(04-21-2017, 05:24 PM)vtmax Wrote: Leisureguy has helped a lot of people out and his daily shaving blog is well done.
The only problem I see with Reddit's Wicked Edge is when someone posts in a thread it does not get bumped up to the top but stays right where it is. As of this morning there are 91,049 members. Threads and their posts get buried pretty quickly and disappear.
True, but those posts at the top also had to start somewhere. Threads and posts constantly changing at the top is part of the appeal of Reddit, I think. It keeps things lively, and also largely neutralizes temper tantrums and shilling. Locating posts on a particular subject can be done by running a search. It is a little different than a forum like this, where we simply look in categorized sub-forums, but is works pretty well. The primary Reddit disadvantage, in my opinion at least, is that images cannot be embedded within posts. Wicked Edge looks like it is more for learning than anything else. Those who hang out on forums to focus on caching and socializing will likely find it quite disappointing. To each his or her own.
(04-20-2017, 08:07 PM)BadDad Wrote: You know, I have never visited Reddit for any reason. Truth be told, reading through this topic regarding Reddit and how it functions, gives me even less reason to visit than I had previously. I don't do well with follow-the-leader forums and bleacher thinking...
Follow-the-leader and bleacher thinking are found, and sometimes mandated, on nearly all the wetshaving forums. Damn Fine Shave is one of the very few exceptions I have found. Like Reddit, Damn Fine Shave is not beholden to any particular commercial interest. Some other forums are not so lucky, and the pressure to conform is often intense. The same applies to many other special interest forums. One of the reasons people flock to such places is to find like-minded individuals.
As for the voting feature in Reddit, people having the same views on something hardly makes them "sheeple". Democracy and groupthink are not always synonymous, even on a forum. The "sheeple" label could just as easily be applied to people here who like a particular post. Likes by multiple people are not necessarily follow-the-leader, although I have seen cases of it degenerating into fawning booty-kissing on other forums.
Quote:It's the same for the vast majority of Facebook shaving groups. If you disagree with one of the big names, you are disrespected into obscurity, even if what you state is accurate...just because you talked against the big name, or whatever...
I prefer small forums, like DFS, where personal opinions are appreciated. I prefer interaction that is both respectful and engaging, even if it is a disagreement.
I totally agree with you there. Many special interests have a cluster of forums. One often becomes much larger than the rest, and develops a domineering, conformist, for-profit attitude. Smaller forums spring up as a result. In my experience, it is on these forums where the best information and most even-tempered behavior can be found.
Quote:Also, I don't believe the revival of wet shaving is dependent on the internet. It has been aided by the internet, and emboldened and hastened by the internet, but not dependent on it, outside of the availability of online sales. Not knowing that other people are enjoying the hobby is not the same as nobody else enjoying the hobby...
If not for the Internet, then how would people have found out about traditional wetshaving? Most (all?) of us knew about the existence of shaving soaps, mugs, brushes, and perhaps even double-edge safety razors. How may of us would have known about how to use them properly, or of the various retail sources, the cost savings, etc. without the Internet? Sure, Corey Greenberg's Today show segment probably did more than anything to promote traditional shaving, but then what?
