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.
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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.
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.
I will uninstall Reddit so i don’t use it anymore.
We can use the website to use it anyways!
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)
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.
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.
i used a extension to delete all my comments and posts.
Me too. It's been over a year since I did it so I don't recall bthe name of the extension but it had two steps - first, overwriting everything with a gibberish comment, then delete. From what I understand even that isn't very complete but it makes it more difficult for Reddit or other parties to simply restore your stuff.
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
Same but with Infinity. Eternity works the same but uses Lemmy, so that's what I picked.
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! 😉
it took them to permaban multiple accts to come here, lol. and i also fled to another forum(one specifically how to evade the bans)_
Delete all your comments and posts so Reddit can't profit off them, then delete your account.
Delete the app 🤷
Pretty simple: start asking controversial questions until you get permabanned.
Eh, it's been less annoying with Tumblr and here.
Lmao frog and toad, clearly we have achieved supremacy already
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.
Those can be built here
This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use an app to limit your use of another app, you've fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don't need a timer, you don't need to remove the app or get yourself banned, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
What a goofy take. "Having trouble with self control? Have you tried having self control?" Obviously there's something more going on or life would be a whole lot simpler. Sometimes externalizing a decision through a tool like a timer is part of how a person indirectly exerts self control.
This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use rehab to limit your use of heroin, you’ve fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don’t need rehab, you don’t need to stop buying heroin or cut off ties with your dealer, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
Using a website app and being chemically addicted to a strong substance, same thing really if you don't think about it
Not the same, but they share are both serious behavioral disorders and share the same (or at least similar) physiological and psychological mechanisms. Some people who struggle with self-control will absolutely need outside help getting out of these kinds of addictive behavior loops. "Internet addiction isn't real, get over it" has the same vibe as "depression isn't real, it's just in your head".
Learn and practice some self control.
Yeah. Just... Do the thing, y'know? Just do it. Press the button to self control. Also, stop being poor.