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??

syndicate,

Nothing dramatic. It's the end of what it was and now something else will provide use in its place.

DisparateDan,
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I've been trying to avoid Reddit out of solidarity with the protest, but I've noticed I'm jonesing for it! I've found a few alternatives for informative and reasoned online discussions, but I've noticed that what I'm missing most from Reddit is regular 'entertainment' dopamine hits because so many Reddit posts are provocative or controversial. So now I'm thinking about staying away from the outrage bait for longer or even permanently.

iamcharleybrowne,

I owe my knowledge to Apollo first. And Reddit secondary.

I am smarter because of both, and just like you, I cannot comprehend this loss.

We are all r/lostredditors today.

James123428,

Apollo really got me to a point to be confident around strangers as weird as that may sound. Reddit for me was where I could express myself and find whatever I needed at the time. It’s sad we are all left feeling this sense of loss but it makes me happy to see others in the same boat treading new waters rather than making do with what you have been given.

God speed and good luck to your journey I hope we meet again.

dewin,

This is my first post here, I think, but yes.

I primarily lurked on Reddit though occasionally commented and... rarely... posted. Multiple times today I found myself with app open going "Wait, I'm not supposed to be here right now. I support the blackout.". And then promptly left.

Part of me hopes that Reddit changes their mind. It's already a comfortable place for me, and it let me keep up with my varied interests all in one place. No, I haven't played RimWorld or Elite Dangerous in over a year. Yes, I still want to see their content. I won't remember or bother to go to a specific discord for them though, since I'm not actively involved in either.

And yes, I had a separate account for NSFW content. I'm honestly not certain what will replace that for me, and can't ask.

Unlike many others, I never really had a problem with the Reddit redesign. I never once used their mobile app though -- it's been RIF since day 1. From all of the complaints I've heard about the mobile app I don't think I'd ever consider it.

WorseDoughnut,
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No, I haven't played RimWorld or Elite Dangerous in over a year. Yes, I still want to see their content.

I feel this. There were so many communities and fandoms that I was so happy to just passively consume content from, and joining a Discord in lieu of the subreddit is just not the same at all.

Being able to sit back and enjoy content shared by people 100 times more invested in a topic than I currently am is still very "unique" to Reddit. Hopefully those kinds of communities also make the move over to federated sites like this, but in the meantime it's going to be a weird feeling of something missing for sure.

niktemadur,
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It's already a comfortable place for me

It's not the site itself, but the community that populated it, mods and users, warts and all.
And the way Reddit went about this monumental fiasco, in the service of a myopic Walmart model of capitalism, by emotionally incompetent and arrogant admins (what they did to Ellen Pao and Victoria from AMA come to mind), is two big middle fingers that Reddit has been flashing @ the community for a long time.

okbin,
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ye

i've caved a few times today, briefly. and i'm frustrated because reddit is basically google for me. i go to it for a lot of info. the fediverse can't do that just yet. if it becomes popular it will, but yeah. not yet.

and it's good for random info too. like even when i'm not looking for anything. i'm already subscribed to topics i care about. so i will see relevant things.

other sites aren't really fulfilling that for me right now.

wolfshadowheart,
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Well since you mention it, googling things just brings me to reddit threads.

It's frustrating because 1) right now subs that are private are completely lost of information (which is good! But also, sad to lose for why we lost it) and 2) because it just shows results from reddit...

BreadDog,
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Not really. If this was a sudden turn, then perhaps. But I haven't felt like a "redditor" since the early 2010s. I will say that I'm still finding myself habitually opening a reddit tab, but I'm hoping that kbin replaces the sort of "default tab" for me

jeebus,
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"Ad supported" ruins everything. Spent 14 years on reddit to only have to consider running a script to delete all those comments because some asshole in a island bunker wants to get paid by tying the site to wallstreet. Fucking bullshit I tell ya!

Tashlan,
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I don't expect I'll never go on Reddit again, and there are some communities I still will want to check in on. But Reddit is Fun has been a more stable part of my life than some family members and it's outlived a few relationships. Browsing with RIF has been something I've really loved and has been a stable comfort and without it, Reddit will suck. All I want is a text based Internet, a modern Usenet, and Reddit was that for me and now they just aspire to be 90s AOL. This shit feels like some simple staple of my day to day was yanked from me. I didn't think RIF was something I COULD lose.

Tashlan,
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I don't know, I feel like I don't ask much from the world. Like I just want to discuss the weekly X-Men comics, as the one constant in my life. Or just whatever minor fandom I'm engaging with. I don't want a lot of multimedia or pictures or messengers or popups or ads or junk. The same shit I wanted online in the 90s, 2000s, and today.

Abigail,
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Just a couple months ago I was recommending Reddit to a friend because it was one of the few remaining places on the internet to have an intelligent conversation… and while it’s not technically gone, it might as well be. Subs may reopen (or be forced open), conversations may continue, etc but it will never be the same with how alienated the moderation and power user communities clearly are. It’s pretty natural to feel sad about the loss of a healthy and vibrant community, and anger that it was caused by a profit motive.

niktemadur,
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There's profit motive.
There's myopic profit motive.
Then there's myopic profit motive after frequently shooting oneself in the foot, limping and veering right-wing, and trying to blame and scapegoat key and vibrant parts of the community.

If Reddit had not treated Victoria from AMA the way they did, then blatantly scapegoated Ellen Pao in a cowardly fashion, if they had nipped T_D in the bud before it became a monster and that festered for years, if they had imposed limits on the power of some protected cynical individuals who used and freely abused Reddit (GallowBoob comes to mind), many more users might have supported attempts at making Reddit profitable, but instead for years I've seen posts saying "Stop giving Reddit Gold, don't support the site!"

This is what happens when your regard for the community you host can be summed up with the soundbite-sized statement "I like popcorn" .
These people are incompetent in many different ways and flavors. The community persisted in spite of these people, not because of them. They got incredibly lucky. Then they showed their true colors, their lack of vision and skill.

Now they want to be like TikTok. Except there's already a site like TikTok. It's called TikTok.
Par for the course, with the myopic callous incompetence.

1chemistdown,
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You’re not alone. It sucks but they’re heading towards locking off all that stuff unless you’re a paid subscriber.

MerylasFalguard,
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I’m still coming to terms with a bit of it. Like I’ll open a game and see something and want to check the subreddit to see what other people are saying about it, but then I remember that I’m avoiding Reddit. I’m sure it’ll get easier over time but for right now, yea. It’s kinda rough.

Nexnecis,
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I honestly have. It's honestly sad to have such a huge part of your life go away.... But I want to dedicate my life to something new.

New and Scary....I want to go there

Rayspekt,

Yes, it sucks that all my hobby communites might be unavailable for some time. But on the side I feel very excited about the change because the big tech internet pissed me off for quite some time and this might be the last nudge I needed to invest myself in something like the fediverse.

1chemistdown,
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It’s also a chance to start your hobby community.

WorseDoughnut,
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You're totally right, but it's also a really daunting task.
It was comforting to know the communities I wanted to passively consume were just "there" already, ya know?

curiousPJ,

I stuck to one subreddit /r/machinists and who knows where it went. The sub mods announced their blackout like on Saturday and with really little time for a community to start migrating...Community is probably all over the place now. Old forum hosts like Practical machinists or some other incarnation of it. I feel its absence and looking for other things to fill that gap...

Which leads to...

I miss being able to jump into a new community and already have a wealth of beginner questions already answered. Trying to get into Xenoblade series and almost all user questions/answers are behind reddit. A handful at Quora for some reason.

spoilerguy,

Hello fellow Xenoblade player, If it helps, feel free to ask me anything and I'll try my best to answer. Love the series and would love to share the love ahead.

WookieMunster,

Definitely a wake up call on how much I reach for my phone. It’s really really hard to imagine life when we didn’t have screens in our pockets, what the hell did we do before?

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