HARDGOODS 25/26

[Dave T]

Ah yes, the forum where half the posts are asking about boot/binding overhang. Definitely a bunch of rippers.

[jota]

But it’s also true that there needs to be a place like that, for beginners, casual or superficial riders (and there are surely some great riders there) . It's better this way.
Otherwise, all they might be here...

[C.Fuzzy]

the last time I was over there was years ago after one of the EL rugpulls. There were a few cool folks but also a few too many asserting themselves with questionable opinions that didn't get countered or just was sorta flat dialog. I think that's one thing I appreciate about the folks here is the discourse is a bit more robust. But I don't even think of that place, let alone have any beef with them.

And then on the other hand reddit is overrun by folks who don't have a clue. There are knowledgeable folks that post over there, but those posts tend to be handily drowned out by the overwhelming uninformed which get voted to the top. You can take a lot away from that.

Long live EL.

[eleveneightnate]

the last time I was over there was years ago after one of the EL rugpulls.

Yeah, I also ended up over there in that downtime between the last EZ iteration and this one. Quickly found out it wasn't at all what i was looking for. Everyone has a hard on for Angry and preaches his gospel over there, which was the first red flag for me.

but those posts tend to be handily drowned out by the overwhelming uninformed which get voted to the top. You can take a lot away from that.

That's basically the perfect description of Reddit in general.

[MarkusM]

i like reddit for cat, monke and dog videos.
just have to mute the music and/or the filmers commenting.

[colemarotta]

found some DOPE Industries 25/26 boards. I don't believe anyone else has posted:

[kimchi]

but those posts tend to be handily drowned out by the overwhelming uninformed which get voted to the top. You can take a lot away from that.

That's basically the perfect description of Reddit in general.

Still some GREAT Subreddits out there but without fail they’re (relatively) small. From a professional perspective I learn a lot more from /r/dataengineering (300k subscribers) than /r/datascience (2.7 million subs) even though my work is closer to the latter. Sadly scale is lucrative for the platforms but inherently dilutive. That was already noticeably 5 years ago and median Reddit content has further nosedived in the past few years with a rough doubling monthly actives from around 600 million to 1.2 billion.

More people means more content, maybe even more good content, but the good stuff gets drowned out by slop and harder to find. The history of insight on the consumer internet is basically finding the corners that have the juice before falling victim to digital gentrification.

EZL is one little pocket built on 15+ year old antique tech servicing few hundred hardcore nerds owned by a guy who doesn’t care about making money off it. Not a scalable model, but I’m very thankful it exists.

[unsuspected]

Live pics dickholers!
Union boots and Source pro.

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Rode my gf:s Orca 147 this week for some laps.
Bit ashamed but It was very fun in slush.

[C.Fuzzy]

Live pics dickholers!
Union boots and Source pro.
IMG_4366.jpeg

Rode my gf:s Orca 147 this week for some laps.
Bit ashamed but It was very fun in slush.

Did you give the source pro a little lick? How does it taste?

[C.Fuzzy]

but those posts tend to be handily drowned out by the overwhelming uninformed which get voted to the top. You can take a lot away from that.

That's basically the perfect description of Reddit in general.

Still some GREAT Subreddits out there but without fail they’re (relatively) small. From a professional perspective I learn a lot more from /r/dataengineering (300k subscribers) than /r/datascience (2.7 million subs) even though my work is closer to the latter. Sadly scale is lucrative for the platforms but inherently dilutive. That was already noticeably 5 years ago and median Reddit content has further nosedived in the past few years with a rough doubling monthly actives from around 600 million to 1.2 billion.

More people means more content, maybe even more good content, but the good stuff gets drowned out by slop and harder to find. The history of insight on the consumer internet is basically finding the corners that have the juice before falling victim to digital gentrification.

EZL is one little pocket built on 15+ year old antique tech servicing few hundred hardcore nerds owned by a guy who doesn’t care about making money off it. Not a scalable model, but I’m very thankful it exists.

I've got some valuable stuff out of reddit over the last decade+, plenty of eye opening perspectives and quality information... but the snowboard sub smells like teen spirit. And true to your point, over the last several years I find reddit on a whole less fruitful than ever.