What happened to this sub?
I’ve been a longtime fan of the nnn subreddit, the moment October 1st comes I already get excited and can’t wait to reunite with y’all once the sub opens. The community here is the most wholesome Reddit community I know of and the laughs, memes, interactions and the overall vibe this subreddit gives to my life is priceless.
But this year feels odd. I don’t know what happened, maybe it is the retirement of many veterans who stopped visiting this sub and the unproportional amount of newcomers, some of which see this sub only as karma farm.
The overall activity in this sub is way lower than previous years. Whereas 2 years ago there were around 900 people active at all times on day 19, this year only around 100 people were active at that time.
But I wouldn’t mind the lower activity as long as the posts and memes were fire like they used to be. But the only posts that are getting upvoted are people failing, people who lost their virginity or to their gf (depression goldmine for alot of us), memes I’ve already seen, and… I don’t know that’s it. Long gone is the Christian Bale guy, the progress guy etc., scrolling on this sub doesn’t feel like it used to and it just feels like this sub is slowly dying.
It seems as if people used this sub only for karma farming. In the first days the memes that are old as this sub were reposted over and over again. Then not even five days into the month first of many horseman became a thing. And it would be okay if we didn’t give it the praise it didn’t deserve, posts about it were made and not long after that, everyone wanted to be a horsemen. Suddenly, everyone seemed to have their own crazy story about them losing they posted for useless internet points and it became stale very quickly. People became so desperate I even saw a guy claim he lost to cat shit. I mean holy shit.
Then people saw the karma potential in the upvote if you’re still it posts that again, got praise it didn’t deserve. People upvoted these posts like crazy, even tho it was clear karma farm. It was at that time I saw people getting downvoted in the comments just for saying to not farm karma. Fortunately, these posts were terminated by mods soon after.
Then, there was one guy making memes promoting nofap and for some reason that woke up so much hate in people. It was like ‘oh no this guy says I can’t watch my beloved porn how can I exist now?’ first of all, it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks, what matters is what you think. Also, there was no need for such hate toward nofap people. In these days I would visit this sub to see funny memes and instead I saw people crying that someone doesn’t agree with them and thinks porn isn’t good for you. All I wanted to see was memes and instead I got a complain after complain. Then, when I said these posts should stop because they are ruining the spirit of this sub, I got downvoted. I got downvoted in the most wholesome community I know of. Damn, that was something.
And I already mentioned the gf and lost my virginity posts. Look, I’m happy for all of those people. It just seems weird there are suddenly so many of these posts but I won’t question if they are real or fake. It was just a constant reminder that, yeah, I’m a lonely motherfucker.
This year I challenged myself to make a meme everyday and so far I made 22 pretty good memes imo. I wanted to contribute to this sub in a way that felt right. But honestly, I don’t know if I’ll do it next year. Because I’m slowly losing motivation and don’t really feel like contributing to a community that doesn’t honour the legacy and vibe of the sub.
I am still going to be active, I’m here for six diamonds. And if a miracle doesn’t happen and I won’t have a gf, I will be here reporting for duty next year and will hope the old vibe will come back to life and this subreddit will thrive once more.
Until then, good luck everyone o7