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+title: 'I have left Reddit'
+category:
+- blog
+abstract: My saynora to Reddit
+date: 2023-12-28T18:54:48+02:00
+draft: false
+---
+As of today, my Reddit account is deleted.
+
+I have spent close to 10 years there, gathering some 10k karma.
+And now there is none.
+
+It's not that I am *against* giving voice to marginalized groups (like Reddit has done), there was nothing political behind this.
+I am simply against centralization of the Web[^cent].
+The communities I've participated in were nice, but none became essential.
+I think that since Reddit is a hub of millions of Subreddits, no one takes each individual seriously. 
+People just hop in and out, without much though.
+I was raised on Bulletin Boards, so it was much different.
+You joined a few different boards and became part of them.
+I dislike what has happened to the web due services like Reddit and Discord[^discord].
+They are just so big and shapeless, that everyone becomes part of this blob of undescribable goo. 
+[^cent]: https://michal.sapka.me/2023/reddit-and-the-centralized-web/
+[^discord]: I'd live Discord as well if it wasn't for *this one friend*. 
+
+What's next for my daily dose of social media? Well, I've become quite active on Mastodon[^mastodon], and there is still YouTube[^yt].
+I am also eying Usenet as it's having a small resurgence recently[^use1][^use2].
+And with Google taking their stinky paw from it, the future looks bright.
+[^mastodon]: maybe **too** active.
+[^yt]: oh how I'd love to leave it as well, but that's a orthogonal subject.
+[^use1]: https://medevel.com/why-usenet-is-making-a-comeback-in-the-modern-internet-age/
+[^use2]: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/
+
+I like Mastodon because it is not algorithm driven - it's just people and subject I follow. 
+Furthermore, I don't need to race to see updates I care about before they get buried under piles of generated crap.
+I can just open the site from time, and everything I care about is there  - and nothing else.
+This is the use case Reddit fails at.
+
+Reddit was a glorified Digg, and everything was good.
+Then it became the de-facto face of the open web where people try to discuss.
+And it all became worst, as the service is too big to still be useful.
+
+And it will become worse, as they are preparing for an IPO.
+No good service on the open web can service an IPO, and Reddit stopped being a good service long ago.
+
+With me leaving it, I am leaving behind:
+- unnecessary drama, as some *someone is wrong on the Internet*[^xkcd]
+- urge to buy expensive stuff, as I tend to join such Subreddits
+- /r/jazz, which I have no idea if I'll find a replacement for
+- /r/unixporn, which is useless but sexy
+- a cool link every few days. 
+Hope Mastodon will take this role.
+- a lot of Reddits which look great, but are very uninviting upon inspection.
+- a way to self-promote.
+Coincidentally, I was no longer doing it there.
+- /r/emacs (https://emacs.ch is a good replacement)
+- /r/startrek (I will need to find a replacement, and I've been told that there are good forums out there)
+- /r/bsd (guess I'll join https://daemonforums.org/)
+
+[^xkcd]: https://xkcd.com/386/
+
+---
+
+Or I'll just start being more active on IRC and be done with it.