For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

  • Abridgedlife@latte.isnot.coffee
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    1 year ago

    I am not sad. It started to feel a bit like a bad addiction. The huge increase in casual users also brought a whole bunch of corporate accounts running heavy PR activity on reddit, and quality of discussion has tanked, probably from a lot of bots commenting.

    I stayed on Reddit a lot for support forums that were prone to brigading attacks. I know how hard the mods were working to keep the spaces constructive. Reddit is not only trying to sell my attention as a commodity they own, but also under appreciating the mods volunteer hours for why the site was worth it.

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      1 year ago

      100% this, I know fediverse might have less content or discussion now, but I can see the potential. If a instance is too obnoxious, I can always just join another and block that instance if I choose to I think.