• Spaceman Spiff@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    16·
    2 years ago

    As a data hoarder by nature, it hurt me to do the same. But I did, and power delete suite worked perfectly (albeit a bit slower than I expected). It even kept going once everything went silent

    • Dark_Blade
      3·
      2 years ago

      My computer went to sleep and I ended up losing a lot of data cuz the tool froze. Still worth it though, at least I’m not leaving anything behind.

  • ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca
    15·
    2 years ago

    Keep an eye on it in a few days. Make sure what you deleted stays deleted. Multiple people have been reporting their posts and information being restored.

    • Zoidsberg@lemmy.caOP
      9·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, I haven’t deleted the account yet for that reason. I did mass edit them before deletion so hopefully that holds, at least.

      • Nelots
        5·
        2 years ago

        I’m not sure if actually deleted/edited comments are being restored (has yet to happen to me), but I know for sure that one thing can happen. If a community you commented was private when you did this, you wouldn’t be able to edit or delete those comments. Once the sub goes public again, they’ll show up on your profile, untouched by your mass edit/delete. Unfortunately there seems to be absolutely nothing we can do about this.

        • yonerboner
          4·
          2 years ago

          I noticed this too, I deleted a bunch of comments during the blackouts and when some subs came back the comments showed up.

          • Dark_Blade
            1·
            2 years ago

            I guess we’ll just have to keep logging in to make sure the job’s done. At this point, that’s the only thing I’m gonna log in for.

      • Chewcok
        2·
        2 years ago

        Oof, yeah I still got my drawing tablet from like 8 years ago, legit started me on my digital art journey.

  • PorradaVFR
    9·
    2 years ago

    14 years in September. I’ve seen stuff come and go but the manner in which this happened was not due to a better (yet) option or technology moving on rather the worst elements of corporate cynicism. Ignoring, completely, that not just content but the very functioning of the site is due to users. The same users that are now motivated to find the next thing as has happened so often before.

    They’ll stumble along for a while, maybe even with decent financial results…but it’s a shuffling corpse ultimately and seeing paths taking shape have made it easier to accept.

  • return2ozma
    9·
    2 years ago

    Yup. So many memories. F spez!

    Edit: 11 years would have been July 12th.

  • HappycamperNZ
    9·
    2 years ago

    I was commenting this morning about how it’s July 1st here and I’m enjoying the last few hours. Refreshed after Saturday sport and it all… just… gone.

    Still going to log in on computer occasionally to see story updates on HFY and my vast porn collection (with no ads), but other than that this is where we are.

  • itsJoelleScott
    8·
    2 years ago

    Yeah 😢

    I’m getting all my posts scraped then I’m scrubbing my account and deleting it.

    Here’s to Lemmy 🥂

  • MissO
    7·
    2 years ago

    I made my first account to post in nosleep in 2012. It’s become a habit as much a part of my day as my morning coffee, but once I’m done with something, I. Am. Done.

  • Gingerlegs
    6·
    2 years ago

    11 years, 8 months here. It’s 25% of my life.

    Sometimes change is bittersweet.

    🫡😭

    • MetalFingers
      2·
      2 years ago

      11 years, 10 months 😢

      But I think it’s for the best, hopefully helps with my scrolling addiction, I spent way too much time on that site and so far doesn’t seem Lemmy has enough to scratch the itch. I’m sure in time it will but I think by then I’ll be less in a habit of picking up my phone to scroll.

    • avapa
      2·
      2 years ago

      At 26, I’ve been using Reddit for nearly half my life. I had backed up all my posts, comments, etc but when I hit the delete button in PowerDeleteSuite I felt like I just threw a big part of my life away.

    • ForceLightning
      2·
      2 years ago

      11 years, 3 months here. Almost half my life. I didn’t think I could get this emotional over something like this. Oh well, on to newer and better things now I guess.

      • Gingerlegs
        2·
        2 years ago

        Same brother, here’s to less phone time and hope it sticks. Lol

      • Gingerlegs
        1·
        2 years ago

        Sorry, server issues, posted same comment twice

  • Bazzatron@reddthat.com
    5·
    2 years ago

    Reminder not to trust this view - Google your username with “site:reddit.com” and you’ll no doubt find things that Reddit has chosen not to show you for… Reasons.

  • paddirn
    5·
    2 years ago

    I’m in the process of deleting a 10 yr old account now (among a few others). No regrets. Time to move on to better things.

  • whereisdani_r
    5·
    2 years ago

    You were even there for the secret Santa days…it’s the end of an era for sure