You might be able to search on one of those sites that archives old Reddit content? Ceddit or similar? I'm not sure if they're still in operation though.
Quora...seriously though, I dunno. Maybe try page 2+ on google?
sure i could get random individual blog pages giving their own answers, but the magic came from the forum part where sometimes there isn't a singular right answer and you'd have people discussing their preferences based on whatever expertise. Also while there were shills, you could compare to the other answers and see if guy #1 is actually true.
For a lot of the stuff I need to find with Google these (random blog pages) barely exist any more.
I used to be able to find answers down some rabbit hole posted to a forum somewhere, now it's just a chamber of SEO optimisers with no data to be found.
people actually did this?
16-years there, I've never considered reddit a good gauge on what the "masses" think. Usually its in its own crazy bubble, most social is but reddit, being an insular community to start with, never really lost that quality.
It can only be seen as the masses with a large grain of salt and extremely colored glasses.
Search the internet in general, expand your search on social to include all social sites google can see. Be sure to educate yourself on how each network usually has its own bias and culture.
Google's become largely useless in recent years due to SEO spam and autgenerated content. Appending reddit at the end of a query at least helped get some actual responses from human beings
im an RTFM and RTFC fan, never noticed a difference except when id dip into something new for the first time. Feels, and annoying.
It was very useful for queries along the lines of "which x is the best", "which x to buy", etc. You can guarantee that there was a discussion about pretty much anything on Reddit
Bingo. Researching product choices was one of my best use cases for adding site:reddit.com to search queries. Avoids spammy articles and gives you actual discussions with legitimate dissenting opinions.
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