Can we PLEASE stop getting popular on here?

Hi everyone. I’m a long time lurker who’s finally creating an account to express my feelings. This is a bit long winded so please excuse me.<br><br>I’ve been meal prepping on and off for a couple years now. I got in on meal prepping around mid 2017 when I was about 23. I was struggling with my weight and it was a passion project to learn to cook and take control of my diet. However I didn’t stay in for long, as I left not long after, but I saved all the subreddits. <br>Fast forward to early 2020 (Jan - March), I jumped on meal prepping again briefly during the pandemic as I needed to lose an extra 10 lbs or so. I jumped on my saved chambers and was immediately hit with ads, and sales pitches everywhere. I went back to an old chamber I used to visit, and it just felt very commercialized and not as fun as it was in the past.<br><br>I just wanted to learn to cook and eat healthy, not be bombarded with fake “influencers” and cooks who just want to get their following up. I was so turned off by it all that I left again. I still would visit chambers that were related to cooking and just lurk around briefly, but I really don’t like the vibe it carries now. <br>I briefly joined back into an old chamber just one hour ago, and it just feels weird. I feel like I’m in a advertisement. <br>I know it just comes with the territory of having a large following, and I’m not mad at the influencers who are just trying to make a coin. I guess I’m just sad that this sub just feels very different.