Michael SchurterTrying to shop for camping gear without using Reddit is awful. Giving up Twitter was easy, but giving up Reddit is proving much harder. So much durable comprehensive knowledge is trapped on Reddit.
Small independent forums seem to exist, but their layout and ad encroachment is 10x worse than Reddit. “Independent” blogs seem impossible to trust. They all read like astroturfed content farm garbage.
Nathan Holbert@schmichael Just ask your local AI chatbot!
@nholbert I mean it's honestly not bad. Kind of the premium option, and probably generated mostly from reddit posts. Will be interesting to see how much AIs degrade over time after reddit dies (or limits AI access), and more of the AI training data just comes from AI generated content farms.
@schmichael Huh. That’s disappointingly normal. Gonna go post all over Reddit and Amazon reviews that the Domestic CFX smells like farts
Jeff Forcier@schmichael YUP
the future sucks harder every fucking year, man
@bitprophet i was able to just lol and leave twitter but man... reddit is hitting me hard. haven't found anything even close.
lots of hours spent on reddit being like "oh there's a sub for a japanese style of woodworking that doesn't use fasteners" or whatever and just be fascinated for hours. the subreddits were generally small enough they seemed free from The Influencers and Creators that dominate ig/yt/twitch/etc. just 100% enthusiasts being enthusiastic
@bitprophet to be clear i don't begrudge creators and influencers their gigs. there's great content out there, but it feels more like major media than a community of folks who share an interest.
i remember going deep on a home irrigation systems subreddit once and it was incredible. hobbyists and professionals sharing tips and lols about home watering systems.
@schmichael indeed. Really hope the moron ceo somehow manages to avoid going full Elon, but he’s already 75% of the way there…
abrahms@schmichael @bitprophet I've now deleted all of my reddit accounts. I don't know how to internet anymore and, tbh, I don't have the energy to collect a menagerie of good follows on fediverse. I guess I gotta like talk to people or something?
@abrahms @schmichael ewww gross !
Joshua C. Colp 🇨🇦🚴@schmichael I feel as though I lucked out by never becoming a Reddit user. Even for research and such I never end up there.
Thomas Strömberg@schmichael I've found the reviews from outdoorgearlab.com/ to be consistently reliable, even if they tend toward the more high-end of things in most categories.
@thomrstrom This is fantastic! Thank you!