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+1 here. I used the same account for over a decade, then left the site when RiF died.
Enshittification strikes again. It was only a matter of time, really. Reddit ownership is neither smart nor innovative. It's no longer a site for users, it's a platform for advertisers.
12 years. Migrated to Reddit when Digg collapsed. Reddit slowly changed over the last 4 years or so, for the worse, even before the recent shenanigans. Glad to be here.
I joined reddit 2009, so I suppose 14 years. Back then I was more using Slashdot.
16 years. Fuck /u/spez
It makes me sad but I was part of the digg fiasco and switched to reddit. I was hours... And hours a day and pretty active.
I haven't been back to reddit since it killed the Sync for Reddit app. 100% Lemmy now.
14 year old here. I've been back a few times to run Power Delete Suite to modify my existing comments, then delete them. Not sure what's happening, but the above is "a few times" as I checked once and sure enough some of my deleted comments were reappearing on that damned site!
I've also deleted all saved comments, etc.
11 years. I want to view controversial content and I'm not feeling too optomistic about lemmy world either.
I've not fully left but I'm spending a lot more time on here and Aether than I am on Reddit
14 years with a reddit account, I lurked for a couple years before that. I lurked on Digg from 05-07 before a nerdy friend introduced me to Reddit. I've never moderated, I mostly read and contribute to communities about local news or communities relevant to my hobbies.
I was in the 13 year club, and most of that was using RIF.
15 year account and happy with Lemmy here. Only going back to Reddit once in a while to make sure all my comments remain deleted.
14 years. Mostly on RIF. Deleted my account on the last day. Enjoying it here. Many thanks to all of you!
Haven't deleted my account but I've exclusively been here now. It was a few years old. Want to see Lemmy (and other alternative sites) grow as reddit loses.
12 here. Hate it, they had a good thing and they fucked it up for personal gain. I'm never gonna make amends with it.
Deleted mine a month ago.
I don't miss it one bit.
Nearly 14 years, right after digg imploded.
Over 10 years on the account, 1 or 2 extras of lurking before that.
I'm gone for the most part, I don't ever open Reddit just to scroll since I jumped to Lemmy, but I do still add "Reddit" at the end of my Google searches because search engines have become useless and that's still the best way I know to get somewhat unbiased replies on just about any topic.
I made my first account in 2007. I ended up deleting it before long but I made another in 2009, which I deleted a couple of weeks ago (after manually deleting every comment and post I had ever made).
Officially, I had just reached the 14-year club.
I was right at the 10 year mark myself. I only use it now when a thread comes up in a search, I don't ever go there just for the sake of it anymore.
I haven't full left Reddit. Just using it less as i feel my way around the different alternatives. Some groups forums exist, other go by other names...Just a question of finding them.
Two accounts. One I used to moderate that I made in 2009, and my other account was made about 10 years ago.
Used RIF on mobile and RES on desktop.
Now I use neither, deleted my moderator account and just left my more personal account to rot. (Don't want to delete everything on that one just yet).
About 11 years, here. I only go back occasionally to look at some communities that haven't really moved here yet that are important to me, but other than that, I steer clear of Reddit and I prefer Lemmy now.
I’m old hat. I joined during the Digg vs Reddit wars of the early 2000s. Glad to see a new contender on the block.
Eight years almost to the day between leaving Reddit then joining here, but I feel like a refugee multiple times over.
Old BBSes briefly; then IRC then and that chat thing Wired had for a while; the various Yahoo boards; Facebook (shudder, only a year or so); but mainly this one forum I loved that Twitter killed; Digg a little on the side; then Metafilter for more than a decade before I buttoned and came to Reddit.
I agree with wreel (how do we "@" people here?) that this feels a lot like the early fora of the original www, even a bit like BBSes on steroids at times.
11 years. Should have left multiple times during that stint but RIF shutting down was the last nail in the coffin.
Scrubbed and deleted a 12yr account and haven't been back.
16yrs, made an account before the Digg drama, migrated there after.
I’ve not been back since, other than friends linking to stuff there basically
Joined Reddit in 2011 when my wife introduced me to it (and RiF).
Left when the API drama started and was glad when I found feddit.de (later switched to sh.itjust.works).
Have since deleted my reddit account and only browse it when I can't find any other source for a technical problem/solution.
About 14 years or so for me. Was starting to get a bit bored of that place anyway. I've been enjoying Lemmy a lot so far.
9.5ish here
11 years. Fuck spez
13 years here
13 years. I lurked a few years before creating an account. Been using Lemmy for the most part since the Apollo app shut down a month ago. I still append "reddit" to my searches though, so I occasionally end up there for older content.
Raises hand 11 years. I too switched to Reddit when digg went south.
9 years and 9 months currently.
I think u/jackcooper made it to 10? I was on 2-3 years before making an account
12 Years, fuck you u/Spez.
10+ years here, not sure how long because I deleted my account.
I deleted it towards the end of June, when Christian announced Apollo was closing down, and how Spez fucked him by twisting his comments.
I was very active in *Nix subs, like Linux, Ubuntu, elementaryOS, helping users. I was also active in the macOS patching subs (mojave / Catalina / OpenCore legacy), with guides and news. So there's definitely some substance lost by me deleting all my posts / comments. Do I care? Not really.
12 years here, started using it regularly after they killed Google reader.
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Lurked reddit since 2006 (a year after it was founded); joined in 2008.
Leaving wasn't easy. Quitting tobacco was less difficult. But fuck 'em. I'm done.
At least 10 years....won't go and check. I'm working hard to get the hang of the fediverse and being patient while it grows up. I'll check a few niche subjects on Reddit but without a phone app my usage is down like 98%. Not posting or voting. Obligatory fuck /u/spez. What a dumbass maneuver he pulled...so many other choices. Can't wait for him to go down in flames....
Yes.