You Should Quit RedditJacob Desforges
You Should Quit Reddit
by Jacob Desforges · first published 2023
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In recent years, countless books, articles, and documentaries have addressed the negative effects that social media platforms have wrought on their users and society. However, these former works are incomplete — nearly no attention has been paid to Reddit, one of the most popular websites in the world. Reddit is certainly unique among social platforms, but its potential for addiction and darker side of nefarious activity should absolutely not be understated. Additionally, nearly no actionable advice has been provided to users of these platforms. The audience is told that these websites and
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Tangentially related, I finished “You Should Quit Reddit” by Jacob Desforges yesterday, at the recommendation of a fellow HN user. Definitely worth a read if you are leaning that way already and just need a few well-reasoned arguments to seal the deal.
on “Finding Flow: Escaping digital distractions through deep work and slow living” ↗…This growing ooze invariably puts me in a worse state of mind These and other glaring flaws of Reddit, tracing the degradation of the site's user experience in recent years is the premise of the book "You Should Quit Reddit." It's a self-published book that's been discussed several times on Reddit's /r/NoSurf community. I found it intelligently written and sourced, as the author described his same experience of addiction…
on “Reddit’s API pricing results in shocking $20M-a-year bill for Apollo” ↗…really hard to replace very niche topics without it, since many online forums are dead. I also append so many searches on google with "reddit" because the top results are generally SEO spam. Reading "You should quit reddit" helped a little. The author tries to reframe your hidden beliefs about reddit like "finding useful information" or "it's filled with experts." Helped me to realize I was spending more time reading about…
on “Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed” ↗There is a book for this, aptly titled “You Should Quit Reddit”. It got me to quit, highly recommend it.
on “Kill your Feeds – Stop letting algorithms dictate what you think” ↗Ok article, and has similar points to “You should quit Reddit” (which was a pretty good book). About 2/3 in, the sentences got choppier and shorter, and you could tell some context rot was setting in.
on “The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now” ↗