▲ 459 ▼ As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com) submitted 3 years ago by ardi60@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 322 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] feidry@midwest.social 43 points 3 years ago (4 children) Not completely normal. I deleted my account that was old enough to sign up for most websites on its own. I'm not the only one. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] massacre@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago Haven't deleted either of both of my 14 yr accounts yet, but I haven't been on Reddit since the blackout and have plans to nuke it all after I navigate new subscriptions and think it through. FWIW, I find the experience a refreshing re-start, just like when Digg and Slashdot fucked up and I'm already seeing shit posting, memes, and fresh content galore on Lemmy in just the last week. I doubt I'll go back to Reddit except for some esoteric solutions that I find in searches. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago Haven't fully deleted mine yet, but I'm already using it a lot less. Lemmy is more than good enough for bathroom scrolling and I've actually gone back to reading books before bed. Just finished one yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Mine was 8 years old and I haven't touched it since the protests started permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] feidry@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I deleted mine after that disastrous AMA that the head spaz put on. What a shit show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I'm not planning on deleting mine, I do have some good technical answers on my account that I don't want to delete. I figure stopping participating is more important than going back and deleting it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago 10 years for me and not been on the weekend before the protest and have no plans to return anytime soon. But when I do it will be to gain as much that I saved as I can and then nuke my account from there. And I have 150k in karma. Doesn't seem like much but took me a long time to earn that and I was proud of it. But when RIF goes I am gone. Long live Lemmy, long live the fedverse. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ATiredPhilosopher@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago Also deleted the 3 accounts I had - it's most like a paid ad. People need to stop giving two shits about Reddit, it's a corporation that doesn't care about its users yet a bunch of its users, even former ones, seem to overly care about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] massacre@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago Haven't deleted either of both of my 14 yr accounts yet, but I haven't been on Reddit since the blackout and have plans to nuke it all after I navigate new subscriptions and think it through. FWIW, I find the experience a refreshing re-start, just like when Digg and Slashdot fucked up and I'm already seeing shit posting, memes, and fresh content galore on Lemmy in just the last week. I doubt I'll go back to Reddit except for some esoteric solutions that I find in searches. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago Haven't fully deleted mine yet, but I'm already using it a lot less. Lemmy is more than good enough for bathroom scrolling and I've actually gone back to reading books before bed. Just finished one yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) Mine was 8 years old and I haven't touched it since the protests started permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] feidry@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I deleted mine after that disastrous AMA that the head spaz put on. What a shit show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I'm not planning on deleting mine, I do have some good technical answers on my account that I don't want to delete. I figure stopping participating is more important than going back and deleting it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago 10 years for me and not been on the weekend before the protest and have no plans to return anytime soon. But when I do it will be to gain as much that I saved as I can and then nuke my account from there. And I have 150k in karma. Doesn't seem like much but took me a long time to earn that and I was proud of it. But when RIF goes I am gone. Long live Lemmy, long live the fedverse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] feidry@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I deleted mine after that disastrous AMA that the head spaz put on. What a shit show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I'm not planning on deleting mine, I do have some good technical answers on my account that I don't want to delete. I figure stopping participating is more important than going back and deleting it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I'm not planning on deleting mine, I do have some good technical answers on my account that I don't want to delete. I figure stopping participating is more important than going back and deleting it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago 10 years for me and not been on the weekend before the protest and have no plans to return anytime soon. But when I do it will be to gain as much that I saved as I can and then nuke my account from there. And I have 150k in karma. Doesn't seem like much but took me a long time to earn that and I was proud of it. But when RIF goes I am gone. Long live Lemmy, long live the fedverse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ATiredPhilosopher@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago Also deleted the 3 accounts I had - it's most like a paid ad. People need to stop giving two shits about Reddit, it's a corporation that doesn't care about its users yet a bunch of its users, even former ones, seem to overly care about it. permalink fedilink source parent