![]() ![]() I don't really trace back and reminiscence on my old GameFaqs comments from 2007 (if I could find them to begin with). I still feel 99% of what I do here on the internet is ephemeral and I'm fine with that. It's very interesting because I felt the same when I found reddit but simply have a completely different perspective of the internet. Reddit has been there, practically every day, that whole time. When I joined reddit I was a sad, lost teenager with $47 to my name, and now I'm 31 years old with a mortgage and a retirement plan. I don't care how reddit does or does not benefit from any of my actions. But I feel no qualms about checking in on the communities I grew to love and respect over the years, at least the ones that I haven't found any alternative space for. Anyone with their head on straight could tell almost immediately that the company was not interested in keeping us around, and that none of the requests regarding APIs or accessibility would be resolved. But it's happening regardless.īut I have no goals of "saving" reddit or reversing the changes that have been made. I don't want it to go, I genuinely loved reddit. In fact, even mid-June when all this started, I wasn't "protesting" when I expressed my displeasure with the direction of reddit, I was just beginning my process of letting go of it. I'm at a place that is far, far beyond "protesting" reddit. It's just always been there, and it's strange to imagine my life without it, even though it's a silly website where I spent a small portion of my days. Other social media sites have come and gone, and I've joined them at times (like to receive/send TikToks to real life friends who prefer that platform,) but reddit has always been my default. That's how integral reddit was/is for many people's lives. So, in a small, indirect way, it will literally be with me until I die. I used reddit, at least partially, to figure out how to retire. When I was 25, I searched reddit: "purchasing a first home." After that, I browsed home improvement subreddits. When I was 20, I looked to reddit to understand the basics of a 401k. And for most steps of my adult life, reddit has been a resource. ![]() When I visit reddit nowadays, I'm not making some kind of an ethical statement or failed attempt at a protest - I'm just slowly saying goodbye to something I loved for a very long time. I just don't think it's reasonable to prescribe that issue to everyone who "left" reddit and still stops by every now and then. I haven't dropped reddit "cold turkey" (even though I'm very happy to be spending my time on Tildes instead,) and I don't necessarily think it's because I'm "addicted" to reddit (the common insult being thrown around there nowadays.) Certainly, old habits die hard, and I'm not claiming that some people don't struggle with an addictive relationship to reddit. I begrudge no one who stays yet still makes their displeasure known. It's like leaving a part of yourself behind. You could collect my comments there and essentially build a memoir out of them. The saying old habits die hard means that once you become accustomed to something it is hard to break out of it.A decent portion of who I am as a human being was shaped there. Old habits die hard, he explained: “I’m really a night person.” – The Guardian This interview took place by phone at 1am LA time, with Hancock about to embark on a European tour.This excerpt is from an article about the musician Herbie Hancock. It’s simply not ingrained in Westbrook, Anthony or George to find the open man, because all three want to be that man, with long histories in that role. This excerpt is from an article about basketball players. I only remembered because I turned the wrong way down that road yesterday. They changed it last week and I still haven’t gotten used to it. George: Whoops! I forgot that the city changed that street. Jessica: Hey, be careful! You can’t turn right here. ![]()
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