This is only the beginning of Lemmy and it already has everything I got from Reddit.
We gave the admins and spez a chance to go back on the API changes with the protest but they arrogantly ignored the users views.
The only thing that will get CEOs like this to listen to their user base is a mass exodus. If several million people closed their account they would actually listen in the first place.
Power to the people.
I’m a bit late to the party but I didn’t delete my account. I edited everything with a message like « deleted because of Reddit API policy, see you on the fediverse »
I think I will leave it like that because that way when a Google search or anything point to one of my post/comment, peoples will see the message instead of just « deleted ».
It’s about the message :)
Same here. Ran a script to edit all my comments explaining why they're edited and that I refuse to let reddit benefit from my input anymore.
If you care about overwriting/deleting your posts I would hold off on deleting the account. Because if some get restored, once you cancel the account you can’t go back and remove them again.
If you are a citizen of an EU country you can request your data to be deleted under the right to be forgotten act.
https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten
This site explains it well and gives an pdf template. Consider doing this instead of deleting your account.
Edit: If reddit does not comply they might get into trouble. EU doesnt fuck around.
If you are a citizen of an eu country yes citizenship isn't solely based upon residence
I'm considering it myself. Haven't done it yet, but haven't browsed reddit today either.
IIRC they can restore deletions easily but not edits, if you edited the comments and then deleted reddit will only, AFAIK, restore the comments to the edited version, however you can request the right to be forgotten if GDPR applies to you.
Source: Other comments here on lemmy and my own personal experience with GDPR
i have deleted all my posts / comments, they can restore it if the situation is desperate?
I’m thinking of like spamming spez directly or posting ona bunch of subs that he is an asshole or something idk haven’t totally thought it out but: start fucking around a looooot, what’s the worst they can do? Permaban me from all of Reddit?
It depends on what you want to do with Reddit in the future.
I'm still going to go to Reddit, but only on old.reddit from my computer.
If you don't want to go back, then I can see deleting your account.
The only thing keeping me from deleting it is how much I rely on the CPTSD subreddit. It’s a big part of my livelihood. Otherwise I’d have deleted every trace.
Before you do, if you made any useful posts be sure to copy and paste them onto lemmy so they will not get deleted from the internet.
I want to. But yeah there’s still stuff I want to go back to…
I’m hoping (a bit naive maybe) that spez will pull his head out
Thats where im at. I have the tinfoil hat firmly attached to my head thinking “No one is that dumb, he’ll undo it, right, right”
If you're so compelled to, but do consider any helpful posts your account might have.
Reddit might be a sinking ship, but in this age of the Internet it still one of the most reliable ways to Google a solution to your problems.