NZ Off topic

I've run through everything on kbin and tried to return to reddit a couple of times, and I can't do it, or just don't have the tolerance anymore. The ads are more obvious, the false product reviews, fake relationship advice posts, reposts for karma, fake "best of" chains written by one person with commenters saying they know its fake, but "hey, I was entertained." It feels like shopping Black Friday with a bunch of strangers, knowing some of them are actors there to convince you the prices are actually great, when you know they were lower last week and Black Friday is bullshit. It feels, in a word, Lame.

I am one as well. I have zero interest in going back. Yes there are things that I miss about that sight, but I can't patronize a business that has such a vile attitude towards their customers and their product.

Same for me. The day RIF made its first announcement, I shredded my complete post/comment history that overwrote them with random BS. When RIF shut down, I deleted my account. Been here ever since. It's really not too bad, if you just resolutely block the most notorious crossposters, and always block any community/user you don't want to read content from.

Note that the person you're replying to created their account during the Reddit Exodus so they might as well be part of the movement too even if they're speaking like they were here for a long time 😂

Same, but I simply never went back after the June blackout started.

I'm still around too, though, for me, it was less about "sticking it" to Reddit and more about Reddit not feeling fun anymore. I've noticed the same thing as OP and was hoping to find some insight from longer-term Lemmy users about whether this is a result of the influx of new users being more negative, or just a return to form for Lemmy. From other comments around here it sounds like it may be the latter, alas.