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Breadtube if it didn't suck.
Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.
There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.
A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.
I hate that about the industry. Almost every article and video is astroturfed, while most sales are fake unless a model is being phased out. So far the closest I've found to an AK-47 is a Tern cargo bike. The components in those are solid enough to last upwards of a decade. I expect 3-5 years of reliable heavy use from a brand like Aventon or Velotric in the budget tier, but in 3-5 years I expect those brands to have much more capable bikes worth upgrading to while donating my old one. The brand-specific subreddits gave me a good sense of each model's problems while I cross-referenced videos to judge comparisons between them.
Argh, of course I would have to wade back into Reddit. On the bright side, it's not Discord.
I appreciate the tips!