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

    • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
      625·
      8 months ago

      What does that have to do with anything? At least I’m not on reddit, or on lemmy whining about reddit.

      Literally made that name the day I wandered away from Reddit, the day they killed 3rd party apps. And I didn’t go back! Youre like gamers who whine but just keep preordering, youre ruining it for the rest of us.