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Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by joshlemer »

mdoms wrote: post #56
grawprog wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all the subreddits I've found a lot of hobby specific subreddits or ones on niche topics tend to avoid that. Also, less popular niches or hobbies i've noticed tend to have more people that are actually interested in having decent conversations about said topics or hobbies.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby. Addit…

Is there a better place you go for your hobbies them, or do you just google " forum" to find the best discussion boards for each topic individually?

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by hnnnnnnng »

antris wrote: post #52
silicon2401 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The politicization and trend towards political correctness on reddit has been a huge part of its decline. It's rare now to find places where one can simply discuss topics with objectivity and curiosity instead of threads revolving around virtue signaling or demonization of the 'other side'

Sure, nobody likes political correctness but without any controls on content on a public forum as a part of a ToS, nazis and other people who are desperate to express their hate, and even break the law and recruit others will eventually find it and spam the hell out of it. 4chan is a perfect example of what happens to an actually occasionally funny place that allows any kind of discussion "just for lulz". It's been a…

Lmao

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by mdoms »

joshlemer wrote: post #61
mdoms wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby. Addit…

Is there a better place you go for your hobbies them, or do you just google " forum" to find the best discussion boards for each topic individually?

Forums are dead so for modern hobbies like simracing I haven't found anything. I work on old cars so there are still great forums for that stuff, and gardening I have given up on online discussion content - it's mostly crappy sponsored content trying to sell you bullshit. Gardening content is best consumed in books and YouTube and ignore online discussion.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by tyrust »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #4

This is great and I wish this mentality was pushed earlier on reddit. There was a golden era of reddit right before the great Digg migration. Excellent comments, diverse opinions, and really great back and forth being shared of individual's experiences in almost every single subreddit. Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all th…

>It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all the subreddits (on both sides) to try to influence the general groupthink narrative/consensus. It's so disgustingly obvious but doesn't seem to be an issue for the team.

I've used reddit for 10 years. I heard this claim before and disagree (still [0]). I subscribe to a couple dozen subreddits, some of which are fairly large (/r/cooking, /r/games, /r/programming), and see pretty much nothing off-topic or political (let alone astroturfing). The most I've seen is a sticky or a blackout for a non-related issue. Those are rare enough that I don't think an average user is meaningfully impacted by it, whether or not you agree with the issue being discussed.

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27120055

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by grawprog »

mdoms wrote: post #56
grawprog wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all the subreddits I've found a lot of hobby specific subreddits or ones on niche topics tend to avoid that. Also, less popular niches or hobbies i've noticed tend to have more people that are actually interested in having decent conversations about said topics or hobbies.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby. Addit…

Like i said, less popular topics and hobbies tend to have higher quality discussions. Gardening, welding and motorcycles are pretty popular topics.

I tried looking around for a decent motorcycle sub, you're right that one lacks some alternatives. For gardening, maybe try more specific subs like for your local area or a specific kind of gardening, flowers or vegetables or whatever, just something more specific and niche than just gardening.

For welding again, similar idea, look for more specific less general welding related topics that may have subs devoted to them.

It may not work for all topics but generally i've found, the more specific and niche you get, the. better chance you'll find something decent.

It's still just a chance, you may or may not be able to find what you're looking for, but this is generally what i've found.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by thisissidhant »

AnonHP wrote: post #26

Which category does one have to dig into to find subreddits for social groups that span many topics, say, for women (r/twoxchromosomes) or something like ask men (r/askmen)?

You can check out the "History and Culture" Category. Under culture subCategory you will find tags that are broad and relate to the various cultures

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by dentemple »

mdoms wrote: post #56
grawprog wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Today, it's definitely harder to find good commentary and exchange. It's also super heavily astroturfed by political groups in all the subreddits I've found a lot of hobby specific subreddits or ones on niche topics tend to avoid that. Also, less popular niches or hobbies i've noticed tend to have more people that are actually interested in having decent conversations about said topics or hobbies.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby. Addit…

It probably depends on the hobby.

/r/anime and /r/manga are pretty great when it comes to discussing active releases.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by MattRix »

joshlemer wrote: post #61
mdoms wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never found a hobby subreddit worth following. If I look at my hobbies like /r/simracing /r/gardening /r/welding /r/motorcycles an overwhelming (in the literal sense) number of posts are just lazy image posts of (in order of listed subs) a sim racing rig, a pile of vegetables, a nice bead and a motorcycle. A picture of an ordinary part of a hobby is not conducive to meaningful conversations on the hobby. Addit…

Is there a better place you go for your hobbies them, or do you just google " forum" to find the best discussion boards for each topic individually?

Not OP, but one modern option is Discord servers. There are lots of them these days on all kinds of topics.

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by dentemple »

guavaNinja wrote: post #30
screye wrote: post #27

This is great for 2 reasons. 1. It helps newcomers to reddit find the familiar, popular and sanitized subs 2. None of my prized niche subreddits come up here. The entry barrier stays high and so does the content quality.

Though the first recommendation of it was r/funny

/r/funny is how you teach people about the unsubscribe button

Re: Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

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Post by MattRix »

mdoms wrote: post #63
joshlemer wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a better place you go for your hobbies them, or do you just google " forum" to find the best discussion boards for each topic individually?

Forums are dead so for modern hobbies like simracing I haven't found anything. I work on old cars so there are still great forums for that stuff, and gardening I have given up on online discussion content - it's mostly crappy sponsored content trying to sell you bullshit. Gardening content is best consumed in books and YouTube and ignore online discussion.

I just mentioned it in another comment but Discord servers are one of the newest types of communities popping up (especially for younger folks, but they can be for people of any age). For example, here’s one about gardening: https://discord.gg/D2kCbGY
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