I nuked my Reddit accounts today. Deleted all comments and posts, then the accounts themselves. The tool I used showed each comment as it was deleted, and it was bittersweet.

I watched old gaming and movie discussions I barely remember appear and then get flagged as deleted. Communities I once participated in and then moved on as the years past flashed by. I remembered how I felt back then, and then watched them scroll on into oblivion.

Now I feel…I guess it’s grief. Sadness for that part that’s gone. Sadness that it’ll never be there again. Like footprints on a beach wiped away by the tide. It’s like it never happened. There is no trace.

And I feel anger. Mad that it came to this. Mad that I let a corporation have so much of my time and thoughts. Mad that they made it clear my life was nothing but a product to them.

It’s over now. Time for a new chapter.

Anyone else have strong feelings about losing a part of the past like this?

  • raschy@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    As much as I’m unhappy with reddit I don’t think I could bring myself to delete my comments. Seems like a loss for the internet at large to do so, nothing more frustrating to be searching for help on a topic only to find that the solution was removed.

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      1 year ago

      I guess I’d be hypocritical if I did. I get so annoyed at threads that go something like

      “Hey, how do I degauss the furbilnator so that it works correctly again?”

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      “That worked perfect, thanks kind sir or madam!”