I'm considering rewriting all of my comments, but I want to do this carefully and correctly because I'd eventually want to delete the account, so I wouldn't be able to make changes
I want to keep it short and sweet, but be informative, make very good points, and hopefully persuade any user to try out the fediverse
What did you guys change yours to? I'm thinking something along the lines of this:
This comment has been rewritten so that its' content is removed. On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit. This hurts many types of users, and the way that the CEO has handled the situation is not right at all. Reddit is another victim of pure corporate greed.
Some may not consider this important to them, but for anyone who sees this, I strongly encourage you to join the fediverse. It will be confusing at first, but it is very welcoming :)
Alternative platforms:
I feel like it's too wordy (I tend to ramble). I'm trying to find compact "elegantly worded" reasons about what's going on and why it's wrong, with links of good posts, but a lot of that is on reddit. Can you guys help a bro out?
Unpopular opinion here:
But don't. Maybe rewrite your last 6 months of comments, but as an archive Reddit still has value in over a decade of helpful answers to Googles. From a historical perspective, I think tearing that apart could be a mistake.
Before I deleted my reddit account I was mainly active in mental health subs. I spend years giving advice, sharing my experiences, guiding people into seeking help, so I decided not to delete any of my comments. There is a lot of information in my comments on how to reach out to certain places for help or how to best handle certain situations and I do not know what people might have saved for later use. I personally think helping people who suffer from the same mental health problems I do is more important than deleting all my comments.
Kinda like how the mental health subs didn't participate in the blackout - they had to stay open, and everyone understood the rationale for that. It's a special case that deserves an exception.