Why not use them instead of whining on Twitter about Twitter or complaining on Reddit about Reddit?

Same reason townies bitch endlessly on Nextdoor about their town. Even if you hate what’s happening to the place you are, you still have connections, community and relationships in place that that mean more to you than who the Mayor is. The communities I was part of on reddit were the only real stable, consistent thing in my life while things were turbulent. My father’s not alive anymore, most of my friends have moved to other cities, but up until a week ago I still could enjoy talking about the week’s X-Men comics every Tuesday. Silly as it sounds, that was the only routine thing from ten years ago that lasted until today.