hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

  • MrEUser@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know how to make this not about me. So, I’m just going to say it. Friday I closed a 13 year old Reddit account. Saturday and Sunday I brought up multiple Fediverse servers. I now have Mastodon, Lemmy, PixelFed, Owncast, and NextCloud working. I have yet to get Element Chat and PeerTube running. They will happen by Friday. When I opened my Owncast I killed my Twitch account. When PeerTube is up and running I drop YouTube. My point is, I want to thank Reddit for providing me the motivation to leave corporate social media and switch to my own platform. I’m not going back… I’m going forward.

    • phrixious@lemmy.studioEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for this, I hadn’t heard of half of these projects and now I’m also looking into them! Pixelfed in particular look amazing. I have a few friends that have been wanting to rid Instagram so will definitely be sending this their way.

      • killjoyEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Closed an 11 year account myself. Used Power Delete Suite to replace all my content with, “This comment was made via RiF and is no longer viewable because u/spez is a greedy little pig boy.”

        Still getting the hang of lemmy. I’m not super tech savvy, so it feels a little overwhelming. But excited for a clean slate and to kick the reddit habit while being more present in my personal life.