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I deleted my account.

Was looking for an excuse to remove myself from that time-sink website anyway, but can't lie, the changes they made in the last decade have progressively ruined my experience.

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I was on the fence for the past couple of weeks. But this interview (https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762868/reddit-ceo-steve...) pushed me over the edge. Huffman's doublespeak, white lies (I'm certain there's a bunch of third party apps that you won't name that are still "in talks" about the new API pricing), and actual lies (trying to smear Christian's name) point to a company that simply cannot be trusted. Even if Reddit fixed all of the API issues today, I wouldn't want to go back.

And you bring up the most important issue anyway: every single Reddit community I've participated in has become noticeably worse over the past decade. They don't care because we're not the meme-and-ad-slurpee sipping target audience who will mindlessly scroll pictures and videos on the official Reddit app.

Instead of deleting your account I'd recommend editing all your posts to make a statement.

This way you're not only removing yourself, but also burning the content you provided.

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