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Are people actually leaving reddit? Or just temporarily blacking out subreddits?

• x86x87 3y ago
  Yes. I'm done. Uninstalled the app yesterday and I am not looking back.
• willis936 3y ago
  I know I uninstalled Apollo this morning. The blackout is just the mild push needed to kick the habit. I'm not interested in racking up API charges for the Apollo dev. I'm not logged in anywhere else and I won't be.
  • Glench 3y ago
    Hm interesting. That's kind of you. Would love to hear from other people as well. I just made a Chrome extension that lets you delete all your posts and comments: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bulk-delete-reddit-posts/nbfdoajmaaohkohdnbpjakamhcaaleco?hl=en&authuser=0 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bulk-delete-reddit... Would love to get any feedback — I'm still working on it.
    • pcthrowaway 3y ago
      My 2 cents: it'd be really good if it lets you save all the posts to an archive before deleting them. Maybe also save some context about those posts No way I'd personally pay for increased deletions though, that seems a bit silly. Good luck though
      • theossuary 3y ago
        Agreed, I'm waiting for a GDPR request to go through before deleting my content. For anyone else looking to export before deleting - https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request
        • pcthrowaway 3y ago
          If I have time this weekend, I want to build a tool that allows users to edit all their historic posts to display a message saying they've temporarily removed all posts from reddit until they institute reasonable API terms. Ideally it'll save all the content from all the posts into a sqlite database or something, and then can be run again to restore all the content. I don't like the idea of removing so much valuable content from the internet, but I also think Reddit is acting irresponsibly as a steward, and needs to be reminded that the content creators (aka users) are the reason their platform has the value it does in the first place.
          • anadem 3y ago
            I think that already exists, as the Power Delete Suite https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite eta: that doesn't have the restore function iirc
    • anadem 3y ago
      > Would love to hear from other people Well I'm another who's left Reddit today, though I used RiF (aka Reddit is Fun) not Apollo. I also used to use RedReader, which afaik is not being asked to pay fees as it's a lower-volume client and Reddit wants to leave some access for visually impaired people, but despite twelve+ years of enjoying/wasting time on Reddit enough's enough and I'm gone
    • dang 3y ago
      You posted 10 copies of your link in the last several hours. That's excessive, and users are complaining to us that you're spamming. I realize there have been a zillion reddit threads, but please stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36296299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36296299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36295056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36294898
      • Glench 3y ago
        Hey dang, I appreciate the feedback about this. Is it appropriate for me to post this in some of the relevant threads today? I don't want to spam, but it does seem relevant.
        • dang 3y ago
          I suppose so, as long as you only do it in particularly relevant places, don't do it in every related thread, and it's a minority of what you're posting. HN readers are vigilant about this kind of thing and tend to be way less permissive than we are, btw, so I would err on the side of unspamminess.
  • metajack 3y ago
    While I'm happy to hear you are leaving Reddit, please consider reinstalling Apollo until Christian is able to shut down the app. He is planning to ask folks to forgo the refund much like Twitterific and Tweetbot did[1]. He will give refunds to anyone who takes no action I believe, but if you'd like to support him you'll need to opt-in once he asks, after which you can delete the app. [1] https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific...
    • willis936 3y ago
      I don't see why I would need to take any further action if I won't be requesting a refund.
• chucksta 3y ago
  I did when they released the redesign. Took a month or so but I barely think about it now. This is just icing on the cake.
• lotsoweiners 3y ago
  I’ve been a pretty much daily Reddit user for 12 years and I stopped using it maybe last Tuesday. I’ll keep the Apollo app until I learn how to opt out of a refund. It’s been surprisingly easy to quit. I’ve just been looking at this site and reading more.