Searched for "trump", site returned PoppinKREAM so this seems pretty accurate!
Show HN: Search for a domain expert on Reddit
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#12This tool is interesting but it is fundamentally an exercise in turd polishing because Reddit is a completely terrible place to get "expert" advice. It's designed to be a place for show and tell with commentary and false appearance of consensus. If you want expert advice you should be asking for it somewhere that's properly formatted for long form discussion. You should also seek out advice in a specialized community…
Is anyone aware of a catalogue that houses all of the various forum domains? For example, if you want to seek fashion advice, probably better to head over to StyleForum instead of /r/malefashionadvice (or HypeBeast for streetwear).
I know someone asked on here recently for investing forums and were pointed to Corner of Berkshire and Fairfax (as well as /r/securityanalysis) but that is indeed better than /r/investing or /r/wallstreetbets which are garbage.
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#13If you want to find mods and bots, try searching for "please". It works on the HN version to pick out dang and sctb and it seems to work on Reddit as well.
There are some false positives, however. E.g. a comment saying "Zuck Fuck" being interpreted as discussing "please" might be due to uncleaned word vectors. https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/85y46f/facebooks...
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#14Can you just use the name “Reddit” in your Domain like that?
Probably Reddit could technically make a trademark enforcement claim, but it seems they are unlikely to, given the long existence of sites like redditlist.com
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#15This tool is interesting but it is fundamentally an exercise in turd polishing because Reddit is a completely terrible place to get "expert" advice. It's designed to be a place for show and tell with commentary and false appearance of consensus. If you want expert advice you should be asking for it somewhere that's properly formatted for long form discussion. You should also seek out advice in a specialized community…
Is anyone aware of a catalogue that houses all of the various forum domains? For example, if you want to seek fashion advice, probably better to head over to StyleForum instead of /r/malefashionadvice (or HypeBeast for streetwear). I know someone asked on here recently for investing forums and were pointed to Corner of Berkshire and Fairfax (as well as /r/securityanalysis) but that is indeed better than /r/investing…
I think r/wallstreetbest is supposed to be garbage, but with lots of in jokes.
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#18This tool is interesting but it is fundamentally an exercise in turd polishing because Reddit is a completely terrible place to get "expert" advice. It's designed to be a place for show and tell with commentary and false appearance of consensus. If you want expert advice you should be asking for it somewhere that's properly formatted for long form discussion. You should also seek out advice in a specialized community…
/r/askhistorians is by far the best place on the internet to ask historians questions.
But you're right that most other types of questions are better served by the *overflow communities or something else.
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#19This tool is interesting but it is fundamentally an exercise in turd polishing because Reddit is a completely terrible place to get "expert" advice. It's designed to be a place for show and tell with commentary and false appearance of consensus. If you want expert advice you should be asking for it somewhere that's properly formatted for long form discussion. You should also seek out advice in a specialized community…
Is anyone aware of a catalogue that houses all of the various forum domains? For example, if you want to seek fashion advice, probably better to head over to StyleForum instead of /r/malefashionadvice (or HypeBeast for streetwear). I know someone asked on here recently for investing forums and were pointed to Corner of Berkshire and Fairfax (as well as /r/securityanalysis) but that is indeed better than /r/investing…
/r/WSB is different in that it doesn’t try hiding what it is. Or pretending to be something. It’s supposed to be silly (understatement) and most things discussed are supposed to be [stupidly] high risk. You can’t compare that to most subreddits that take themselves seriously.
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#20This tool is interesting but it is fundamentally an exercise in turd polishing because Reddit is a completely terrible place to get "expert" advice. It's designed to be a place for show and tell with commentary and false appearance of consensus. If you want expert advice you should be asking for it somewhere that's properly formatted for long form discussion. You should also seek out advice in a specialized community…
Sigh. Reddit is not a completely terrible place to get expert advice. Yes, there is a great deal of awful advice to be found there. But there are also a fair number of subreddits that are the primary gathering place for that community, and thus the best place to go for advice on that topic.
When I google something non-programming related, the correct answer is very frequently found in a Reddit post.
Reddit isn't usually the absolute best place for advice on a topic, but painting it as "completely terrible" seems like hyperbole to me.