I was going to say something similar. The number of "unofficial support" subs for weird things are numerous, it's one of the best places to get ideas and information on oddball single-board computers, and even mainstream things like Arduino.
I will admit, even those can be toxic. However, if you're looking for pure information that isn't mainstream news, you simply can't beat Reddit.
Yep.
My friend has an arcade cabinet that he is in the process of converting to MAME. The person who was helping him apparently didn't know as much as he said, so I told him I'd help. I know for sure if I have questions about anything I'll be able to find the answers on Reddit faster than anywhere else.
I deleted my account almost 10 years ago. I still check around 4 subs regularly. But like you said, its purely for information. I obviously don't post or contribute anything but I get good info. The Modest Mouse sub was awesome during their last tour. Every night I could find posts with Isaac hanging out with fans after each show. You can't find that anywhere else.
I actually got about 100 bucks for my account back in 2016. For some reason people were paying for old accounts. I've since created a new account for lurking and sometimes I post if I have a question. It isn't like I want to be a part of that community or care about karma.
Same here. I have a read-only account that never posts, it's just used to track all the tech and SBC subs I want to view.
You just have to know where to look. Reddit is overrated.
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