Lol, I kinda agree, which is somewhat related to another thing I won't miss: The teenagers.

The lockdown + reddit's new direction of becoming more like fb/insta has drastically increased the number of teenagers on reddit. I hate it. It's like an eternal summer-reddit.

The discussions get crappy and stale, they don't follow rediquette, they are insufferably naive but aggressive with their opinions due to twitterification of their online socialisation. and so.fricking.horny. TIFU and Askreddit almost completely became horny fantasy posting, and I blame the teenagers for it.

God I feel like a terminally-online grumpy old man for saying it, but UGH interacting with teens online is like a human rights violation.

I HATE PUBLICLY OWNED COMPANIES I HATE PUBLICLY OWNED COMPANIES I HATE PUBLICLY OWNED COMPANIES

Hell, any such company is going to pursue infinite growth and always aim to squeeze as much money as possible from it's costumer base in the short term.

My guess is that because there is currently a big possibility of economic turmoil and these companies are appealing to investors, advertisers,etc. and trying to gain as much capital in order to look stable.

He's said four things in response to questions - every one of which is a deflecting non-answer and one of which is a personal attack. Lol. What a surprise

Kinda. I've been a part of it so long, and it has exposed me to so much new stuff. Reddit got me through some tough times as a kid, and I definitely would've been a different person if I hadn't found reddit.

But the site has been dying for a while now. Hivemind is bigger than before, so many more teenagers, no one is following rediquette, and admins are actively trying to 9Gag-ify the place. I've been finding myself disliking the place more and more for a while, sinking time into it more out of habit than anything else.

The only things I'm gonna miss is the ease of access to expert opinions - I could just go on the trees or bugs or any other niche subreddits and get someone really knowledgeable to answer it.

That, and discussions about my city and country - not many folks joining sadly

Yup same. I've gone through their post history, and also the histories of mods listed on r/adviceanimals, and can't find this post or comment on this post. Huh.

Buy stuff to support the creators, but always have a seperate personal storage/library, don't use services.

There's recently been some drama on twitter, where media providers have changed the parts of some movies. Movies that were in the libraries of those who purchased them. They replaced them with a different version - some with censors, some with commentary removed, or some with whole different endings.

You never acutally own the media copy if you depend on an external service.

That looks absolutely amazing!

Thank you so much for posting. Could you please play something on it and upload it here? Would love to see it in action

Diskusage

Analyser and display of phone storage space. Extremely useful for me as I tend to take a lot of stuff with me everywhere.

Many of my favourite apps are already listed here, so I won't repeat them

I get it, I was a teen and I browsed reddit too, and enjoyed it a lot.

I definitely think it's gotten worse. Teens used to be more of lurkers in my experience, but that isn't the case anymore especially because reddit is encouraging teens to treat the site more like twitter, and rewarding mindless engagement. I don't remember the content being this mindless, or the teenagers being this vocal.

Or maybe we're just grumpy old people now idk anymore man

I think False Knees has to be it. Beautiful illustrations and heartwarming writing

Edit: One of my favourites from them It's part of a breezy 31-part storyline, which I recommend reading from the start

YES omg! I still load it up once every few months and have a go

Such a masterpiece of a game, and to think it was all made by just one person, phew

right now, it's 'Ascendance of a Bookworm'

It used to be Percy Jackson when I was a kid, but I think the re-reads have numbed it a bit. I also like to read 'Never Let Me Go' whenever I wanna get grounded and appreciate the simple joys of life

Pretty much the same opinion as you.

I think Gen 5 was the last non-"commerical" games. Almost all games since then are way too simple, it's like playing a visual novel. AND SO SLOW - I haven't found much other people who related to this, but the movement, animations, and general gameplay feel slow and bloated.

tbf - the games didn't get too easy either, all the enemy trainers have ev trained pokemon with perfect IVs in later gens, so much so that nuzlocking them is apparently harder than old games. That doesn't change the fact that there's too much handholding tho.

Also, Pokemon Legends: Arceus was pretty neat. Not a classic pokemon game, but a polished one atleast.

A lot of it is to blame on blind fans - people will buy any random crap that comes out with a pokemon stamp and let Gamefreak escape the consequences

I don't mind them being on reddit at that age. I just wish they knew when to keep their mouth shut - 90% of the bad discussions I saw in the last three years could've been solved with a 10sec search.

TIL

That looks like a nice piece of tech, but you're right about the adoption part. Getting a minimally significant number of people to sign up for this in my country in gonna be a herculean effort

Oh yeah I forgot about the Local Events and Services part. and Marketplace.

I don't think there is any replacement for FB in local event organisation. And with how crap google is rn, it is much easier to search facebook marketplace for local services and have a better outcome.

• Halo
• It Takes Two

Goddamn these two games are so well crafted and awesome. Halo is a classic fps with every aspect of gameplay gelling really well with me. It Takes Two is a unique with some revolutionary gameplay mechanics. Some of my favourite games of all time

I mean, yeah, leaving is always an option - but I would rather prefer exploration of the possibility of a better solution. Not to mention, there doesn't seem to be an option for moving your account from one instance to another. I would like to keep my comment and post history if I ever do move instances.

Besides, leaving might not be the ideal solution, as blocked instances seem to block back, and many instances have a "follow our blocklist, or we will block you" rule from what I have been reading.

you can always go to the instance itself directly and browse things there.

Eh, I would like to access all the stuff I want to see in one feed, ideally.

Facebook: Mainly because of Facebook groups. They're pretty whacky, have a lot of fun normie non-degenerate drama, and a well moderated facebook group is more wholesome than any reddit sub in my experience.

It is relaxing to not have the hivemind like reddit or having users constantly one-up each other like twitter. Also wayyy less bot accounts in Facebook groups.

Although it is declining because of FB's shitty censors and bans, the group scenes are very much alive and fun.

Presently, it's an Indian savoury mixture called Cornflakes Chudva. It's a great snack, blend of savory, sweet+spice, and has a great mouthful.