“It’s time we grow up,” says former moderator of jailbait subreddit.

  • Jig86@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Reddit felt like it was going downhill for a long time. I think I just started scrolling it out of habit, only participating in a few subs for hobbies and games. This shitshow was the kick in the ass I needed to shreddit and delete my account.

    Also. I think more users need to do that. Make sure you shreddit your comments and posts so reddit can’t keep your content.

    • drpeppershaker@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      It’s been pretty bad for a while now.

      I used to go to reddit to learn something new, to see the news for the day, to find a cool new hobby or interest, to read deep discussions about topics that I didn’t know that much about.

      But that was like 8 or 9 years ago.

      Lately the entire front page is doom bait, vaguely disguised racism, political trolling, violence, memes, and reposts.

      I used to browse /r/all about half of the time and my subscribed subs the other half.

      I muted serial reposters / content farmers whenever I noticed them, but this past year I hit a breaking point and I changed my default feed to subs only and intentionally chose to avoid /r/all.

      Sucks that I’m going to lose my niche communities on reddit, but I’ve been a lot happier here so far.