I have so many conflicting feelings about Reddit.
I first joined it about a year ago because Damian was always on it and kept showing me interesting things he found on there. It looked like it could be up my alley so I made an account.
There’s a lot of oppressive shit on there. The userbase is primarily straight white cis males, which is, let’s face it, not a demographic I connect with all that well. Most of them don’t know that much about queer issues, have a neutral-to-negative view of feminism (or, worse, don’t understand what feminism actually is or why it’s necessary), and many of them are downright sexist when they encounter females in their male-dominated space.
But, at the same time, I’ve found a surprising amount of fulfillment in (some of) my time on Reddit. The sex subreddit, in particular, is amazing and filled with enlightened, open-minded, queer-positive people, many of whom I’ve had wonderful conversations with and learned a lot from. And it’s hard to deny the usefulness of having a thriving community of chatty people available at any hour of the day to quell loneliness or boredom.
Plus, I’ve made $1,600 in sex toy sales commissions this month, and probably about three-quarters of that has happened via recommendations I’ve made to people on Reddit. I fondly remember the first sale I made, which was during an animated discussion about butt plug material safety.
I don’t know. There have been several times when I’ve wanted to rage-quit Reddit, and one time I actually did (but came back a few weeks later with a different account). It’s most of my income right now and I mostly enjoy it, so I guess it’s alright.
