Hey everyone. If you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy!
This morning I deleted all my posts, comments, and accounts on the aliensite. 4 accounts total, and over 10 years of data. I hope others will do the same. At least for the sake of the app devs. They deserve better.
What’s the benefit of deleting ones account(s) vs just letting it become an unused relic? Wouldn’t making them dedicate that fraction of their service space to dead accounts/comments/etc be more of a burden than removing it all for them?
People visit reddit for user generated content. If you remove all the memes, links, comments, and answers to all the things you google " X site:reddit.com" to find, it loses value.
To my mind, that value created by one’s content would exceed the fractions of a penny it costs to serve it
Ah okay that makes more sense. I was never a big submitter, just commented a lot. Still, you make a good point. I have some highly updated comments in discussion threads (not a lot but still), and you’re right that reddit could get residual value from those down the road. Best to scrub completely.
Is there a guide for how to do it thoroughly? I have THOUSANDS of comments, it would take days to do it manually.
I nuked all my posts and comments as well.
