Honestly, even if Lemmy doesn’t grow to be even 1% of the size of Reddit, I think I could seriously enjoy the smaller-community vibe way more. Reddit was starting to get ridiculously flooded with trash content and bots.
I don’t know, it felt kind of mixed to me. I definitely had some feeling of mourning as I was deleting 11 1/2 years of my personal content. The same feeling you might have throwing out childhood toys, or more accurately like old diaries. Nevertheless, I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do to delete all my comments. They’re backup up but it’s all in JSON so I don’t think I’ll revisit it again.
I always found that smaller communities do better in the long term. All of the bigger communities I was a part of over the years are now dead or unrecognizable. All the smaller communities are still going strong, even 15 years later.
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gkd@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 3y
Honestly, even if Lemmy doesn’t grow to be even 1% of the size of Reddit, I think I could seriously enjoy the smaller-community vibe way more. Reddit was starting to get ridiculously flooded with trash content and bots.
carbonprop@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3y
Deleted mine yesterday after 12 1/2 years. Felt pretty good actually.
tomdenhagen2@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
I don’t know, it felt kind of mixed to me. I definitely had some feeling of mourning as I was deleting 11 1/2 years of my personal content. The same feeling you might have throwing out childhood toys, or more accurately like old diaries. Nevertheless, I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do to delete all my comments. They’re backup up but it’s all in JSON so I don’t think I’ll revisit it again.
WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
I deleted mine after 3 years. First i was skeptical if i was doing the right thing, but now i am happy i did it.
aMalayali@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
Backed up and deleted all your posts and comments? Is there some sort-of simple way to do that, for people who're not programmers?
DmMacniel@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
Use https://codepen.io/j0be/full/WMBWOW/
you can backup your stuff, modify your stuff before deleting and regular delete as well.
halfpipe@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
I think there is a way to do it, but redditors have been encountering problems accessing the feature necessary for this kind of deletion.
azura@fedia.io · 1 pts · 3y
I always found that smaller communities do better in the long term. All of the bigger communities I was a part of over the years are now dead or unrecognizable. All the smaller communities are still going strong, even 15 years later.