old.reddit will be gone soon, it is inevitable. Especially once they go public.

Yup. It's bound to happen. And when it does, Reddit will no longer exist in my eyes.

Agreed. IDK how I feel about Reddit. I've been on it since 2010 when Fark lost its spark. I remember some great times but a lot of it was "junk" content that in the end was very meaningless. I wish I could say I used it to develop my career in tech but that isn't true either; I use specific blogs, books, and tutorial sites to learn instead.

I suppose I mostly view it as a continuous party, yeah it's fun if you attend but after a few hours I wish I was doing something more productive.

Isn't it a bit ironic that a site - or its operator - 'going public' means all the content on said site actually 'goes private'?

Exactly, I mentioned it. But not only it's bound to go away sometime, it's also not trivial to find to anyone who's not an expert Reddit user, unfortunately.