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?

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I regret that reddit got the point where I felt like it was my only option. That hasn’t changed since deleting my account

  • sidewalker@thesidewalkends.io
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    1 year ago

    I am sure there’s a significant survivorship bias to the responses you will be getting on this platform, but I really am glad to be off of Reddit.

    It has allowed me to find other discussion platforms online (Lemmy) that feel more genuine somehow, at least for now (I don’t question if I’m talking to a human or a bot/shill).

    I’ve also spent more time just learning and doing stuff that I am sure would have been simply wasted in the endless scrolling in Apollo.

  • Gatsby@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The reddit I miss is not the reddit I left, nor the reddit that exists today.

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    1 year ago

    Even if I wouldn’t have deleted, the experience I wanted from Reddit has been long gone so all they did was provide a reason for me to trash reddit entirely. A shame? Sure! But no regrets.

  • Joe B@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nope I don’t miss Reddit at all. Reddit is gonna burn and we are all here for it

  • Bob@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Absolutely not, and it was a 13 year old account too. My only regret is not doing it sooner tbh.

  • net00@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Nah, when I think whether it was worth it overwriting 10+ years worth of content in Reddit I just look over and see them come up with yet another shit move. It instantly validates getting off that sinking ship.

    After fucking up API access they decided to delete all PMs older than 2023, get rid of awards/gold, and add more dark patterns to force people to their garbage apps.

    Seems now that they’re gonna add “tipping” as if it was a disgusting instagram clone with ‘content creators’

    They’re quickly tearing down everything that made Reddit unique at all. They don’t want a discussion board, they want a tiktok clone or whatever.