Found myself not using reddit all that much over the last year, and the quality of the content declined over the past few years. The front page used to be filled with actual though-provoking articles, and passionate, reasoned discussions. Slowly, that content was replaced with imgur links to pictures or gifs, or TIFU-type stories that were, yes, occasionally funny/interesting, but also were lacking in substance. And now, the content has gone meta. It's just not interesting.
I also don't want to support a company that doesn't appreciate their users, when the users are the ones that help them make money.
I want to learn more, and not read or view content that was regurgitated. I want to participate in a community (whether directly or indirectly) that adds value to our lives. A lot of the smaller subreddits were very useful in making changes in my own life. r/fitness, r/progresspics, and even r/fph for example. I'll still go to those small subreddits that have an established community, but I'm optimistic that there will be replacements that will allow me not to visit reddit anymore.
This is a big part of why I was tiring of reddit as well. It had gone from being frequently inspiring, to tedious and frustrating. Finding intelligent content was just getting too hard.
Found myself not using reddit all that much over the last year, and the quality of the content declined over the past few years. The front page used to be filled with actual though-provoking articles, and passionate, reasoned discussions. Slowly, that content was replaced with imgur links to pictures or gifs, or TIFU-type stories that were, yes, occasionally funny/interesting, but also were lacking in substance. And now, the content has gone meta. It's just not interesting.
I also don't want to support a company that doesn't appreciate their users, when the users are the ones that help them make money.
I want to learn more, and not read or view content that was regurgitated. I want to participate in a community (whether directly or indirectly) that adds value to our lives. A lot of the smaller subreddits were very useful in making changes in my own life. r/fitness, r/progresspics, and even r/fph for example. I'll still go to those small subreddits that have an established community, but I'm optimistic that there will be replacements that will allow me not to visit reddit anymore.
This is a big part of why I was tiring of reddit as well. It had gone from being frequently inspiring, to tedious and frustrating. Finding intelligent content was just getting too hard.