the last 10+ years. It just made pulling the plug easier.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

You put a ton of thought into a comment nobody notices and then "Exactly!" gets 2000 upvotes.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty simple: start asking controversial questions until you get permabanned.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Is it really so bad that I hang my toilet paper the other way around?”

Removed. Rule 1. Violence will not be tolerated.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Just delete the app, trust me

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's easy. Just be yourself and say whatever the fuck you want instead of trying to adhere to their stupid ass rules.

You'll get a free ticket out of there in no time.

[–] 1eahmari3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Here to confirm this method even with being a (small time) mod and having a 15yo account. Hello.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Delete all your comments and posts so Reddit can't profit off them, then delete your account.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I finally did this. Took a while because I had to delete each individual comment and post, but it was worth it.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Delete the app 🤷

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have a timer app for blocking Instagram and it works pretty well—I use ScreenZen

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That app actually looks really cool, i think I'll try it.

The question remains though, is there something to prevent you from disabling the timer when you've hit your daily limit?

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

i never got the hang of using fb, or instagram. only to check up a specfic person, i lose interest the moment it ask you to login.

[–] TheCynicalSaint@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Eh, it's been less annoying with Tumblr and here.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

We'll just look at one last thread!

Now we'll look at one VERY last thread!

Look at all these threads!!

[–] DubiousIndividual@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have such mixed feelings on it which I hate. I want to cut it fully but it genuinely is a useful trove of information for DIY and things that interest me.

[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Those can be built here

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Read this before you use a bulk utility to delete your reddit comment history.

Comments deleted from reddit aren't actually erased or removed, they are merely marked as deleted so they don't appear anymore. The content still exists and can be used by reddit for AI training, marketing or opinion research, or whatever. If you want to truly eliminate all the content you have contributed so they can't use it anymore, read the docs about a utility and make sure it first Edits each comment and overwrites it with meaningless words before deleting it. Reddit only keeps the most recent version of a comment, so this technique leaves a worthless bunch of garbage in place for AI algorithms to enjoy.

Several years ago I used a Chrome extension. whose name I don't remember but I think it had "nuke" in the title. There are various browser extensions out there, just be sure to pick one that says it overwrites comments before deleting.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't know any of this before I deleted my accounts unfortunately, but I think there's a small win in leaving all of that communist propaganda in their AI training data at least

[–] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

I will uninstall Reddit so i don’t use it anymore.

We can use the website to use it anyways!

[–] xye@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lmao frog and toad, clearly we have achieved supremacy already

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