Well, we have our ace in the hole! When people get sick of being advertised at, move them to the Mastodon client, or Jerboa, or Artemis - no ads, no tracking (unless you keep using Meta’s servers).

My habits on Reddit were to upvote if I liked it, ignore most of it, downvotes I mostly reserved for people being toxic.

Hi, my name is meldroc, and I’m a Reddit refugee.

Currently, I work for a brewery doing GIS work - making maps that help sell beer. I’m in my 40s, in the LGBTQIA community, enjoy reading, gaming, retrocomputing, technology, dogs & cats…

My posts have been getting eaten. I click to post, all I get is a forever spinner.

STOP EATING MY POSTS!

Yep. I think the community that comes after Reddit needs to be under the umbrella of a nonprofit, whose mission in life is to keep the community alive, fundraise for resources, keep a moderation system in place to keep out difficult people, etc. Nonprofit because while a for-profit business is required by law to maximize profits for owners & shareholders, a nonprofit is required by law to do the beneficial thing for the community.