[water-data-dude]

The reason they commented originally was because they wanted to provide value to a community that had provided value to them. Reddit was simply the platform that hosted that community. Their loyalty was never to the platform, it was to the community. When Reddit decided to screw over that community so the execs could get a big payday from the IPO, it sort of broke a social contract.

Letting them keep extracting value out of you is kind of like if you worked at a grocery store, and then they unjustly fired you or a couple of your friends. Now they’re not doing so well, but are you “part of the problem” if you don’t keep shopping there?

No. Screw them.

[doodlebugging]

This is a great way to explain it. Loyalty to the community. You spend enough time on a sub and you begin to recognize a lot of posters even though you will likely never meet them.