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Finally deleted my reddit account. (kbin.earth)

submitted 3 months ago by Inf_V@kbin.earth to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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I posted a few weeks ago about how I didn't feel like quitting reddit just yet. and, honestly, I still have a hard time not opening my phone every five minutes to check it.

but I decided to quit because I realized how much of a negative echo chamber it was. I couldn't even mute certain words on the reddit app so I had to keep seeing the same shit over and over again in the popular feed.

it'll be a long road moving from one platform to another, but I'm pretty satisfied not being strangled by reddit's overwhelming snark and negativity.

dunno if anyone here feels a similar way, but felt like sharing my thoughts.

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[–] maximum_homie@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I've been so disappointed with reddit over the last couple months. I put a decent amount of effort in to curate my feed so it was all low stakes stuff - hobby content, casual chats, local events, a couple help forums related to my profession. It was nice to log on for 5-10 minutes here and there and see someone's garden or read about someone documenting their pet's weight loss journey or whatever.

I can't get ragebait out of my feed any more. I block a subreddit and five more with identical depressing and/or rage-inducing content take its place. It's boring and it's bad for my brain. I won't participate.

New here too. Welcome :)

[–] Inf_V@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago

"r/allthatisintresting" on popular posts be like:

"THE ULTIMATE CHILD MURDERER. Is sentenced to only one day in prison, judge says it's fine enough punishment for murdering 900 kids"

"local man burned alive by the cartel dies in hospital"

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I can't get ragebait out of my feed any more. I block a subreddit and five more with identical depressing and/or rage-inducing content take its place.

The way to optimize is to make a multireddit of only your preferred subreddits and check that over and over again. For example, for me, https://old.reddit.com/r/AutoHotkey+FreeGameFindings+news plus a bunch of other ones, whatever you're comfortable with and enjoy. Be highly selective about what you add to this multireddit and then Reddit becomes heaven because of your awesome filtering.

Because of my ultra-curated multi, Reddit was mostly fine, if not even excellent; I'm just wanting to leave because of its centralization and to support FOSS endeavors.

[–] Inf_V@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

still doesn't change the annoying culture reddit has which is ultimately why I left.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I don't know what culture that is. I guess I have an extremely particular list of subs that dodges that for the most part.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Most of the content here is memes or world news. Glad to see more people joining and looking forward to more niche communities!