after avoiding the site like the plague for many years, i had gone back to using reddit again, primarily for a few specific things:
- gardening/plants
- home improvement & diy stuff
- pictures of animals (mainly tortoises and birds)
- select video game communities (celeste, outer wilds, and soulsborne co-op)
with the API bullshit that reddit is pushing through right now, i’m getting ready to jump ship. however, that leaves me at a bit of a loss—i don’t even know how or where to find communities online anymore! online “content” has been conglomerated into social media sites, and trying to find actually useful information for how-to stuff is a nightmare because search results are oversaturated with SEO-optimized clickfarm junk blogs.
besides cohost, where is the Good Stuff online these days? how do i find it?
social media is in an extremely weird place in 2023. i think there is a real chance the creeping enshittification barrage is just going to take us full-circle back to the era of smaller, more niche community platforms. especially given how many of the big platforms are chronically unprofitable endless moneypits that will never generate the kind of profits investors desire.
i wish i knew where to find The Good Stuff