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I just deleted 12 years of content. Feels weird (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by m_talon@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I nuked my Reddit accounts today. Deleted all comments and posts, then the accounts themselves. The tool I used showed each comment as it was deleted, and it was bittersweet.

I watched old gaming and movie discussions I barely remember appear and then get flagged as deleted. Communities I once participated in and then moved on as the years past flashed by. I remembered how I felt back then, and then watched them scroll on into oblivion.

Now I feel...I guess it's grief. Sadness for that part that's gone. Sadness that it'll never be there again. Like footprints on a beach wiped away by the tide. It's like it never happened. There is no trace.

And I feel anger. Mad that it came to this. Mad that I let a corporation have so much of my time and thoughts. Mad that they made it clear my life was nothing but a product to them.

It's over now. Time for a new chapter.

Anyone else have strong feelings about losing a part of the past like this?

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[–] m_talon@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

For those asking, I used redact.dev to delete my stuff. It's available on lots of platforms including mobile.

[–] xXxOxhamxXx@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Similar feelings here, but we can make new content! https://youtube.com/shorts/dN5sn37vNGs?feature=share

[–] Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I couldn't truly nuke my account. I'm studying for mcat and r/MCAT has a ton of better explanations for aamc (test maker) practice tests.

I sort use Lemmy 90% and reddit 10%.

I also installed blacklist to filter out reddit content (their is a toggle to show hidden reddit searches in worst case if needed). This kinda helps give visibility to other sites.

[–] lysy@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago

Nope, I did the same yesterday without looking back. I feel happy not to use this corporate crap anymore.

[–] nii236@lemmy.jtmn.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Why delete though? Its all still there in Reddit's database.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Radical problems require radical solutions.

I wasn't an active Redditor, and so far I like this community much better. Might change as the place gets more and more inhibitors.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Over a decade on my account, not sure the actual year. I won't be nuking my account, personally. I'm happy with kbin for now and haven't opened reddit since Monday.

[–] Maximilious@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same here for reddit. I won't remove my account just yet, but have unsubbed from a lot of fluff subs I was a part of.

Once RiF goes away I'll use desktop when needed for searches, but I never actually sit on it at a desktop. I'm hopeful all subs I use will come over, but some may not. Namely homelab and homelabsales.

[–] aaa@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

Not at all, I love deleting and forgetting old stuff

[–] Chronosensitivity@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Geez you didn’t save the content beforehand? I would absolutely have found a way to archive that stuff first

[–] ShellSurf@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Ya, you know I haven't opened reddit since the blackout started. I removed "slide" from my phones home screen.

It's kinda sad, but I'm rediscovering RSS, now I've found kbin, and Im fine. I think not mindlessly scrolling reddit after my main interests have been covered has been nice for my brain.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I had this feeling when deleting another social media account. On a good note, it's fleeting. Now most are in the void for me.

[–] angrylittlekitty@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

here's a question, wouldn't it be more impactful to encourage users to redact with a protest statement promoting fedverse first?

assuming they're doing a 30 day backup scheme then this becomes part of their working set going forward. messing with the data in this way especially if we can do it in volume might make it harder for LLMs to extract useful information from our noise.

we then can then start deleting our posts as a second protest after that.

thoughts?

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