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kleinbl00  ·  4795 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A necessary change in policy
I put a lot of my life into Reddit. I came here because, well, while I was willing to put a lot of time into Reddit for no reward, I wasn't interested in putting a lot of time into Reddit to be punished.

I've ventured back lately. What I've noticed is that commenting on Reddit makes me angry and jumpy for hours afterward. It's a deeply confrontational place.

The first time I visited Reddit I was shocked by what a nasty place it was. Then I adapted to it. I got good at "Redditing." Which means it turned me into a nasty mutherfucker. Thing is, so's everybody else so you get so you don't notice it any more.

I enjoy not being so nasty. It's taking me time and I still relapse, but I'm all about any place where conversations can be rewarding without being confrontational.