OC Any other former redditors feeling grief?

I have been joking to a couple of friends today who were also redditors that I've been feeling withdrawals from reddit throughout the day. Like I knew I was addicted, I just never thought I was going to have to face the consequences of withdrawals!

But there's also a major part of me that's feeling a sense of loss. I had two reddit accounts that were 11+ years old. I used an app called Redact last night to totally expunge my comment and submission history, and I just was hit by so many emotions watching my old content turn to ashes.

Reddit is where I always spent my depression spirals, but it was also where I found hobbyist communities and group help support. I found sexual partners through reddit, and used to even moderate in my early days. It's where I used to keep up with a TON of current events but also read from so many diverse perspectives with expertise on topics.

As much as I am tentatively excited for the culture and community we can build on kbin, I truly am feeling the inconsequential reality of all that karma and browsing. Reddit felt like it was going to be immortal, but even the mighty fall.

Anyone else bummed??

Wage_Slave,

Twelve years of reddit and yeah, can't deny it I already disappointed in what had happened.

Happy that people are actively working towards establishing new communities and places like kbin here benefitting from the changes.

Sorry kbin for the death hug BTW.

But yeah, for lack of a better term I miss it. But I also miss high school and that's a shithole I won't revisit.

ANuStart,

It fucking sucks. Reddit was my home for 14 years; we went through a lot together!

Honestly, I feel like once the madness subsides most people will go back to Reddit since there really is nothing out there quite like it.

And quite frankly I probably will too... maybe. I'm more upset that I can't access Reddit with Sync than the other crappy things that they're doing. Reddit IS Sync to me now, the interface is just so much better.

I'd say the majority of people looking for a replacement and hoping it's the Fediverse will realize that the whole point of reddit IS centralization and will quickly bounce off the Fediverse. Sure there will be those who stay (I probably will) but Reddit knows what they have and by next week things will go back to being fairly normal.

Monitor343,
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I have definitely felt bummed about it. My reddit account is pushing 12 years old. Lots of good times on there. Lots of good information, It recently has become a great goto place for finding IT assistance for unique scenarios. I will miss it. I am excited by Kbin though. I missed the Digg to Reddit transition. It will be interesting to see the Reddit to <Whatever comes next> transition.

sneezingsuspense,

as someone who used (an unhealthy) amount of reddit during my formative years, i feel ya. it feels like the end of an era, i'm growing up and leaving reddit behind.

hope you can find your community elsewhere. but take all the time you need to mourn the loss of those experiences.

trombone,
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Well, it sucks not to have reddit (have been there for 9yrs), but it's got to be it for now. Not using reddit is still better than using it via their shitty official app. On mobile I used Sync, cause it's fucking great and if Sync goes down due to the pigboy's fantasy of being next Zuckerberg or something then I'm out.

MisterMoo,
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Definitely! But what I'm experiencing is the loss of the Apollo version of Reddit. In Apollo I had all kinds of filters set up for my own mental health. Political terms were filtered out. Elon Musk was filtered out. At least a hundred subreddits were filtered out, and if I got tired of one I could just add it to the pile. If something started trending and showing up in a bunch of post titles and I didn't want to see it, I'd just add a filter and be done! Also, Apollo fixed Reddit's user-hostile changes to the blocking functionality, allowing you to suppress all visibility of a user you'd blocked.

So bottom line: I miss the site when viewed through the guardrails of Apollo. Other than that, well.. I miss the 2010-2013 version of the site, when it was simply a more fun, happy, and insightful place than it is today.

IncognitoErgoSum,

Honestly, I'm not feeling grief so much as I just have this muscle memory where I keep checking RIF on my phone and now it's just a bunch of random crap because there's barely any content left for people to upvote. I imagine this will resolve itself once RIF stops working.

yumcake,

Yeah, I have grown a lot from what I've read on Reddit. It's introduced me to a lot of niche things I would never have otherwise come across, and with many other platforms heavily tailoring content to my existing interests, it's unlikely I'll simply stumble across things the way I had on Reddit. (Yes, I've used Stumbleupon, it's not the same).

I'll miss having so many sources of insight and while I'm excited to join kbin and the fediverse, from what I'm reading about it's fundamental nature, it'll never become the kind of critical mass that allowed for experiences like I had on Reddit. Slashdot's dead, Digg's dead, Reddit's dying, at least it seems like the Fediverse has the potential for longevity.

lurkeymclerkface,

I had to physically remove the RIF app from my device because I kept opening it from muscle memory. I am still tapping the empty spot on my home screen out of habit.

HandsHurtLoL,

I deleted Infinity off my home screen on my Android phone, and every time I swipe to that screen to click the app, I just see this empty hole. It looks like when someone is missing a front tooth. Lol

robcee,
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just noticing you have to scroll to get to the comment box.

I’m not sad. I’m fucking angry! Reddit was what it was because of the community behind it. Yes it was sketchy in places. There were extremely questionable subreddits and outright hostile moderators camping some very important, high visibility subs (hello, r/canada). But it was invaluable as a place for local news and goings-on and for niche communities and special interests. There was nothing like it, and now it’s fucked.

I won’t be going back except to delete my account. Good riddance. I’m done with it.

sisyphean,

Definitely. My Reddit account is 14 years old. That’s a lot of fond memories.

HandsHurtLoL,

What dawned on me as I watched comments get scrubbed one by one, is that I was super active commenting in 2012, whereas I was pretty much a lurker from 2014 until 2020.

I think that says a lot about how the culture started changing on reddit. The sheer number of times I would start replying to someone, then would just delete the whole comment - sometimes paragraphs deep already - because it just wasn't worth it to me to be downvoted to hell for disagreeing ...

AlicecisntWynn,
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It sucks but we will all find our favorite communities elsewhere when the dust settles. Reddit was my main link to the queer community and was very important to me for the past year. I have been using reddit for several years though.

HandsHurtLoL,

Although I was in some queer reddit communities on the fringes, I'll say that I now feel more emboldened to engage with the queer community here on kbin because it feels like we are all starting over. The old camps/cliques are gone, no one's territory is sacred yet.

omnislayer88,

biggest thing I miss is using it as a second google. I would add site:reddit.com to the end of searches cuz normal searches would churn out articles that were written by someone who had no idea what they are talking about and way to long for what they say.

wrennwren,
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Honestly did not realize how often I jump to Reddit after trying to Google a question. Really feeling it now.

Bear,

I used reddit for three things. 1) Post episode discussions for shows I watch, I love reading theories, etc. 2) Googling something + reddit to solve a problem or get accurate user experience or review on something. 3) Bedtime/bath time reading. Well, maybe 4 - mindless scrolling when I can't stand to be alone with my thoughts.

Number 3 can slowly be replaced by kbin easily enough - I mainly browsed AITA, Relationships, UnsolvedMysteries, something true crime related. But, I feel like 1 and 2 are not going to be easily to replaced on kbin, or it's going to be a while. I watched Silo and From last night and the itch I had to go on reddit afterwards to see discussions on the episodes, omg. I don't see subs like that, especially smaller ones for series, or their users, switching over to a reddit alternative - but I hope I'm wrong.

And then there is a sense of loss I suppose. I learnt a lot on reddit, a lot about the world, a lot about myself and how to be a better person - stuff I would never have learned otherwise to be honest. There were some fantastic resources on there and some incredible communities, but really that's just because of the users. At the end of the day I don't think reddit deserves to benefit from all the effort users have put into the site, after all the effort devs have put into apps and accessibility, etc, and then give a big fuck you to everyone.

HandsHurtLoL,

I guess we take the lessons to being a better person and bring them here to rebuild the next community. 💙

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