Trying to quit Reddit

When they killed off the app I was using, I refused to install their BS.
Web only, especially on my phone was enough to make me stop.
Now I only end up there through search results and that's only when there's no other option.
- One of the dumbest things they did was remove the mobile sized webpage. I only need to check one subreddit sometimes and I'm never going to install the app.

I quit. It was simple. The fediverse is a great replacement.

I will uninstall Reddit so i don’t use it anymore.
We can use the website to use it anyways!

I was on reddit for well over a decade, and performed a lot of free labour, not just as a mod but putting real thought into posts and comments.
Anyway, I requested all my data so I could have an archive of it, then ran my comments through PowerDeleteSuite a couple of times for good measure, and honestly was shocking how quickly I stopped having feelings for my old account.
I've also had no use for the "archive" of posts and comments over the last 10+ years. It just made pulling the plug easier.
- You put a ton of thought into a comment nobody notices and then "Exactly!" gets 2000 upvotes.
  
  Yeah the upvotes were so stupid. I hid them even back them.
  I wish we'd just get rid of them completely on lemmy. Or at least make them invisible.

I as lucky enough to use Apollo. As soon as it stopped working, Reddit became useless to me.
(Or not useful enough to use their horrendous website, old.reddit website or official app)
- Yupp, as soon as i could no longer use RiF, I was done. Trying to mod a small community using the official app was basically impossible.
  
  Yep. The end of RIF and I went cold Turkey. I had already prepared by deleting/overwriting all of my content so leaving was easy. My three accounts combined had truckloads of karma, glad I am not chasing after that bullshit anymore.
- Same but with Infinity. Eternity works the same but uses Lemmy, so that's what I picked.
- Boost just stopped working for me yesterday
  
  That's what got me back here but then I found out how a custom ReVanced patch could be used to make it work again. The addiction can now continue uninterrupted!
- Now I just need the timer for my Lemmy app
- I get bad service at my job and the reddit app won't even load most of the time. I use Voyager with Lemmy and it loads just fine. I think it's all the ads and trackers that reddit tries to load before the actual content.
- same boat. it was my favorite app ever and to this day i can’t will myself to delete it. still grieving 💔
  voyager is pretty good though

Here's a fun trick to stop using Reddit - simply install and use a VPN.
Just like that, Reddit blocks itself for you!

Read this before you use a bulk utility to delete your reddit comment history.
Comments deleted from reddit aren't actually erased or removed, they are merely marked as deleted so they don't appear anymore. The content still exists and can be used by reddit for AI training, marketing or opinion research, or whatever. If you want to truly eliminate all the content you have contributed so they can't use it anymore, read the docs about a utility and make sure it first Edits each comment and overwrites it with meaningless words before deleting it. Reddit only keeps the most recent version of a comment, so this technique leaves a worthless bunch of garbage in place for AI algorithms to enjoy.
Several years ago I used a Chrome extension. whose name I don't remember but I think it had "nuke" in the title. There are various browser extensions out there, just be sure to pick one that says it overwrites comments before deleting.
- I didn't know any of this before I deleted my accounts unfortunately, but I think there's a small win in leaving all of that communist propaganda in their AI training data at least
- Tried and true: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

Weird, I just deleted my account, uninstalled the app, and moved to Lemmy with no desire to go back.

Just delete the app, trust me

We'll just look at one last thread!
Now we'll look at one VERY last thread!
Look at all these threads!!

It's an addiction. Don't tell to go cold turkey. Have an alternative in place and then gradually reduce your timer for Reddit. Look at how much you use each day on average then set the timer for that. So first your getting rid of your high usage days. After a couple of days reduce it by 5 mins. Keep repeating this. Also, trim down the subs you're subscribed to so there's less new content showing up.
- easiest thing for me was to just... uninstall the app and use it in a browser.
  the experience is so terrible, i don't spend much time on it anymore. seriously, go to reddit.com and see what it looks like with no account and no extensions.
  instagram is even worse, once in a while i try to open a funny post someone sends me in the browser, and ... it usually works for the first post (after clicking away a bunch of popups) but if i open a second one i get completely blocked. thanks meta 👌
- actually the constant flood of trump post made comment less on reddit, i got tired of seeing all the time, and you also have to be extremely careful about commenting on any of sub to begin with.
- What's your alternative? Been meaning to use Lemmy less, but since I started using social media in place of idling/skin picking/bad thoughts when I don't have the energy to do anything else, that's what I return to when I put my phone down. (I have adhd)
  
  Oh Lemmy is the alternative, this was just for getting off Reddit lol

It's easy. Just be yourself and say whatever the fuck you want instead of trying to adhere to their stupid ass rules.
You'll get a free ticket out of there in no time.
- Here to confirm this method even with being a (small time) mod and having a 15yo account. Hello.

I found it really easy to quit Reddit. The trick is to engage in conversation with a maga, say exactly what you think, and let the permaban system do the rest! 😉
- it took them to permaban multiple accts to come here, lol. and i also fled to another forum(one specifically how to evade the bans)_

Delete all your comments and posts so Reddit can't profit off them, then delete your account.
- I finally did this. Took a while because I had to delete each individual comment and post, but it was worth it.

I have such mixed feelings on it which I hate. I want to cut it fully but it genuinely is a useful trove of information for DIY and things that interest me.
- Those can be built here

Pretty simple: start asking controversial questions until you get permabanned.
- “Is it really so bad that I hang my toilet paper the other way around?”
  Removed. Rule 1. Violence will not be tolerated.
  
  That would go under "incentivizing violence", because people want to lynch you.

Delete the app 🤷

Lmao frog and toad, clearly we have achieved supremacy already

Eh, it's been less annoying with Tumblr and here.

I have a timer app for blocking Instagram and it works pretty well—I use ScreenZen
- i never got the hang of using fb, or instagram. only to check up a specfic person, i lose interest the moment it ask you to login.
- That app actually looks really cool, i think I'll try it.
  The question remains though, is there something to prevent you from disabling the timer when you've hit your daily limit?
  
  ScreenZen shows a “streak” which gives me some motivation to keep at it. I think you can disable it of course. But. I don’t

This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use an app to limit your use of another app, you've fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don't need a timer, you don't need to remove the app or get yourself banned, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
- Sometimes people need help starting good behaviors. Trying, and failing repeatedly is extremely demoralizing and can cause people to give up.
  Don't shit on people for trying to make a good change in a different way that what works for you. They are not you.
- What a goofy take. "Having trouble with self control? Have you tried having self control?" Obviously there's something more going on or life would be a whole lot simpler. Sometimes externalizing a decision through a tool like a timer is part of how a person indirectly exerts self control.
- This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use rehab to limit your use of heroin, you’ve fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don’t need rehab, you don’t need to stop buying heroin or cut off ties with your dealer, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
  
  Using a website app and being chemically addicted to a strong substance, same thing really if you don't think about it
- Learn and practice some self control.
  Yeah. Just... Do the thing, y'know? Just do it. Press the button to self control. Also, stop being poor.