Maybe it's just me, but I feel like since 2020 reddit has been going downhill

This meme uses a screencap of a weary, despondent animated older man (Asuka R. Kreutz from Guilty Gear Strive) with red eyes and gray and black facial hair, set against a dark starry outer space background. A single pendulum ball from a Newton's cradle is placed above his head, as if repeatedly hitting him to emphasize his emotional pain. The overlaid text expresses the common frustration of long-time Reddit users who feel the platform has significantly declined in quality, user experience, and community value since around 2020, joking that they will soon have no choice but to leave the internet entirely to spend time offline.

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It is an edited remix of a cutscene screencap from the fighting game Guilty Gear Strive, modified to add commentary on the perceived degradation of Reddit, one of the last remaining large popular English-language community-focused internet platforms. The meme resonates with users frustrated by platform changes including unpopular UI updates, 2023 API pricing changes that killed third-party apps, increased spam, and worsening moderation quality.