I was on Reddit for 17 years. It was my home on the Internet. I used to go to Reddit meetup days and hang out with other Reddit nerds. It’s natural for people to have sentimental feelings about something that’s been such a big part of so many of our lives.
I haven’t been back since the Lemmy exodus, except by accident a few times. But I miss what it was.
Man…it’s been years, so I don’t remember, but honestly it felt like it at the time. Everyone hated their massive V4 redesign, so people just…left. The Reddit situation is different, because it only really affected third-party app users, not every single user of the site.
Edit: I looked it up, and yeah, there was a “quit Digg day” on August 30, 2010 when pretty much everybody just left for Reddit and didn’t look back. It helped that people actively bombed Digg’s front page with links to Reddit that day, letting people know where to go. Two days later Digg’s CEO was ousted by the board, two months later they laid off 37% of their staff. They basically died overnight. That’s not happening to Reddit.
It’s worth noting that Reddit has been around a lot longer than Digg had at the time, and has way more traffic than Digg ever did. Unseating Reddit is going to be a lot harder than quitting Digg was.
17 years. Probably the only site other than Google I’ve visited almost every day since then. It’s extremely depressing to lose Reddit after all that time. But I’m enjoying Lemmy, and hoping we can grow it Digg-exodus-style.
Soup spoons are round, whereas most other spoons (tea spoons, table spoons, dessert spoons) are oval or egg shaped.
That’s fucking ridiculous. Maybe we should all start posting this meme and get ourselves banned.
Reach out to The Verge, they’ve been covering the Reddit debacle pretty well and I bet they’d love to hear from you.
Fuck, I just lost.
French press is always going to have some “mouth feel” because of the mesh filters.
I can highly, highly recommend the “Clever” dripper which James Hoffmann reviewed here. It’s very similar to French press in method, great for single serve, almost totally foolproof, and uses paper filters for a very clean cup. I use Hoffmann’s recipe and basically always have a good cup. There’s a similar device called the Hario Switch which some people like more but I haven’t tried it; the Clever has been great.
As for grinding your own, do it. Pre-ground coffee starts to go bad after a day, and just isn’t as good. Start with an inexpensive burr grinder if you don’t want to invest hundreds of dollars right away, but be aware that price/performance increases roughly linearly up to like $250, so spending more gets you a better result. Hand grinders like 1ZPresso can be even better for the price but are a little more work. The nice thing about immersion methods like the Clever though is that they’re more forgiving of bad grinds, so you won’t need to spend too much unless you want to use a drip method like V60.
You’ll also need a cheap scale for weighing beans if you want consistent results. I recommend getting one that goes to 0.1 grams for single serve, with a large enough surface to hold your cup. It shouldn’t cost more than about $20. I use this one.
You’ll also want to experiment with beans. Modern coffee enthusiasts drift towards light to medium roasts instead of dark roasts, because you can extract more subtle interesting flavors and less bitterness. I have a penchant for very light, “natural” processed African coffees for their tart berry flavors. But it’s all personal preference. There’s way too much to get into in terms of processing, country of origin, blend vs single origin, etc. Try everything and see what you like. Coffee subscription services like Trade and Mistobox can be a convenient way to try a lot of things, or you can do what I do and just find a great local roaster to order from.
Btw, welcome! Check out James Hoffmann’s channel on YouTube, it’s my favorite coffee resource on the Internet. He has a ton of great advice in general. If you like print, he also has a small book called “How To Make The Best Coffee At Home” which is excellent and really all you need.