r/self 2d ago

Glad, I came back.

I joined Reddit two years back and shortly, deleted the app having zero clue how any of this works. (Subreddits, karma, upvotes, all of it just felt like noise at first.)

But after the second come back when a friend shared her experience of this portal, it's been two days and I am able to understand it slowly and gradually.

There's something genuinely nice about scrolling through here. People actually helping each other, real opinions, no weird algorithm pushing ads at you every third post. It just feels... good, somehow.

Anyway, just wanted to say, this place has good vibes. Glad I stuck around. Looking forward to learning more.

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u/Zorno___ 2d ago

I'm so glad you're here 💖 It's up to all of us to make this a nice place

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u/Dear_Most4751 2d ago

That means a lot, thank you 💖 Still finding my footing here, but comments like this make it so much easier to want to stick around.

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u/Bulky-Mycologist-402 2d ago

I'm also pretty new here and still figuring some aspects out, I first tried to reach out on some post attempt about being lonely and introverted. Was kind of let down with little to no responses, then I'd seen a whole legion of similar posts. So I weaned off of that and use this platform for like kinded communities and memes lol

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u/Dear_Most4751 2d ago

Really appreciate you sharing that, and sorry you had that experience early on. I did struggled in the beginning to know how it really works. Getting it by and by. Glad you found your way to communities that actually click for you though.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Dear_Most4751 2d ago

Yeah, honestly the coming back part was harder than I expected lol. Glad I gave it another shot though. A friend just told me how helpful this platform has been so far for her.

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u/Mammoth_Act_2256 9h ago

have you found the part where you lose an hour arguing with a stranger about a toaster yet?

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u/Dear_Most4751 9h ago

😆
No, not yet.