cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1277945

When the whole Reddit fiasco started happening, I saw a lot of people wiping and deleting their Reddit accounts and moving elsewhere, like here on Lemmy.

Now that it’s starting to die down a little bit, does anyone regret doing that? Or are you glad that you took that step?

  • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I deleted my 12 year post history but my karma is still there.

    If you want to browse there… whatever. No one cares.

    Those of you hoping for a spectacular collapse… well, I have news for you: it’s unlikely to happen and if it does, it’ll be death by a thousand cuts. I legitimately think that place is going downhill and it’s been getting noticeably shittier for years but I don’t think lemmy is currently more than an annoyance for Spez and the board.

    I’m getting my subscriptions set back up and I just want to post in peace and not be concerned about reddit already. What this place lacks in users it makes up for in quality

  • Mereo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Meh… For those who regret their decisions (please don’t), a new account can easily be created. Karma is gamification, it is meaningless.

  • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Haven’t deleted mine, but haven’t been back there either. If I deleted it, I wouldn’t miss it. Though at some point I image the account will expire due to inactivity.

  • Zandt88@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    14 years on the site, 58K+ post Karma, 130K+ comment Karma - Deleted it all yesterday. It was actually liberating in some odd sense.

  • Freeman@lemmy.pub
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    1 year ago

    my account is pretty old. I have had multiple attempts to claim it. So im not deleting it. I will allow it to wither and die not participating.

    If they start decomming accounts every x months Ill just add it to my calendar to login here and there like I do a few google accounts.

  • trollercoaster@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t delete my account, just overwrote all my comments with a message to corporate Reddit and Spez in particular and deleted my posts. Didn’t want to delete mainly because a deletion can happen for any reason, I rather wanted to send a message that can be seen.

    Regrets? Yes, but overall it was worth it.

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    1 year ago

    After I was sent a message threatening to reopen my sub or I would be replaced, I rage overwrote all my comments and posts then deleted my account.

    I regretted it for 2 days, mostly because cutting myself off of Reddit after 7 years was quite a shock, but afterwards I was glad I did.

  • 稲荷大神の狐@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    I don’t regret it. I deleted my account and ensured all my posts were deleted on June the 11th and haven’t looked back since.

    Why keep an account on a site that has basically killed majority of 3rd party apps? And for those that survived, why would I pay for them when they are essentially neutered? Meaning I cannot access NSFW content.

    I rather be over here on Lemmy and use Liftoff.