Everyone says they are packing up. But most of the people I’ve seen complain either are still on the site they complain about, or left briefly just to realize that other sites aren’t any better and came back.

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0c3ca83 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I haven't been on twitter for about 5 years, facebook for about 10, my instagram account lasted 2 weeks before I got tired of it. These sites are pretty easy to leave.

Whatsapp is harder, because people I actually care to talk to use it. I would rather not give facebook a dime of my money.

	▲	sodapopcan a minute ago \| parent [-]
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xanderlewis an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve left everything (Facebook, Instagram, I’ve even deleted the YouTube app from my phone, etc.) apart from HN. I occasionally look at Twitter, but only when someone sends me a link.

So there are some counterexamples.

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sodapopcan an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Me too, except for YouTube. I'm still hopelessly addicted to YouTube, but I'm working on it. I also ditched my smartphone eight months ago and going strong, zero desire to return to it.

Seriously, fuck all this shit. Some people love to say that love of the old web is just nostalgia and they are free to think what they want.

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swader999 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

At least stay away from the shorts.

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xanderlewis 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

Just don’t do drugs.

It’s hard though when Google tries to tempt you to do drugs every three seconds.

	▲	sodapopcan 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I do my best to hide shorts via CSS plugins and UnTrap but they seem to weasel their way through in search results.

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freetonik an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

YouTube sure is doing its part to make YouTube less and less appealing.

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sodapopcan an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It really is!

My plan is to sell my laptop so that I only have a desktop and can't just watch willy-nilly wherever I am in my apartment. But it's a tough trigger to pull.

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xanderlewis an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ve learned a huge amount from YouTube and am very thankful for its existence. It’s the absolute insistence on showing me idiotic ‘shorts’ that made me leave. I didn’t want to.

	▲	sodapopcan an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Ya, that's the problem... I've learned so much from it... I'm torn.

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jibalt an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Non sequitur. "Everyone is" is nonsense, "most aren't" is correct. Individuals who are: irrelevant, as that was already implied.

P.S. The response misses the point, going for personal rudeness instead of reasoning.

	▲	xanderlewis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I’m just providing another data point; no need to get your knickers in a twist.

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m463 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I've left a few sites.

I think the basic premise under there is still valid. Lots of online sites/communities/etc turn into rugpulls. Success leads to management change, then depersonalization, then monetization.