The pricing model is hot garbage, but most Reddit users will continue to use it (myself included). That said, I'd be happy to move to an alternative, even usenet. Reddit has so much weird baggage associated with it (powermods, admin shenanigans, a surprisingly high number of racists/sexists) that I'd love to find a place for more nuanced and interesting discussions.
> I'd be happy to move to an alternative, even usenet
Well, reddit is free (for the individual user) - Usenet is not. ISP's don't even offer news accounts any more and even when they did, they were so useless you had to pay for an NNTP account anyway.
why do you use reddit? I'm not being argumentative, I'm just wondering.
I stopped because I found that looking at reddit would negatively alter my perceptions of reality. Hacker news doesn't seem to do that. I also found that conversations on reddit were not very engaging but rather formulaic. It wasn't about having a discussion, just towing a party line (whatever the party for the particular subreddit might be).
I use it because domain-specific subreddits are usually gems of advice and discussion. r/ObsidianMD, r/YNAB, etc. are often as useful, of not moreso, than product forums. Also, there are many subreddits that are simply fun... r/BitchImATrain, for instance, or even the great, highly moderated r/AskHistorians. The bigger, more general subreddits may be burning trash heaps, but there's good stuff if you dig.
That's true ... tech and tech "adjacent" or other serious topics like history and some politics, but you wouldn't come here to talk about your favorite TV / streaming show ...
