I'm Leaving Reddit for Good and This Is Why
karl-voit.at
karl-voit.at
> I will soon remove my RSS/Atom feeds for said subreddits from my feed aggregator. […]
> My reddit account will not be deleted but I might change my decision once reddit management decides to mis-use my contributed texts. As with Twitter, I might also manually remove all of my postings.
“Soon”, “mostly”, “might”. The post is so full of hedges that it could fit the entire Simpsons cast walking backwards into it. You need to be honest that you’re not truly doing anything. Certainly not anything which makes a difference or affects Reddit. This post is the internet equivalent of shaking your fist in the air while grumbling “why, you rascals” while standing thirty meters away.
Just leave Reddit. Do it now. Do it for yourself. Delete the posts, then delete the account, the go do something else better for your mental health.
I recommend keeping the account to make sure the comments are really gone. Deleted mine in the height of last year's outrage with the most popular open source app I could find and it took several attempts. Looked like they were deleted. Checked a week later and they were all back. Just logged in now and I still have a few comments. Think I'm going with glue and gasoline recipes this time.
In other words, the author isn’t leaving Reddit. They are talking about possibly-maybe-who-knows leaving Reddit. They’re flirting with the thought while making sure they have a wide open door to go back later even if they do leave. Every single person who has quit silently has made a bigger impact.
By all means, make some noise about leaving Reddit. But do it after you’ve really committed to it and can influence others. Shower thoughts don’t spread awareness.
Why is it important to you if they follow through or not?
It’s not. You’re the one making this into a bigger conversation. I think you should reread my original post, in particular the last paragraph, it has emphasised text and everything.
They should do it for themselves. They should stop talking about doing it (poorly, full of caveats and ways to bail out) and really do it. Not for internet points, not for awareness, but to be true to themselves and all the convictions they’re (kind of) defending in the post.
> They spread awareness of important issues with reddit.
So you keep saying. But all of this has been said loudly ad nauseam months ago. It’s no longer a dinky little subject that requires “spreading awareness” any more than saying Facebook invades your privacy. Right now the change happens when you do the thing; talking about doing the thing moves the needle about as much as sending thoughts and prayers.
> If they do not: who cares?
The author, I hope. They should care or there is no point. Which is why I’m encouraging them to do it instead of treating it like a New Year’s resolution that you proudly announce to everyone and then give up two days in and feel bad about it. I want them to succeed, which is why I’m encouraging them to go through with it properly.
I contribute far less, but I still browse.
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