Reddit is also my biggest weakness, though in my opinion it's a special case of social media where it can be (occasionally) a very useful source for information

Reddit is also my biggest weakness, though in my opinion it's a special case of social media where it can be (occasionally) a very useful source for information. Coincidentally there's another thread on the front page right now about how Google search results have become increasingly worse quality over the last few years [0], I often find myself adding "site:reddit.com" to search queries to weed out all the crappy clickbait and algo-generated sites that seem to permeate the first few pages of search results these days. It's definitely not without it's problems (e.g. I'm certain there are company-managed accounts stealth promoting products in smaller subreddits, so take any product recommendations with a grain of salt) but I do seem to trust content on reddit more than what I get through googling general queries. And I don't think I can say all this stuff without reflecting on how it's a really sad state of affairs and shaking my fist angrily at adtech which is probably how we arrived in this situation. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29772136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29772136 Edit: Just saw there's another reply to this posted while I wrote the above which highlights the same problem. It's certainly a space which is begging for some disruption.