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Considering that you've participated on Reddit for a decade, even with multiple accounts, I doubt that you would able to suddenly give up your regular virtual s

Considering that you've participated on Reddit for a decade, even with multiple accounts, I doubt that you would able to suddenly give up your regular virtual social interactions. So what is the alternative you're going to switch to, are talking about the distant future, or is it just a remark that you can't proof you would follow-up?

barclay 10y ago
I dunno. I'm part of the 10 year club (/u/barclay is my main account). I've modded in the past. However outside of a couple of select subs i still casually participate in (watches and bikes) the draw just isn't there for me anymore. I think it's more like slashdot. I didn't leave slashdot for reddit or HN. I just left. It got bad. I'm thinking the same thing is about to happen for me on reddit as well.
- derefr 10y ago
  The interesting difference, to me, is that Reddit isn't one community (like Slashdot) but rather more of a hosting service for communities, like Discourse or Slack (or Usenet or IRC.) At some point, I might be following a whole different set of subreddits than I am today, as old ones die/jump the shark and I discover new ones. But I don't see what would specifically push me to leave the entire site, as long as there are individual active communities there I'm interested in—any more than I would choose to categorically stop visiting blogs hosted on Wordpress.com or categorically choose to never read a post on a phpBB forum again. Of course, I might leave the whole site anyway, but not because of a push; rather because activity on the whole might drop off in favour of something else, and all those communities I like might migrate away (like many of the chatrooms I visit have migrated from IRC to Slack), leaving a hollow shell of a site that's still, in theory, a host for many communities I enjoy—but not their canonical home, just a secondary one. At that point, there'd be no reason to visit.
  - Nition 10y ago
    I think it'd be really interesting to set up a more traditional forum system (like Discourse), but in a way where anyone can create a subforum and moderate it. Like Reddit but allowing for a lot more long-term discussion on a topic.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
  None of my accounts from then still exist, but I'm coming up on 10 years of reddit. It went from me reading a dozen or so subreddits actively to that place I find free amateur porn. Maybe I just grew up, but I also think a lot of subreddits declined, particularly larger ones.
forgotmypw 10y ago
Not sure why you think it's so difficult to quit reddit cold turkey. I know several people who have done it already just because of the culture. I'm already visiting less frequently. HN, hubski, voat, etc. are picking up the slack. I'm also trying to spend less time socializing and more working on stuff.
- dawnerd 10y ago
  I gave up Reddit some three years ago I think? Only visit whenever someone links me. Just lost all interest in seeing what 14 year olds are posting.

barclay 10y ago

I dunno. I'm part of the 10 year club (/u/barclay is my main account). I've modded in the past. However outside of a couple of select subs i still casually participate in (watches and bikes) the draw just isn't there for me anymore. I think it's more like slashdot. I didn't leave slashdot for reddit or HN. I just left. It got bad. I'm thinking the same thing is about to happen for me on reddit as well.

derefr 10y ago
The interesting difference, to me, is that Reddit isn't one community (like Slashdot) but rather more of a hosting service for communities, like Discourse or Slack (or Usenet or IRC.) At some point, I might be following a whole different set of subreddits than I am today, as old ones die/jump the shark and I discover new ones. But I don't see what would specifically push me to leave the entire site, as long as there are individual active communities there I'm interested in—any more than I would choose to categorically stop visiting blogs hosted on Wordpress.com or categorically choose to never read a post on a phpBB forum again. Of course, I might leave the whole site anyway, but not because of a push; rather because activity on the whole might drop off in favour of something else, and all those communities I like might migrate away (like many of the chatrooms I visit have migrated from IRC to Slack), leaving a hollow shell of a site that's still, in theory, a host for many communities I enjoy—but not their canonical home, just a secondary one. At that point, there'd be no reason to visit.
- Nition 10y ago
  I think it'd be really interesting to set up a more traditional forum system (like Discourse), but in a way where anyone can create a subforum and moderate it. Like Reddit but allowing for a lot more long-term discussion on a topic.
SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
None of my accounts from then still exist, but I'm coming up on 10 years of reddit. It went from me reading a dozen or so subreddits actively to that place I find free amateur porn. Maybe I just grew up, but I also think a lot of subreddits declined, particularly larger ones.

forgotmypw 10y ago

Not sure why you think it's so difficult to quit reddit cold turkey. I know several people who have done it already just because of the culture. I'm already visiting less frequently. HN, hubski, voat, etc. are picking up the slack. I'm also trying to spend less time socializing and more working on stuff.

dawnerd 10y ago
I gave up Reddit some three years ago I think? Only visit whenever someone links me. Just lost all interest in seeing what 14 year olds are posting.