[redmerchant2]

Hard disagree. Most niche hobbies, the discoverability for discord is impossible. That means amassing enough people in the server is hard, it’s usually 1 really dedicated person responding.

Reddit was also the best place for product (gadgets, gear, clothes etc) reviews. Some retailers have gotten clever about astroturfing but you just need to look at multiple posters. My usual routine of aggregating 4-5 Reddit threads worth of opinions has consistently rewarded me.

Now your only option is go to Wirecutter or hope you have friends who have the product you’re interested in.

[astrange]

> Most niche hobbies, the discoverability for discord is impossible.

They also just made all invitation links expire unless you're something called a "community server" with stricter rules.

Ironic Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/144pyt4/discord...

[LexiMax]

> Hard disagree. Most niche hobbies, the discoverability for discord is impossible.

That's fair, and ironically Reddit is a better on-ramp for discovering Discord than anything Discord offers. But this position is _incredibly_ precarious, and could change overnight if Discord decides to prioritize SEO of their community servers.

But more importantly, Reddit doesn't really care about this sort of traffic. What they're chasing is low quality content aggregation traffic, and my point was that this is the exact kind of content that is easy to find elsewhere. For example, I used to sub to r/Justrolledintotheshop, but the "Just Rolled In" YouTube channel is a fine substitute for me.