Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?

I was just browsing a thread on c/nfl looking for new mods. There were multiple 12+ year Redditors there offering to help.

Got me wondering. There are 14,000 of us in this community. How many of us are ten year plus users who have just had enough?

Edit: I didn’t expect this post to be as poignant as it became. There are so many of you… I can’t reply to everyone. I’m an 11 year user and have modded something like 150 subs over the years. I’m really sad too, but I’m finding that lemmy has most of the content I’m looking for, just needs more comments.

The API was a big blow, but removing awards on past posts and deleting coin balances is really dumb.

sunbeam60,

17y

Lakija,

Wow! That’s crazy. You saw it go through so many changes then.

Kaliax,

10 years. Quit the moment Bacon Reader lost API comms, did a data request and nuked my account. I’ve made a few accounts on Lemmy and Mastodon, set up an RSS feed - its a big change, but wonderful. Still want to sort out the Kbin piece, is it just an instance with only browser front-end?

syphen,

I’m another Baconreader refugee. Used it for since the beginning of my redditing in 2011. Ah well. Lemmy has been filling the void for me so far

Oderus,

~13 years, nuked my account. Fuck Spez.

blady_blah,

I left as soon as RIF went offline for my account. Mid-tier user with reasonable posts volume. Been on reddit since the big Digg migration. Now I’m here.

I miss a few things about it… the constantly refreshing front page, the indepth sub-reddits on smaller topics, and my post history. But I haven’t gone back. Nor am I likely to unless management changes or they change their tone, neither of which is likely. Oh well, out with the old, in with the new.

MathiasTCK,
@MathiasTCK@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I was a huge fan of RIF

UnendingQuest,

I did a purge every few years and started a new account to prevent too much personal information in one place, but it was well over 10 years across all of the accounts.

tiny_tina_,

Deleted my 11 year old account. Stepped down as mod

vlad76,
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Hi

PrincessLeiasCat,
@PrincessLeiasCat@lemmy.world avatar

raises hand

VubDapple,

I don’t know how long I was on Reddit but it was for quite a while before the Digg exodus happened, so it might be 17 years? I had settled on RIF as my front end and was quite upset at the loss of the third party clients. It was apparent that Reddit was decaying for years, but being on the third party apps and knowing how to curate your subreddits helped a lot. I’ve been back over there a few times on old.* but it’s not the same. Us old-timers are not the audience they want these days and frankly, I don’t want to be the audience they want so good riddance.

StarLuigi,
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It’s crazy to think I was just an infant when lots of you folk joined reddit.

afoutopatisa,

12y

dditty,

Same! Lemmy reminds me a lot of Reddit when I originally joined in June of 2011

InfiniteFlow,
@InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world avatar

I was over the 11 year mark when I left on June 30, feeling abused and offended, never to return. Not gonna lie, I am still mourning the loss of some communities. Lemmy has helped a lot, though!

nvm,

8 Years+ due to being an account-less lurker. Still use for official subreddits and occasional boredom. I guess having twice the content is also fine.

thereticent,

17+ years for me. November would be 18. Since the exodus, Reddit looks like a shadow of itself, but that could be that I only see the frontpage now. What a shame.

kromem,

17 years

Haven’t logged back in since my 3rd party client stopped working.

BuckWylde,
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I was a 14-year user and haven’t logged in since before the blackout. I’m glad I got to be around to witness some of the old classics but so be it. I hope lemmy can become a repository of comparable knowledge in time.

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