Tried one of the reddit export tools, seems to have a bug where it doesn’t export all your comments. Doesn’t export posts/images etc, so I’m going to wait until Reddit processes my GDPR request for data before removing my content and account. I want my data wrapped up by them and delivered with a bow.

I’m interested to see exactly what info they have and what you get in the archive… 15 Years I’ve been on that site…

Once I’ve got the data, I will use a script to edit all my content/comments and then bin off the account. Just like Twitter, it feels quite cathartic to disconnect from Reddit, and drift towards micro.blog and Mastodon. I’m actually looking forwards to less but more real interactions vs what these services promote…

I was daydreaming yesterday about my first times on the Web as a 14+ Year old. When the web was IRC, Independent web Forums, Usenet!

Really unique and different communities hosted across a plethora of providers using different software! You could explore the web, find out its secrets and surprises.

When Yahoo! listed web sites by category the web was so small and fresh and exciting.

Man, how much have we let the web get amalgamated by big business? You can still see what it promised if you squint…. but what a lot of it has become? Just kinda makes me sad…