I see this take a lot and I dont agree mostly because there’s so much fucking knowledge in small hobby subs that would be lost. From an archivist point of view reddit dying would be an apocalypse lol.
it’s one of the only places you can get semi-objective reviews of certain types of electronics, like music equipment
lol, that’s about to change, i’m sure. you think they’d stop at API changes? they’re about to bend themselves backwards to maximize that ad revenue, reddit is one of the most primo places to start blatant shilling campaigns.
Agree that reddit is fine for lurking/obtaining obscure information, but I’ve found engaging with the userbase in any meaningful way to be anywhere from unpleasant to moderately disturbing… these people are mostly the bottom of the barrel once the “we have the same interest… we are the same” mask slips off. A read-only version of the site with upvote/downvote would be strictly better, imo.
