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TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 8 months agoI relate to this a lot. I was on Reddit for over a decade, too, when I left after the third-party apps shut down. I loved a lot of the discussion over there (once I got away from some of the big subs and found smaller ones). And there really was a period of sadness when I left. I’m trying to be active over here to help these communities grow, but it’s hard to get back into it and be motivated sometimes.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
Yeah, sometimes it feels like yelling into an empty chamber, but I see the votes coming in, I know people are there. Trying to drive engagement without seeming like some marketing asshole at the same time.
The grief still hits me every once in a while, but the realization came that Reddit isn’t who they were 10 years ago. I’m not sad because I left Reddit, I’m sad because Reddit betrayed who they were when I signed up, and they killed a good thing themselves.