I’ve been the main moderator of the same community since 2016. This evening, i approved my last comment.

I’m leaving for two reasons:

  1. Reddit went public a week ago. I didn’t volunteer to work for a publicly traded company, i volunteered to work for a community. As long as i live under capitalism i accept that my labor will generate value for shareholders, but damned if i ever do it for free. (this is not a Faulkner quote)

  2. April 1st is coming and i’m scared they might do another r/place. Doing in r/place 2022 and 2023 has left me dejected and bitter and i don’t want to feel obligated to participate again.

Leaving felt like ripping myself off of something warm i’ve been comfortably glued to for a long time. Still recommend it for anyone still giving Reddit shareholders free labor

EDIT: there are too many comments to respond to, but i’ve appreciated all of them! Thank you

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I did the same thing last July, left to switch full-time to Lemmy (I registered my first Lemmy account @[email protected] a long time ago EDIT: jeez 5 years ago already?!) and somewhat abandoned my account.

    I was then approached by the lemmy.ca admins, asking if I would be interested to help administer the website, which I gladly accepted. I do not regret one minute giving my time to the fediverse.

    I went back to Reddit last month to remove my account from being a moderator on all the communities I was part of. I didn’t even tell anyone, I just left. Reddit is way past its prime.

    • nutomic@lemmy.ml
      1·
      7 months ago

      I still remember your name from the early days, it’s great that you stuck around! How much Lemmy changed in these few years…

  • frostmore@lemmy.world
    01·
    7 months ago

    reddit claims to be the face of the internet. so obviously there are going to be good and bad people…only it seems like there are more bad than good.

    you’ll also notice,cancel culture is pervasive in social media,to the point it became toxic. any time any facts that doesn’t fit the narratives of the idiots,you get downvoted and/or called/branded derogatory names.

    an anecdotal observation,i have my fair share of run ins with right wing crazies spouting nonsense on social media such as reddit but honestly, it’s mostly the left where i saw true craziness and experienced fascist behaviours.