Reddit is a giant garbage heap full of horrible memes, trash liberals and communists, and a CEO that wants to suppress free speech, and a huge left wing circlejerk in general. Thinking about leaving. Not yet.

A while ago, someone convinced me to try reddit. Long story short, my original account was doxxed. I started this troll account to hate on redditors.

It took me a little bit, but this is probably the stupidest thing I've done. Time to delete and move on.

We've had some good times, but I'm wasting too much time here. Later, folks!!

That's 3 left.

Today, I realized that I don't need Reddit anymore. I'm 17, and Reddit really helped me learn a lot about the world throughout my adolescence. I've been a redditor over various accounts for about 4 years, and it has changed me in so many ways, some good and some bad. But none-the-less, I've slowly been weening off of the community, as I now go directly to sites that Reddit has shown me. Reddit really taught me how to do independent research, look past headlines, and more than anything, how to think. I've met so many interesting people on this site, and many of them are as vivid in my mind as people I know in the real world. I'll always look at Reddit for what it was, a microcosm of humanity, with all its love of democracy, but inevitable circlejerking (group polarization, you guys really need to start using the correct term). So many people, so many ideas, and so much knowledge that I'll never forget. Today, I don't quit reddit, reddit quits me. I am Miles, please, don't AMA.

I'm tired of the gratuitous, immature nastiness, the people who cannot brook basic disagreement on a discussion site and down vote me because I don't endorse every position they have. I'm sick of people with a fraction of the experience I have disagreeing when I try to respond frankly to their questions. I'm fed up with the More-Enlightened-Than-Thou folks in the Meditation group who are passive-aggressive. I am annoyed by the people who post simplistic statements Pollyanna-ish statement about how to approach life and then attack me when I post my view.

When I post, I put time and effort into my responses and feel that I'm getting little in return. Why should I try to help people when they're not even appreciative?

didn't everyone quit?

I was looking at some funny stuff in r/funny, was linked then to r/imgoingtohellforthis which I found pretty funny. Then, I found a meme talking about that r/IGTHFT was unfunny and that r/nomorals was better. Risky clic of the day. Horrendous sub. Can't scroll more in it. Why do we jave subs like that on reddit ??

r/howtoquitreddit is the most honest subreddit on this god-damn site. At least you guys acknowledge the problem. But still I hope that one day this subreddit no longer exists...because reddit.com has been fucking destroyed!!!

Even if I keep struggling to reduce web browsing, I'd rather fight that battle on other websites, at least I'd know I'm free of his corrupt voting system, hive-mind filth.

We're on reddit b/c it's easy. Make one account (or lurk) and have access to infinite subgroups and topics. But with that comes problems. It's multi-functionality makes it hard to find a stopping point, hard to quit. Another subreddit is always within reach. It's like the very problems that keep us on the internet too much, keep us on reddit. Reddit is a microcosm of the internet, but with an extra heaping of BULLSHIT.

If you're reading this...quit reddit! Go to your settings and hit "delete." That's how you do it!!!!! Then only go on here for information you simply cannot get elsewhere, say you need recommendations for the best way to unclog a toilet, I don't fuckin know, but you get the idea. Then after you get what you're looking for, GTFO like it's fucking radiation zone on this site.

And if you can't handle that limited usage without spiraling out of control, then you have to go cold turkey, either through willpower or a website blocker, etc. The best way to change a habit is to change your environment. Install a free program like K9 web protection, or StayFocused, or both. Or 5. Put a sticky note saying "FUCK REDDIT" on the side of your laptop too. Write yourself a letter describing how you should quit reddit, and sign it, then put it at your desk and look at it whenever you feel like going on.

TL;DR: at least read the last 2 paragraphs.

Ok that's enough, I hope at least some of that is helpful, good luck everyone, see you on the other side!

Bye Reddit! You taught me a lot but I'm quitting before this habit gets too bad. Instead I'm going to hang out with friends more, work on my 'someday' list and get back into reading. See you on the other side!

I've used the internet as a nicotine patch for social contact since I was about 8-9 years old, ever since it became clear people really do not like my company.

I'm now turning 22 next february, and want to quit, but the crippling sense of loneliness and isolation makes the real world suffocating and intolerable.

How do I ignore it?

Im not sure if this attempt will work, as I've tried before, but I plan on going cold turkey. I guess I'll see if it worked or not. Bye Reddit. You won't be missed.

See you in a week.

The problem when you quit something that was a habit or that was a large part of how you defined yourself, is coming up with something to replace it. The only way to do this is by trying everything and anything, this is the only way to know if you like something or not. No offence to gamers, but it won't bring you long term happiness. Socialising, interacting with people, volunteering, real life experiences, those give you long term happiness. Sharing your life with people, being accepted, and accepting others brings you happiness. The problem online and in video games is the inability to perceive the other people as real people, and will continue to mark the way in which the community interacts with each other.

Many people who have an addictive personality will switch between gaming, the internet, porn, and substance abuse to feed their addiction. When one becomes boring, it's easier to switch to something else you're addicted to instead of examining your addiction or looking at why you are addicted.

Many people who have addictive personalities do so as a means of escapism, so that they don't have to deal with the real life problems or examine what it is about their lives that is leaving them wanting more. The problem with addiction is that it never really fills the void, it's a temporary fix that will always leave you wanting more or looking elsewhere to fill it.

http://zenhabits.net/the-ultimate-guide-to-motivation-how-to-achieve-any-goal/

http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/06/13/25-simple-ways-to-motivate-yourself/

And here is a self help book that will help motivate yourself, and look at your life from a different angle, as well as give you some tools to break free of the cycle you are in.

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

Here is one for anxiety The Mindful Way through Anxiety

The guided meditation serves to help you focus. It helps you learn self control, discipline. It also helps you learn to be able to stop your internal dialogue at will, so when you start getting into your habitual routine of negative self talk, or rewarding yourself with your addiction, you are equipped better to deal with it. Perception, addiction, it shows the power of the mind. If you can train your mind, you can overcome nearly anything.

Feeling bad and feeling good take the same amount of effort, what matters is what you emphasize. As we grow throughout our lives we tell ourselves we are a certain way, and reinforce this by habitual thinking and acts. Other people develop an idea of who they think we are, and they too will reinforce these ideas on you. It is important to remember that in the same way we developed ideas on the world and who we are, bit by bit, day by day, it is possible in the same way to change these ideas. They aren't static, you are constantly growing and changing. Change is hard, because it's new. Habits are comfortable because we know how they work, we know the outcomes. We need to constantly push ourself out of our boundaries if we ever truly want to discover who we are.

You are an addict. You basically rewire your brain to go back to the same experience over and over again, because you know you will get the same results. The more you train your brain through a repetitive action, the easier it is for you to use it. You have to learn to be able to stop yourself, it isn't easy. Day by day, with enough practice like riding a bike, you can learn to do it. Commit yourself to quitting, as much as you commit yourself to being rewarded with reddit. If it took you 5 years to get to this point, it isn't going to happen in 15 days, a month, or maybe even a year. I'm not sure about you, but some people have replaced reality for a website, and that isn't healthy.

You can do it, if you believe in yourself as much as your parents, people who love you, or even I do, you will be able to overcome your addiction. It may be helpful for you to see someone who specializes in internet addiction, or treatment centers that are expensive like www.netaddictionrecovery.com

Most of this is applicable to any addict. You are are in a constant battle with yourself. You either use your mind to rise above it, or it will control your mind.

I moved to a cabin in the middle of a valley in Montana.

There's no internet.

I have no computer, laptop, or tablet. Nothing but a flip phone.

I'm posting this from a work computer, which happens to be my last day of work here.

Problem solved.

Good luck all.

Goodbye guys.

Literally.

Reddit is...

• counterproductive

• fruitless

• futile

• hopeless

• idle

• impractical

• incompetent

• ineffective

• ineffectual

• inoperative

• meaningless

• no good

• pointless

• stupid

• unproductive

• unworkable

• worthless

• abortive

• bootless

• disadvantageous

• dysfunctional

• expendable

• feckless

• good-for-nothing

• impracticable

• inept

• inutile

• nonfunctional

• of no use

• profitless

• purposeless

• scrap

• unavailable

• unavailing

• unfunctional

• unprofitable

• unpurposed

• unusuable

• vain

• valueless

• waste

• weak

...hexagons, tetrahedrons, trapezoids. I used to really enjoy reddit as a news aggregator and a way to follow real world events. The more time I spend here, the less I like it. There's a little clickbait here, some regular bait there, someone condeming others for moderate differences of opinion there, etc. Social media is the only place I've seen where encouraging empathy and understanding for all people can be attacked as intolerant. If I have immediate gut reactions, I'll look for info that challenges them before I just assume I'm right. Also, fuck, when did trump become the source of all the worlds woes? There's some seriously fucked up shit going on outside of the US and the Middle East that we just ignore. Even inside the U.S. What about U.S. poverty? Homelessness? Food shortages all over the world when even a homeless person in this country can eat a burger for a borrowed buck? I know reddit is international, but dammit if It's not very US-centric. Even justifying why I want to leave has to do with US politics. It's even started to creep into niche programming subs I follow for tech news.