I was actually somewhat ok with going back to certain Reddit communities (although NOT just mindless scrolling) after the blackout. There’s a lot of communities where (I thought) there’s literally no alternatives.

Then came his latest wave of interviews attacking people that did their jobs for them (mods, Devs making a usable mobile app) and making insane hypocritical statements about “democracy” (everyone would gladly kick you out given the chance) and “landed gentry” (dude, if the mods are the out of touch landed gentry, that would make you the out of touch king, right?)

Why is he still giving interviews? Not like I even care about the company but seriously what good can he possibly do at this point, every day thousands more people leave for good.

Anyway, I seriously don’t think I can use Reddit with a clear conscience, at all, anymore, at least for now. Every time I interact with the site (even with adblock) I can’t help but think the entire time I am helping this millionaire megalomaniac’s company keep continuing on.

I guess there’s always the chance the board is letting him self destruct to offer him as the sacrificial lamb.

I honestly don’t know if this will last in terms of me not using reddit at all, but every day this idiot opens his mouth is another day I’m not using reddit and another day I’m searching for and interacting with alternatives.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    Even if he hasn’t forgotten why they started reddit initially, the priority now is clearly to find out how much money they can squeeze out of our freely provided content, while guilting the volunteer moderators into keeping the site usable.

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        Nice. I’ll make a note to check back on this in a few days to see whether they revert the edits.

        Sigh, I guess the RemindMe bot isn’t here, is it?

        • Nougat
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          What, no RemindMe bot? It’s like I have to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together! ;)

        • Nougat
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          15+ years, the script kept crashing. I got as far as wiping the last several years’ worth of comments, and removing all my submissions. It’s unlikely that anyone today will be browsing some thread I was in back in 2017.

          Unless some of my comments have been reverted … ? Doesn’t look like it. Point me to what I have missed, and I will address it. I saw one from r/facepalm, I will re-edit comments to that sub now.