I’ve been seeing a lot of pro-reddit, anti-mod comments, despite tens of thousands of up votes on Reddit blackout posts. Pro-reddit comments also have a ton of gold for some reason.

Is reddit trying to change the narrative towards hating on mods for “ruining everything” before they try and remove them?

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      I enjoy this comment so much. :D

      I have also deleted my apps, and unbookmarked the page. I sometimes still mistakenly auto pilot to the website but quickly get off.

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          I’m mainly keeping an alt account for /r/SQL because for it’s sort of a defacto professional repository (also the only place you can ask for and get a sciprt for a bespoke data cleaning on a large relational DB in about 60 minutes).

          I do get deleting accounts (and I’m deleting my “main” just commenting account) but some of the accounts have literally irreplaceable info, not just in the tech space, but my god some of the guides for gaming in older games only exist on reddit (like getting a full 50 monuments in the original Guild Wars, or setting up a good build for Bioshock 2). So I’m keeping my “info” accounts for as long as I can, I know it adds value to reddit being assholes, but I feel it adds more value to a stressed out Admin over their head in a bad situation, or some frustrated retro gamer that doesn’t want to know the glitch mode that everyone uses right now.

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          Yeah, delete your account too.

          Pro-tip: don’t make the same mistake that I did. Before deleting your account use one of those tools to mass-edit all of your comments (forgot what the tool were called tho), replace the text with either a dot or with something like “user has moved on to X social network”, the less content reddit has the better. Why? Because fuck em, that’s why.

          I wish I thought about this before deleting my account

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          Before deleting your account check your favorite subs to see if there’s a poll regarding going on an indefinite blackout. One sub I used to frequent has a poll going this week and I couldn’t vote since I deleted my account

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          I’ll be keeping mine but using a bot to scrub my comments and changing them to an anti-reddit sentiment.

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          that’s a bold move ! Don’t you have any feeling of lost ? I am asking because I am also considering leaving reddit for good.

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            Not really, I started using it in 2008 but it’s changed a lot since then. Recently I’ve just been using it for talking about books and video games.

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          Apollo was an outstanding app. Easily my most used when I had an iPhone. The fact that it’s been killed by Reddit is absolutely shameful imo.

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          I have Boost (paid), Relay (paid), BaconReader (paid) and at one point, Apollo (paid).

          I loathe the official app and ads, I won’t be back either. I have a special amount of contempt for the Reddit app even prior to this event.

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        I really liked Reddit Sync and I’ve never used the official app before. The way I see it, if I’m going to be forced to make a change anyway, I might as well leave Reddit altogether for something new.

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        Just a heads up, looks like Relay pro will still be a thing moving to a sub mode (dev states $2-$3/month)

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          That’s very tempting, but there’s no telling if reddit will raise API pricing going forward, or add more restrictions to 3rd party apps. Their community has gone to shit anyway. Better to just pull the plug entirely and start anew.

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      I’ll keep checking the front page of all once or twice a day until Reddit is fun dies, but once that happens, I’m done with Reddit

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      I deleted my 3 Reddit accounts last night, one that had over 110k karma. I’m starting to get cosy with Lemmy now, hopefully some refinements and it will be great.

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        It felt good, right? I nuked mine today after a reddit user was an ass after I agreed with a sub mod on an extended blackout. This place is much cozier and you folks are a lot nicer.

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      My issue has been that I have too many niche hobbies that either don’t have communities on Lemmy/Kbin, or have very small, inactive communities.

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        You gotta make em. Even if you don’t intend to mod them long term, giving the space for discussion is the only first step you can take.

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        I’m hoping this will improve rather quickly. If they all stay on Reddit, it will be much slower growth though.

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      This is the way. Tons of people will stay on Reddit, Reddit will be fine. Just look at Facebook, how long it has lasted and what it has done, etc. Reddit is the new Facebook (platform, not company) and tons of people will be fine sticking with it. That’s okay.

      The beauty is we have options, and we’re working to improve those options.

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      I feel the same. Cutting out Twitter a year and a half ago was rough, but Mastodon and Feedly took it’s place nicely. I guess that prepared me for Reddit’s shenanigans as Kbin has filled the gap without issue.

      I may miss out on some things here and there, but I don’t feel the need to be “in the know” as much.