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I got this message too. I’m torn between just deleting the accounts and be done with it and leaving them to sit with no activity and no ad impressions.
Or set your location to a European country?
A better idea. I already tried to change my email to a European provider, though, and Reddit refused.
Fuck Reddit.
reddit makes experience worse for users
Other shocking news at 11
The only really long term viable model is a donation model. Ad tracking is abusive and the legality is waning, and subscription models for what's basically a public good are fucked.
Thank God. I love seeing that place die
Woah big shocker, anyway
If you wanna keep your bookmarks and the subreddits (communities) that you're subscribed to before deleting your account, I made a free tool to help you store and offload that data.
It's called Reddit Account Manager, and it's 100% free.
You can also use it to manage your Lemmy account(s), of course.
I still go to Reddit subs when something interesting appears in my RSS feed.
As soon as they kill RSS (and honestly I'm pretty surprised they haven't yet), I'll never go there again.
It feels like we’re hitting a point similar to politics in America. 30% will hold on no matter what, and the company is going to take them for all their worth because they know they’re die hard loyalists and aren’t leaving.
The new pinned sponsor add at the top is so distracting. Used it to figure out a sports stream, awful experience.
I love my adblocker and tracking blocking.
Tracking blocking can't stop them knowing what links you clicked and what pages you visited, which subreddits you interacted with etc.
That shit is beyond broken. I‘m glad I left.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.
Our advertisers instead rely on on-platform activity—what communities you join, leave, upvotes, downvotes, and other signals—to get an idea of what you might be interested in,” Reddit said.
Reddit is seemingly removing toggles for getting post recommendations based on “general location” and activity on partner sites and apps.
The social network said it will also roll out controls to limit certain advertising categories such as alcohol, weight loss, dating, gambling pregnancy, and parenting.
It infamously made changes to its data API terms that led to many third-party clients shutting down and subreddits protesting in retaliation.
In an interview with The Verge in June, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman responded to IPO rumors and said “Getting to breakeven is a priority for us in any climate.”
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Is Reddit still alive? I have been away for months 😂