{"id":426743,"date":"2022-08-24T03:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=426743"},"modified":"2022-08-24T03:25:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:25:48","slug":"why-i-quit-reddit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/24\/why-i-quit-reddit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Quit Reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I quit reddit around 2010, when I still worked as an IT consultant as my undergraduate job. Why? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First of all, it is not good for your brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secondly, insanely addictive. If you mindlessly find yourself opening up Google Chrome tabs and typing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153RE\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on your keyboard, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still a slave to reddit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third, the communities are strange. They all seem to be a bunch of guys trying to humblebrag. Also, it seems that individuals who are actually very active on Reddit tend to be a mediocre folks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who owns reddit?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advance_Publications\">Advance<\/a>. The same group which owns <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cond\u00c3\u00a9_Nast\">Cond\u00c3\u00a9 Nast<\/a>, wired, etc. note if you go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advance.com\">advance.com<\/a> official website, how minimal and sparse it is. Why? They want to low-key hide their influence and holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore you cannot trust Reddit anymore; it is owned by the same mega media Corporations, which Reddit users pretend to subvert. Note that Reddit is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/top-websites\/\">top 20 visited websites on the Internet<\/a>; does, Reddit users are not unique. They are all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who own the media own our minds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advance.com\/news-\/advance-completes-acquisition-of-the-ironman-group\">the advance group acquired<\/a> the Ironman group, which hosts the Iron Man triathlons etc. Therefore, for any major news publication, do you think anyone will criticize or critique the Iron Man competition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to become a free thinker <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via negativa. Quit reddit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I quit reddit around 2010, when I still worked as an IT consultant as my undergraduate job. Why? First of all, it is not good for your brain. 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