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I put the Jerboa app icon where Baconreader had been on my phone. I kept opening it by reflex. This seems to be working.

I deleted my account

Ive been here a few days the content is already a lot. Sub to communities. Start a community. Get to commenting, posting or even lurking! Be the change @[email protected] !

Once Apollo is gone for good, I’ll delete the app and that’ll be it. Reddit has too much useful info for me to block it entirely similar to Twitter. But also like Twitter, once the app is gone from my phone my usage pretty much drops to zero. I’ve already replaced Apollo with Mlem on my homepage, but I’m leaving Apollo installed until the end.

In /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 old.reddit.com

A simple low impact one I came up with is moving the Jerboa app icon to where the reddit one used to be and moving the reddit one to the end of the list, so my muscle memory reddit log on takes me here instead.

i use libredirect

I've set a privacy redirect from Reddit to https://libreddit.pufe.org. Now I can't log in, but if people send me links then I can see what they sent. If I want to comment on things, I'll come to Lemmy.

I logged in to Reddit this morning for perhaps the last time, to extract my list of subreddit subscriptions. While I was there I noticed I had a bunch of "Reddit Coins", didn't even know that was a thing. Missed opportunity for "Creddits" IMO.

Paused rif and moved Jerboa to the spot where it normally is on my launcher

I added reddit.com to my uBlock Origin blocklist!

I uninstalled Sync for Reddit on my Android phone.

I'm going to backup the content I created over the years and fry my account in the afternoon.

Uninstalled Apollo (Christian plz forgive me). Deleted my account.

That's... why I'm here.

I'm not really concerned about avoiding it. Most of the subreddits with content I'd want to read are or will be closed. I only am using the old site, logged out, and with an adblocker. I'm a negative value visitor.

I deleted the app I was using to browse reddit (Infinity) and have blocked reddit.com system-wide on my computer. Admittedly this is a bit overkill for me but it's an easy solution.

I uninstalled RIF tonight and keep finding myself searching for it on my home screen lol Will get used to it eventually I guess. I'm opening Jerboa every time I catch myself to retrain myself.

The fact that I'm digging lemmy is helping. Feels new and adventurous.

Easy, I just deleted my 10+ years Reddit account.

No regrets, and am now having fun exploring the fediverse.

I might just dump it altogether, I only lurk anyway and the communities I subscribe to are mainly for humor. I haven't checked it in several days now.

Uninstalled Apollo and put Mlem in its spot

I added an iOS shortcut automation to my iPhone. If I open Apollo, the shortcut runs and sends me to Mlem, then pops up a reminder.

I’ve exported my posts and comments. Just need to get my subscriptions list and I’m done.

I plan to overwrite my comments and posts with a text that explains why the original is removed. That way, for as long as Reddit survives, there’s a chance someone will see it and learn about how not to screw over your user base.

Lemmy seems to cover most of the content from larger subreddits. For the smaller, or more specific communities (such as local subreddits or those for hobbies/interests) they generally have a Discord server to join.

So between Lemmy and Discord, I've eliminated the need to use Reddit at all. This isn't without it's flaws or drawbacks, but it 'scratches the Reddit itch', I guess.

I deleted Reddit from my phone, and the mobile site is shite, so I won't be going on there.

I occasionally look at old Reddit on my computer, but I just put Lemmy in it's place on my tab bar. Works great so far.

With most subs gone dark there's basically no content anyway. I'll probably keep checking until RiF stops working. I'm never going to use the official app or website.

Not having a mobile app will automatically curtail a lot of my usage. I'll probably keep using the desktop site though until they kill off old Reddit.

Kept a note at my home screen about Reddit Black Out. And logged out of Infinity. Now, everytime I unlock my phone, I see that note and open Lemmy🥂

Made a redirect command in Redirector on Chrome, moved Relay off screen and set the Lemmy Chrome "app" where Relay used to be.
Got a slight headstart before the Blackout and Lemmy is already really growing on me

Put a 1 minute usage limit a day, this makes the icon greyed out and reminds me

I unsubscribed to every subreddit that didn’t acknowledged they’d take part of the blackout yesterday. I’ve opened the app once today and was greeted with a “Reddit is killing 3rd party apps (and itself)” post and got reminded to exit the app right away.

Reddit has a ton of useful knowledge on it, why would I avoid it? It is not just a platform to doomscroll on... As a social media platform it's as good as dead for me, but it is still a hyper forum with many worthwhile communities.

I moved reddit off my main bookmarks bar on my pc, and removed my rif shortcut from my phone home screen and put jerboa in it's place