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lemmy.world

After checking the achievement notification, I was presented with this:

Context: I still have an account after using PDS to alter/remove all my posts and wiping my profile, but I still get messages from redditors seeking help so I check in from time to time.

    • Ofiuco@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Well the content I like or is useful to me is only there… And the constant recycling of the content allows me to only check lemmy once a day and I don’t miss anything.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      44·
      2 months ago

      My account there still exists for a couple of reasons.

      One, so that nobody else uses my name there. Two, so that all my comments still say “Spez doesn’t get to profit from me anymore.” Three, since I rarely go there at all, and then only to read something, never to actually interact, that should fuck with their metrics.

      • opdua@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        After deleting your account, nobody can ever use that username again. (Including yourself)

        For point 2, I’m not sure how you mean that but when you delete your account, it doesn’t delete your posts and comments.

        I think their metrics showing people are deleting their accounts might be more impactful, because there are probably loads of unused accounts naturally.

      • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Spez doesn’t get to profit from me anymore

        Spez already profited from you, OpenAI already scraped all of Reddit’s content to feed ChatGPT

  • piskertariot@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    Dark patterns will eventually force advertisements into anything that reliably catches your attention.

    I stopped paying attention to notification icons ages ago, and I haven’t missed any important notifications.

    • emb@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yep. Not even always ads exactly, but just dummy notifications to make your dumb brain keep opening the app or website (which is kind of a self ad).

      Most apps I have to disable or heavily tone down notifications in some way to get them to stop yapping about nothing. Even then, sometimes you can’t get notifications you do want without junk.

  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
    2·
    2 months ago

    Funny, this week, I got an email notice of a question (can you link the probiotic you use?) from something I commented ( I use Lactobacillus salivarius to promote good oral microflora, and am not selling a particular brand of probiotic) on Red about 9 years ago. My first thought was go look it up yourself, and with this post realize that it’s part of Red’t’s plan to lure us back in. lol, not gonna happen. I’ve been ignoring FB lures far longer, and know how to not play your game.