This might actually be the best thing to happen to me

submitted by onemoredaydream from self.Introductions

I was like all of you. Addicted to reddit. Constantly scrolling /GC. Cackling in unladylike ways at hilarious memes from r/TrollGC.

And then today. Once and for all, it was proved that #reddithateswomen and the only homes I had on that site were gone.

What, am I going to stick around for /r/pics? r/funny??? Seriously?

I know that I'll be horrified to learn of how much ad data reddit collected on me over the 10 years I used it under various handles. And honestly, it's my fault for being complacent and easily amused. But I'm glad that them banning the only reasonable corners of that site led me to find this one.

I remember when I joined reddit (2007!), and the only reason I stayed was because community was varied, vibrant, and expressive - not endless, repetitive circlejerks of the same tired jokes after every post. That was back when reddit looked like this site looks. Seeing this beautiful, open-source code makes me so nostalgic... and also oddly hopeful.

Maybe this will turn back into a weird corner of the internet. Maybe I'll still be able to find unusual and interesting people to follow. I can't wait to see what comes out of people when the downvote buttons are taken away and the experience is mostly ad-free.

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[–]dieseltech82 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Its getting bad over there. I was seeing so many posts that are agenda driven, even on pics, aww or funny sub Reddit's. I would rather deal with the inconvenience of too much freedom, than the lack thereof.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Welcome to saidit. I think I'm down to one subreddit on reddit that's worth visiting, but other than that, reddit isn't worth going to a lot of the time anymore

[–]Sh--t 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Are we the majority yet? Or have the fringe beliefs become the majority? We're not even the fringe lol. A lot of GC was just..normal balanced viewpoints. And refugees from other communities that had gone Xtra woke. I felt the same about all the subs that allowed open discussion and differing ideas.

[–]onemoredaydream[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Right! I feel like I became a much better, more reasoned debater/discusser on GC, because people there knew how to say their point and not apologize for it.

In other "woke" spaces, you are expected to cringe and apologize everytime you bring up something that might "trigger" someone over something. It's just a manipulation tactic and I'm sick of it.

At GC, I felt like people could communicate directly without going over into the alt-right, hostile, in your face for no reason type of discourse.