It was these dark patterns that prompted me to really step back and re-evaluate what I wanted to get out of Reddit. I set a hard timer on the app and focused o

It was these dark patterns that prompted me to really step back and re-evaluate what I wanted to get out of Reddit. I set a hard timer on the app and focused on surfing Hacker News instead (since I wanted to keep abreast of tech news). I still browse /r/politics for popcorn purposes, but otherwise no other subreddits. To my surprise today I realised I hadn't opened Reddit and didn't even miss it at all.