At the beginning of the blackout, I thought if spez changes his mind I would go back, but while I haven’t severed all ties, I feel reddit growing increasingly distant to me now. I have long felt that it’s not great when one profit-driven entity takes over an entire category of social media, and I’ve found some kindred spirits here.

In the Fediverse, I feel I’ve discovered a new continent with a strangely medieval society, and to my surprise, it’s been winning me over despite the feudal bickering.

I think I have done my rounds and checked out almost all alternatives. Many have good points, as well as bad. The thing that made me think the Fediverse is the place, is seeing actual debate. People actually stating sources for their opinion, then replies stating alternative sources, etc… No hate, just calm breaking down of viewpoints and decent scientific sources being used. I couldn’t recall the last time I saw that on Reddit. I have been in that place for 15 or so years.

This made me explore the Fediverse, that was about six months ago. I explore any new place that pops up, mainly from curiosity. Some I really have hated, but what makes one place better over another can be subjective. So I am not going to hate on anyone that opts to move elsewhere. Life is too short for that shit. I moved to Kbin after exploring other places in the fedi-wotsit-time-continuum, for no other reason than it felt relaxed, and heading in the right direction.

I’ve been having fun checking out the alternatives. I’m honestly not sure whether I like Lemmy or kbin better.

It’s up to us to build something better here. Reddit was built by it’s users and more often than against the owners rather than with them. Here we have a chance to build a platform that reconciles the interests of the owners and users.

I just bit the bullet and created an account here after a couple days of lurking. I read that spez upped his asshole factor again, if that’s even possible, and my personal blackout is still ongoing. There’s some communities I miss but I think the universe was telling me to move on in its own way. I’d scroll for hours and hours, and I know that’s not good for me.