Feeling *actual depression* from the loss of r/TiA

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[–]r2d2_21 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The very reason I joined Reddit in the first place was because of TumblrInAction. And now that it's gone, my Reddit feed feels quite empty tbh.

But I still think it's not important enough to base my life around it. At the end of the day, the disappearance of TIA won't make me stop thinking that “trans” is a mental illness and that it should be handled as such.

Now, for your question in the end:

What do you think? Is it even worth trying to rebuild what we had on r/TiA? And if not, then what is?

Ask yourself: why did you contribute to TIA? Was it to call out the craziness for what it is? Or was it to have lots of posts with lots of upvotes?

The way I see it, in a perfect world, places such as TIA wouldn't exist, because stuff such as men swimming in women's competitions would be absurd and would never happen.

I don't think “rebuilding what we had on TIA” should be the goal, any more than actually fighting for (true) social justice.

[–]Pure_Aeternus[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ask yourself: why did you contribute to TIA? Was it to call out the craziness for what it is? Or was it to have lots of posts with lots of upvotes?

Vindication, mostly.

Back when I started on TiA, I saw a lot of folks attacking social justice, but not enough of them seemed to be attacking it from the left, or from the point of view of someone who wants social justice but without the insanity.

As someone who still held onto some SJW and lefty beliefs, I wanted to be able to represent this viewpoint in discussions, and receive some kind of proof that this was an acceptable point of view to have. So it meant a lot to me that someone – a complete stranger – would click the button to indicate they agree. Beyond that, it didn't really matter if my posts/comments got 2 upvotes or 200. If anything, I found it quite embarrassing to get hundreds of upvotes for something.

These days, I'm not as left-wing as I used to be, but I've become a bit more confident in my beliefs. Still, I can't help but feel even more alone with said beliefs than I ever was before. After all, it's not as if I can discuss these things offline with people.