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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

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

We can use the website to use it anyways!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

Just like that, Reddit blocks itself for you!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days 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)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Boost just stopped working for me yesterday

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Just delete the app, trust me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

We'll just look at one last thread!

Now we'll look at one VERY last thread!

Look at all these threads!!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (5 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days 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 👌

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

actually the constant flood of trump post made comment less on reddit, i got tired of seeing all the time, and you also have to be extremely careful about commenting on any of sub to begin with.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days 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! 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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)_

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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 2 points 1 day ago

Those can be built here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Delete the app 🤷

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days 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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Lmao frog and toad, clearly we have achieved supremacy already

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day 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.

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