I’ve been the main moderator of the same community since 2016. This evening, i approved my last comment.
I’m leaving for two reasons:
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Reddit went public a week ago. I didn’t volunteer to work for a publicly traded company, i volunteered to work for a community. As long as i live under capitalism i accept that my labor will generate value for shareholders, but damned if i ever do it for free. (this is not a Faulkner quote)
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April 1st is coming and i’m scared they might do another r/place. Doing in r/place 2022 and 2023 has left me dejected and bitter and i don’t want to feel obligated to participate again.
Leaving felt like ripping myself off of something warm i’ve been comfortably glued to for a long time. Still recommend it for anyone still giving Reddit shareholders free labor
EDIT: there are too many comments to respond to, but i’ve appreciated all of them! Thank you
May be an unpopular opinion but I always had an issue with the toxicity of Reddit going all the way back to 2014. I don’t know what it is about that site but the people act like absolute pieces of shit more often than should be expected.
It’s because of the anonymity and lack of consequences. If it were in person they’d actually be confronted about it. Online however you can spout the most horrific shit all day ,every week and nothing could happen.
I think it’s more than that, a lot of ganging up on people for really stupid reasons. I personally blame the karma system, it’s like a dystopian social system that prevents people from being genuine and it’s used to hurt people they don’t like or agree with
I give this comment 5 Meow Meow Beanz.