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Well, I just nuked all my Reddit accounts. (self.chat)
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1 main, 1 alt, and a throwaway. 5, 5 and 3 years, with 14K karma between them. I wasn't a power user, but I wasn't exactly casual.

I had some great conversations, I had a lot of fun, I met the woman I love on Reddit. But it's clear that we're not users to them, we're just free content to be monetized so Reddit can boost their IPO. That doesn't interest me.

Used Power Delete Suite to edit all my posts and then delete them. I'll keep the accounts around until I'm sure u/spez or one of his minions don't edit them back but I'm done. There's no going back, only forward.

Feels good.

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[โ€“] oomphaloompha 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I had a very similar experience. Most of my comments I deleted in a few seconds/minutes because there was no shortage of assholes on top of me being a nervous wreck. I was on Reddit for over a decade and I've been more active on here than nearly my entire time on Reddit (I have several alts here for other instances and for curating several different kinds of feeds).

Some subreddits I miss and sometimes there's not much new content to go through or interact with, but I feel like it'll probably be better to get a little bored with the feed every now and then and read a fucking book or basically anything else. And besides it's still all taking form, but I really am liking Lemmy more in general.

[โ€“] Ignacio 2 points 1 year ago

Same as me, during my active time since three weeks ago, I posted and commented more than during my last months on Reddit. That's a very positive point. No karma, healthier communities and the ability to choose where I want to stay.

There is absolutely a big difference between having one or two assholes from time to time replying nonsense, and having hundreds of assholes every time you breath.