• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m considering the blackout to be like massive natural disasters: most leave, some stay behind, some people come back periodically but it’s never the same.

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      1 year ago

      I think the biggest impact is if we all delete our accounts, comments and content. Leaving half of Reddit threads filled with [removed] comments and dead Links.

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        1 year ago

        After my first full day of Lemmy and Mastodon, I’m just about ready to delete my reddit account.

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            1 year ago

            Yes but that’s essentially a chicken and egg thing.

            I want more content too, but for more content we need more users, but we need content to draw in users.

            So, I can only control myself, but my plan is to:

            • Post more than I did on reddit. Post, not comment. Not even OC, just linking articles, ask topics, etc

            • vote more liberally than I would have on reddit. Not indiscriminately, but less stingy. Certainly if I’m responding to you I should be up voting you, in the original spirit of the up vote button

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        1 year ago

        Yes, I have multiple accounts, some of which are over a decade old. I am getting ready to delete all my old accounts in the next day or so, but I will keep one of my newer accounts as a backup incase they back down.