i hate spez as much as the next guy, but i don’t think they care at all. everyone who visits reddit is contributing to the traffic numbers that they will show investors, including the people who write “fuck spez” on a page that those investors will never look at
there is no shame in liking games, but it’s a pretty big turn-off for many people because of negative stereotypes (especially in your age range). do yourself a favor and find another hobby to talk to people about (music, films, exercise), and then once you’re close with them and they won’t immediately discard you based on those stereotypes, you can start to share that part of yourself
OR you can keep being totally upfront about gaming being your #1 hobby and hope that you’ll meet your soulmate who happens to share the exact same passion. either way, good luck :)
Kick is run by gambling companies and online casinos. the initial reason for Kick even existing was that Twitch banned gambling streams
thankful i used a script to mass-edit my profile, which seems to still be in effect (first and only time i visit a reddit URL post-spezdown, just directly typed my profile link so i don’t give the front page any “views” or “engagement” or whatever the corpo hogs are calling it now)
in general i’m baffled by most UX changes google pushes to their products. it just makes no sense to me, even if we’re being generous with a profits-first perspective