I haven’t yet deleted my Reddit account, but I will. I’m pissed that Reddit is doing what its doing. I’m kind of waiting for Lemmy to grow in popularity so that there’s more available than delete my Reddit account completely. In the meantime, how can I fuck with Reddit and help people on Reddit move to Lemmy?
What can I do in the meantime while on Reddit in protest as an average user of Reddit?’
I don’t mind doing something undercover so long as its not too illegal.
Reddit keeps kicking mods of subreddits that refuse to open even if it leaves the subs without mods. They then offer the subs to anyone. You can request one and instantly close it down again :D
In addition to not going back, unsub from all your subs. I couldn’t unsub from all of them: I didn’t have the heart to unsub from /r/baconreader, or the guy who posts pictures of his cows from Ireland. But where I had dozens (maybe 100) before, I think I have five now.
In the press, sometimes they are lazy and add up the number of subscribers to individual forums and talk about the billions of subscribers Reddit has. So by unsubbing from as many subreddits as possible, you help reduce that number.
My go-to approach would be to use Power Delete Suite or any similar tool to replace your content with gibberish (gsfdjkhfdsk style), and leave it online. It hurts Reddit far more than simply deleting your content.
Then simply use Lemmy (or Kbin, your choice) instead of Reddit, as you’re doing now. You’re denying it content, and giving content to competitors. Bonus points if you bring common topics into the new platform, we could use some discussions about random stuff that is neither Lemmy-related nor Reddit-related.
I’m replacing all my reddit content with “I have quit reddit, join me on Lemmy. Here’s how:”
Ya know, you could just stop using reddit and help Lemmy grow by sharing content and discourse. It’s nice here.
Maybe stop giving a fuck notburneddown ?
Whatever you do, Reddit is on its path to corporate enshittification and it’s unlikely that you can ever change it. Just move on with stuff.
Post harder on Lemmy. Your fellow lemmings need your support!
