hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

  • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 years ago

    I just used Power Delete Suite to remove all my comments and submissions

    https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

    I am just a drop in the ocean, but I won’t be going back to reddit now that’s I’ve discovered the fediverse

    this feels like the internet I fell in love with back in the mid 90s with smaller communities and no corporations trying to control what I interact with

    • catsup@lemmy.one
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      2 years ago

      oh man I’d love to run that but I feel it’d be wrong to purge all of the technical answers I’ve posted over the years. I think it’s better to pass on that one

      • EponymousBosh@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        You can filter by subreddit in Power Suite Delete, so if your tech answers are in specific subs, you can leave those alone and delete everything else

      • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 years ago

        it had an option to export your comments into a .csv, so theoretically you could post them elsewhere if you want

        but that could be a lot of work so I understand just leaving comments as they are

    • coldredlight@beehaw.orgM
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      2 years ago

      Just kicked it off on my account, it’s currently rewriting every Reddit comment I ever made. Feels good.

    • Sanctonis@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Considering doing what someone else suggested and editing all your comments to explain why you left, to mess with the data it has access to rather than outright removing it

        • Pigeon@beehaw.org
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          This is what I did, too. I even included a little blurb about Lemmy.

          I suspect the account might just get banned and comments deleted, but nevertheless they were (or will be) there for at least a little while, and it removed my participation in reddit’s profit machine. It was oh so satisfying to do even if it only had a super small impact.