Stopped using reddit prior to this API thing (also left digg before the redesign) because I could feel the decline, had tildes.net on the side, used Lemmy without an account and made a Mastodon account on aus.social. Not a huge fan of Mastodon as there is minimal discussion there unless it’s tech-related. I’ve literally asked questions about a toot to no reply; it’s really strange, a higher functioning narcissism perhaps.

Will leave reddit permanently but unsure if I delete my data. I always tried to add helpful and education info to my posts so if an AI wants to make money from it, I’m up in the air if I want that or not. Maybe if I could be sure it was used for good, not evil.

I’m close to a full delete but I’ve got near 15 years there of specific stuff that I never found clearly anywhere else on the web. It’s always about money.