God it's awful. Back in web 1.0 you'd be able to search for reccos and get nothing but nerds on message boards talking about what's good and what's bad. They'd obsess over minutia, but at their core they'd be hobbyists who would be happy to point people in the right direction. Now everything is shit out by an algorithm to harvest clicks or social media nonsense designed to capture engagement - it might as well all be white noise.
God it's awful. Back in web 1.0 you'd be able to search for reccos and get nothing but nerds on message boards talking about what's good and what's bad. They'd obsess over minutia, but at their core they'd be hobbyists who would be happy to point people in the right direction. Now everything is shit out by an algorithm to harvest clicks or social media nonsense designed to capture engagement - it might as well all be white noise.
There are still dorks out there putting together good reccos, it's just real niche shit. Like this dude who does mattresses or this other dude who does headphones. Even then there's a lot of nerd bullshit to filter through.