I see a lot of posts about how they uploaded anti-spez stuff onto reddit, or participated in the nsfw spams/john oliver spams. While I get wanting to let it all out, this ultimately keeps up engagement on reddit rather than bringing it down.
The best way to make sure things go your way? Vote with your wallet, or in this case your voice. Don’t speak on reddit. Devote more time helping out the alternatives grow and flourish. And as much as it is a meme, touching some grass can help your mental fortitude.
If you absolutely 100% need to interact with reddit, I suggest installing a redirector addon (such as privacy redirect or… redirector) that can link to a teddit or libreddit instance. Or archiving it with wayback/archive.is/ghostarchive.
I see it as deprecated, in programming or interface terms. If I happen to need some info from Reddit, I’ll get it; otherwise I’ll leave it alone. This is similar to what I do for Facebook and Twitter.
Reddit was never great in the 12 years I’ve used it, but it was the least worst social media platform. It’s easier to leave now because the communities are disintegrating quickly, and all signs are pointing to lower engagement with the community. The company doesn’t seem to care about it too much because they have a renewed (ham-handed) focus on revenue. That’s their business decision to make, despite what me or anyone else thinks. Time to vote with my eyeballs and check out the alternatives, see if they are any better.