Wiping my Reddit account as we speak as the 30th begins to roll on in. Anyone struck by nostalgia?

Astrealix@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world – 50 points –

I'd been using Reddit for 6 years; thousands of hours. All gone, in a quick(ish) running of a script. And once it's gone, it's gone. Link rot is gonna be so much bigger soon. And everything that represents a mark on the platform from me will be gone.

I remember spending time on basically every interest I've had on there. I remember the memes, the political discussions, the anticipations of football transfers, the stunning source-gathering work on the Ukraine war, the shitposts, the communities willing to help me on the most stupid of questions. The hours spent defending random pixels on a canvas modified by other communities with friends, the awestruck silence of the Snap both in movie form and Reddit form. The support for me as a person when I needed it the most and real life couldn't, wouldn't, didn't give to me.

And in a few minutes, that'll all be gone. It's already going away as I type this. Almost feels like a microcosm of my own mortality. Maybe I'm being overly sentimental, but it hurts. Anyone else feel the same?

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12 years for me. I did a wipe 7 years ago so my oldest stuff is gone. I am bummed that I can’t read my oldest posts and comments, but I erased them for good reason. I was an edgy, annoying, Elon-worshiping teenager.

I will get around to wiping the last 7 years, but I’m not ready to just yet.

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