Cake and beers, I guess

Damn. Oh damn. My Reddit account is now old enough to buy beer¹. O_o

While I probably have accounts somewhere that are older than this, that's still a pretty long time to have held an account somewhere and still be actively using it.

I remember I'd been reading Reddit for a couple of years before I finally made an account; I can't quite remember what prompted me to do that. In that time I've been more or less active there (although seldom one to post things or make comments -- normally I just consume and vote). From what I can tell that suggests I was starting to read Reddit within a year of it being launched.

I vaguely remember those old days. I remember all the conversation when it moved away from being developed in Lisp. I can't remember if I was visiting it around that time.

I do have the charter member badge because, back when gold was launched, I was reading the site a lot and it seemed sensible to support it at the time. I've long since let that subscription lapse. I see zero benefit in Reddit Premium.

I still subscribe to r/lounge.

For some time, a couple or so years back, when they killed off most third-party clients, I stopped using the site for a while. These days I have got back into the habit of reading it again. While I do occasionally check in on a handful of Lemmy subscriptions, and do keep thinking I should probably look into lobste.rs², it's hard to break the habit of opening the Reddit app and scrolling for a wee while. I've yet to finally and fully replace it.

I should go look at some of my other longer-serving accounts on websites and services and see exactly which is my oldest one.