I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it’s crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

Unfortunately now we’re going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like “TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023” to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.

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    That’s why I went for the nuclear option and deleted 13 years of accounts and comments, a lot of those comments being fixes for various Linux issues, I hate deleting something that could help someone, but I figure a lot of them are old enough to not really be needed anymore.

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      My reddit account never posted a lot but out of principle I am planning on deleting my account, if they do reverse the changes before the 30th.

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        I have no trust in reddit at this point so I have no plans on going back. I should of seen the writing on the wall when they went closed source.

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          I never knew any component of Reddit was ever open-source? But yeah, that AMA was so bleak. I’m enjoying Lemmy a lot right now, so maybe I can do without Reddit.

          It’s just that Reddit has been like my one cultural constant in the last decade. I have ADHD, so I tend to go through phases of things but the sheer diversity of Reddit and all the years of history of the site meant that it’s been a really big part of my life. I know that’s probably similar for a lot of other folks.

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            Yeah it went closed source in like 2017. I remember the reason being something really stupid along the lines of Open Source making it hard for them to devlop things “in the clear” or some silly shit. I would check but lol, everythings shut down and I have no attention of giving them traffic.

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            But yeah dude, I used reddit for like 12 years lol. So I feel where you are coming from, it’s definitely a hole. But I remember the old times when everything was more spread out and communities were smaller so it’s not a huge deal to me. But the internet is constantly changing so I hope you stick around so we can make something better!