Honestly, good on you, enjoy a healthier life :]

I quit in October and don’t miss it much. A few niche subs but nothing that would ever be on the home page. All this drama has me visiting more than I had over the intervening time which is sort of funny, they’re probably seeing a traffic bump right now from all the publicity but I believe the PR dumpster fire will be the end of their IPO ambitions.

It’s easy to quit smoking. I’ve done it hundreds of times.

Sure, but you can’t argue that there is no sentimentality lost when you delete such an old account with your canonical username. (albeit title cased like I used to do as an early teen).

Its extremely unlikely I go back because ultimately I will feel like I have less than I did before.

even if its just fake internet points.

I went through multiple accounts since 2009, first one I closed was due to harassment as a result of posting about the Xbox One (which wasn't released back then)...

reddit always had extremely cringy but popular sides to it (Unidan, Boston Marathon witch hunt) and since the very beginning the decisions of the leadership have felt immature, off and wrong.

Reddit's leadership has always prevented reddit from being a thriving, productive community and their ineptitude has simply reached a boiling point now. For most of the time it felt like sifting through liquid poop to find a gold nugget once a week.

You just hit the nail on the head. I scroll Reddit every day looking for that gold nugget post but most posts are just, like you say, poop