For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.
I think because I have left reddit and returned to it so many times over the past 15 years I was looking for a reason to make it permanent. Iβm more relieved than anything else. My religion also teaches me that who you are is a result of all of the actions you have taken in your life, and that we should not associate with those whose actions inflict harm on their own community (meaning spez)