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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.

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[-] RavenFellBlade@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yo. And the more time that passes, the less I miss it.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

11+ years with an account and 15 or so as a lurker checking in

[-] the_robomafia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was on Reddit for over 5 years

[-] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

11 year refugee here.

[-] sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't browse Reddit at all anymore. Overwrote all my comments then deleted my accounts. I only go if a search lands me there for something specific as a guest in a private tab.

[-] dunsany@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

15 Year club... sad to leave. But even sadder to see what has become. Don't plan on deleting my account but I won't renew my premium when it comes back up.

[-] WolfRun24@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

My account turns 11 on August 11th... lurking 2-3 years prior. As soon as the news was dropped about API changes I came over here and switched between the two. Stopped using reddit overall once my app wasn't supported. I miss my small communities and the news from my city but I can't continue to support it

[-] SerenityNow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I lost access to my first account, but it had to have been before 2008 when I created it--because I remember when they added user create-able subreddits (and I just checked at that happened in Jan 08). My second(or third?) account had 13 years on it when I left reddit.

So, I'd say I was on reddit for ~16-17 years.

[-] kittkat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

12 year old Reddit account here. Though, for every end there is a new beginning. Looking forward to seeing how Lemmy continues to grow. 🙂

[-] glarf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

11 or 12 years here

[-] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I was a 10 year lurker. Actually post a bit on here..

[-] jasnstu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My 12th Cake Day was last week, which is how I discovered I had the Reddit app still installed on a test device that was my daily-driver a few years ago

[-] acow@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

14 years here. Really optimistic for lemmy given how good the app story has become so fast. Hoping the user base keeps growing so that more niche communities hit a critical mass here.

[-] Pandantic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I was at about 12 when I left

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I just googled it. Reddit was made in 2005. That means I must've started using it in 2007 or 8.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think I had 9, but a year or two of lurking prior.

[-] Hitchie_Rawtin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Almost 11 years with this username, a few years before that with another account that was linked to IRL stuff so decided to dedoxify myself.

I'm glad tbh - Reddit's been tailspinning as an experience since 2016 at least, it's just become much more aggressive about hating it's userbase and free labour recently.

[-] sprucenoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Who can say, but I have largely left the site.

[-] vermyndax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, I left when it was announced Apollo was shutting down.

[-] abon999@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Around 8 years here. I really hate ads, so i just leave this shitty network.

[-] fence_prude@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

At least 15 years here

[-] caballeroAguila@mujico.org 2 points 2 years ago

My account had just turned 11 years old when all of this started. After RIF didn't let me log in any more I just quit reddint entkrelt. The RIF app itself is still installed in my phone though, as a memento. Even if reddit were to turn back on its decision, I don't think I'd want to go back at this point. Reddit is as good as dead for me.

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[-] Sjotroll@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not quite there yet, but 8 years and left with Sync.

[-] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I was on Reddit since Digg went the way of the dodo. Changed accounts one time, the one I deleted when Apollo died was just shy of 10 years. It was tough.

[-] SoupyHappenstance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was there for nearly fifteen years. Been looking for an excuse to dump Reddit for a couple years now, ever since lockdown when I got in the habit of checking Reddit a dozen times a day.

[-] Chatotorix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My oldest account was 11.5 years old. Together the 3 of them had half a million karma. Used Relay for most of that time. Haven't used any of my accounts since the API shutdown. This made me not want even visit the site anymore.

[-] blargh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

11 years over here!

[-] roastedchickpea@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

12 years here sounding off

[-] Bravebellows@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Left when Apollo wasn't allowed to continue

[-] Tilted@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

16+ years. No intentions of going back. The Fediverse is cool, and I’m enjoying it.

[-] grandkaiser@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

11 years. Had to use an extension to manually block Reddit to stop myself from automatically going to Reddit for the first two months.

[-] cath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

12 years here

About 15 years here. Just couldn’t help it grow any bigger after what it became

[-] BuckyVanBuren@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

2008 for me.

[-] cheeseblintzes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Said it elsewhere sometime yesterday-- bout 13 years.

[-] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I joined the week that the Rampart ama took place. Reddit's been shite since about 2015 so I'm happy to have found something that feels a bit like those early days.

[-] ScottThePoolBoy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] Slagius@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

10 years for me!

[-] toomanyjoints69@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago
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