I, much like basically everyone here, have been avoiding Reddit when possible, and the content here just doesn’t hit the same. My fried dopamine receptors were certainly screaming for stimulation early on but now I feel an urge to touch grass and breathe fresh air. What is this? Am I dying? I still hate the angry lightbulb in the sky.
In all seriousness though, I’ll admit that I was kind of addicted to Reddit and now I don’t want to go near it. Maybe this will turn a new leaf for me. If not here, I’ll probably find some other way to satiate my dopamine receptors through more productive means.
Quality over quantity. Not a slight to reddit users still on reddit. I guess the lack of a karma system doesn’t encourage karma farming. The lack of bots also help, i guess.
There’s also the fact people on new reddit and the official app have “recommendations” in their feeds. The whole point of reddit to me was self-curation. Now it’s just yet another algo-driven doom-scrolling hook.
