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submitted 7 months ago by virock@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Hi, I needed to leave multiple subreddits but it was a hassle doing so manually one by one. So, I built 'Beleave' to help automate the task. It uses Reddit's API to mass leave subreddits. It's completely free. I didn't even put ads in it.

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[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 53 points 7 months ago

Just fucking delete your Reddit accounts, what is the issue here?? They do not deserve your ad dollars, walk away. The Internet is not this important. Fuck any website that behaves this way, just stop using it. There's literally billions of sites out there.

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Because I prefer having my comments written over multiple times (to prevent rolling back) advertising Lemmy, Fedia, Kbin, etc.

Why delete my account when I can have it be a billboard for here?

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

Because deleting your account doesn't remove your comments...

[-] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 7 months ago

Correct, it does not, which is why they need to be deleted individually or overwritten.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

Even deleting them individually might not be enough at this point (they might be restored from backups).

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee -5 points 7 months ago

Which is what I realized when you said that... Hence my comment

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Huh. Well, there is one other reason as well:

They have apparently revived deleted accounts and puppeted them/gave them away (which honestly just waiting for that shit to happen in EU by accident and them getting sued to hell and back for it), so this way I can keep control

Thanks for that info though. Shame people are downvoting you for sharing that

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not everyone ~~can~~ wants to, and so not everyone will.

I'm not hating on a tool that might help some people drop the subreddits they no longer care for. People will have different paths for how they improve their digital lives

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Yes actually everyone can delete their account. They may not want to but they can. Great that this guy made a tool to leave multiple subs but still it's not impossible to stop supporting shit companies. For every sub out there there is a site serving the same interest. This isn't a matter of life or death, it it's like saying you can't leave Netflix because it has shows you like.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

I fixed it, but the point still stands.

For some people, dropping subreddits slowly is how they get out of the daily habit and eventually move somewhere better.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Fair enough

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Leaving subs shows up as reduced subscribers.

It isn't much, but it still makes the point that they're driving people away visible

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

So does deleting your account.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Why not both?

People sometimes need closure.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Would you consider making something for deleting past content? I was talking to someone recently about how they want to remove most of the old content, but they want to leave up certain things. That feels somewhat similar to the actions they would take here, so it might be a cool feature to have. Maybe even "see what subreddits I've posted in, and pick what to delete"

Also, would you care to add your Lemmy and other fediverse accounts to your website? ;)

[-] virock@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I don't think I'll be able to any time soon. I'm swamped with work at the moment.

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