I personally just went cold turkey lol
I got ready when they announced the API shutdown, then kind of cold turkey indeed
Same. But I have a specific Reddit that I search once a month because it’s the best aggregator of that info
I added most of the navigation panels and message inbox stuff to ublock origin and only look at my provincial and municipal subreddits for information that might harm me if I’m unaware of it. Deleted my last account.
But yeah, the API lockdown was the final nail in the coffin. I was getting banned a lot for not aligning with status quo enforcement already. I saw a front page subreddit successfully ban bots and saw their traffic crater into bedrock instantly which was extremely disturbing. Combination of things.
As soon as Apollo died, I never went back
I logged out and just don’t log back in. Sometimes I’ll find a link there or a reference, and I’ll instinctively click the “reply” or upvote button, but it will ask me to log in, and I remember I don’t want to do that.
It looked like me getting banned permanently for saying I should be allowed to punch nazis and I was like “Wow so reddit is pro-nazi huh?” and I never looked back.
Snap!
Almost cold turkey after the API shutdown.
I still use some technical subs like sysadmin, cisco and Fortinet for work purposes.
Everything else I use Lemmy for.
I wrote a very well formatted and evidence-based letter on my subreddit detailing grievances and why the website will die given time
The response was something like: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”
Some people don’t learn unless they’re personally eating crow
RIF warned that it was going to stop working, so I started using Voyager instead. By the time the API changes actually went through I was already set up and ready to go.
These days I only use Reddit (in browser) for 2-3 communities that don’t have a big enough Lemmy equivalent yet, like r/NFL, and I don’t actively engage there at all - no upvotes, no comments, just read-only.
Deleting
Did something just happen? I’m browsing new and this is like the fourth post I’ve seen about it. Way more than usual.
Got banned for suggesting child predators be punished more harshly by the courts. They said I was inciting violence against a protected class. I said no way a human decided that, must be AI. So I appealed and they upheld it. Said fuck it, they were doing me a favor. Uninstalled the app.
Totally could turkey quit when bacon reader stopped working at API shutdown. Good riddance.
When I realized I was in complete opposition with what they wanted to do with our content, I posted a last message on my profile stating why I left and where one could find me. And I left.
Was using Infinity. They shut down the API. I left, haven’t been back other than for search results.
Cold turkey after the api-geddon I think. Definitely cold turkey but I’ve lost track of which shitty abusive decision finally sealed the deal. I have not looked back and miss nothing.
basically just using old reddit until i was banned for my comments being seen as promoting violence and racism. comments about real world events. apparently reporting that someone assaulted or raped someone is promotion asasult and rape now.
I used one of the less popular clients, Joey, so after the API bullshit went into effect I didn’t really notice much for a while. But I did begin checking out alternatives, and that’s when I saw Lemmy mentioned.
Then one day Joey stopped working, and it coincided with an announcement from the devs that they were affected by the API stuff, so I decided pretty quickly to pull the plug.
I logged in via desktop and checked if there were any saved links or similar I wanted to keep. I then logged onto the discord for one of the subreddits I frequented the most often, let them know that my favorite dinosaur was Triceratops (long story short, that’s how people knew I was leaving for good), and told everyone goodbye.
I then manually redacted a few personal posts and deleted my account.
Hello, fellow Joey enjoyer!
