I usually only go to Reddit to find an answer / solution / review / commentary on something specific, and via internet search always land in some subreddit or another which seems like a fairly reasonable community.
This, and if you keep the auto joined subs if you make a new account, you’re gonna have a bad time. Subreddits are very useful, I like r/opensource , r/datahoarders etc.
Gonna second this for emphasis. You gotta ditch the default subs.
If you want to see whats percolating in the high-traffic subreddits, use r/all. I find it's worthwhile to check it no more than once a week, but it's useful for checking the pulse.
I've been using Reddit for 8 years and it seems mostly the same. Mind you, I have kept the old design in place this whole time and I have subreddit CSS turned off.
I think people are committing the age old error of romanticizing the past
>I usually only go to Reddit to find an answer / solution / review / commentary on something specific,
How do you feel about the quality of advice Reddit gives on subjects that you are an expert in?
Because I know how I feel and that makes Reddit the absolute last place I would go for advice on something I'm unfamiliar in. I can google something and skim the top results myself.
My most recent use was to get a feel for whether the Windows 10 Pro license Kinguin.com are selling (actual vendor is NextKeys.io).
Reddit gave me the impression they are surplus genuine OEM keys. I paid AU$45 rather than AU$339. Mind you, if I change harddrive or motherboard I have to get another license, but I'd have to do that 7.5 times before I've spent $339.
Went ahead with the purchase, activated by phone no problems. All good. Thanks Reddit.
My other recent use was to get a feel for whether the diesel heaters for motorhomes being sold on eBay for ~AU$300 are any good, versus the name brand units at ~$AU2000. Yep, all good, went ahead with the purchase, no problems, all spare parts available. Thanks Reddit.
Seems to work as intended, for my use case anyway :D
To answer your question though, I actually don't know! I'm an expert in about four fields-- anatomy & pathophysiology, nutrition, metal fabrication and laser cutting / CAM of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, 2D CAD, but haven't really thought about looking at Reddit on those topics. Maybe I should, I might have something to contribute.
Yeah. It’s among the worst in getting correct, canonical answers on the myriad of topics I’ve asked about. People shit on Stackoverflow here, but it’s a billion times better generally.
People keep saying Reddit is blah blah.
I usually only go to Reddit to find an answer / solution / review / commentary on something specific, and via internet search always land in some subreddit or another which seems like a fairly reasonable community.