A few days ago I created a reddit account just for “taking part in the discussion.” However, here are the absolutely frustrating experiences I had:
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You can create an account if you give reddit your email, but you CANNOT login via reddit’s onion URL. Reddit will keep having “we had a problem,” and “an error with the server occurred”, after you have solved your 5th captcha with a screenful of bicycles to click on. No way to login anonymously.
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You will have to login to your account via the clearnet URL of reddit. Damn… But OK, everything for " contributing to the community, we are a diverse one, after all right? Make your voice heard". Alright. I login on clearnet. Reddit still gives me a red banner with some error message, like a sack of shit splashing on my desk, but lets me in this time. Good, finally “be a part of the conversation!”. Start my first thread announcing my Turkish translation of monero.garden (see MoneroBahce.com). Hit send. Instantly reddit filters my post. My post and voice are not visible whatsoever.
Seriously, why are we taking reddit seriously as a discussion platform; and moreover, why are we making it the centrepiece of written, long-form Monero discussion? Why is that place have such a large role in taking a pulse of the Monero users?
In the past, Reddit was the place where the Monero community met for many years. This is now a thing of the past. Ever since people started accepting unacceptable terms and conditions when using Reddit, its use has been frowned upon and widely avoided.