Yeah, I had some suspicions on a few subreddits where suddenly the Spez Defense Force was out en masse to shit on normal users & moderators alike. SubredditDrama as a specific example felt super off compared to the vibe there I was used to as a long time lurker, like you’re telling me the most upvoted comments on like every post are suddenly all people whining about the protests and how entitled moderators are, not users enjoying the popcorn and chaos? Hmmmm.
I’m right there with you. Between work and health issues that directly interfere with physical ability to play games when they flare up, I’m often too mentally exhausted to embark on a new game, so very often end up replaying something familiar or putting time into an MMO like Elder Scrolls Online. The comfy PJs of gaming.
I’m a big fan of RPGs in particular so I want to feel fresh and ready to get immersed in a new world… But I so rarely have that level of mental and physical energy aligning at the same time now, so my backlog is ridiculous. I still need to play Mass Effect Andromeda, Persona 5 Royal (I made it decently far through the original but lost steam/enthusiasm when I kept having like every aspect of the game spoiled for me by shit like algorithmic YouTube thumbnails or comments on an entirely different game’s OST etc) Dragon Age 3 and all the Tales Of games from Tales of Xillia 2 on, and those are some of my favorite game franchises…
It’s absolutely my redditlike of choice, but I’m also one of those people who never left a few independent forums/communities and had been bummed about the way the internet felt like it was shrinking over the past decade. So the whole federated aspect is more appealing to me on that front than reddit was, conceptually.