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As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal(www.pcmag.com)

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feidry@midwest.social
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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.

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massacre@lemmy.ml
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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.

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Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.

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Faendol@sh.itjust.works
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Mine was 8 years old and I haven’t touched it since the protests started

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feidry@midwest.social
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I deleted mine after that disastrous AMA that the head spaz put on. What a shit show.

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Faendol@sh.itjust.works
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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.

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Fredselfish @lemmy.ml
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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.

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ATiredPhilosopher@lemmygrad.ml
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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.

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