Comment by runninglatte01 on 05/02/2025 at 18:33 UTC

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View submission: Why are you still on Reddit?

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I love the anonymity! Not to be hateful, but for some reason, commenting publicly on other social media platforms feels embarrassing lol.

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Comment by HBJones1056 at 06/02/2025 at 13:56 UTC

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I feel like it’s the mix of people that makes up the “audience” on regular social media. When all I had was Livejournal and a bunch of anonymous strangers as “friends”, I could be myself. On Facebook, it made me feel so self-conscious that my posts and comments could be read by such a disparate bunch of people- my kids, some of their friends, my boss, my ex-boss, friends from high school, my mom, etc. Blecch! Anonymous is so much more freeing.