• BeMoreCareful@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, I feel like most hobby forums devolve into fetishism.

    It’s sad, because that level of dedicated nerdism makes for some great information, conversations, and ingenuity.

    I don’t know wether to blame our lack of time to actually do whatever it is, or of it’s because all of our brains are rotten from lifetimes of marketing.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, I feel like most hobby forums devolve into fetishism.

      Nah, come on. I use Arch, btw.

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        1 year ago

        Ironically, home server people are obsessed with spending as little money as possible. The TrueNAS hardware compatibility list prides itself on being infrequently updated!

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          1 year ago

          The ugly little stack of older desktops and laptops sitting in the corner of the room running services I don’t need can confirm this.

    • jaspersgroove@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Little of column a, little of column b…combine that with peoples propensity for one-upsmanship and the convenient anonymity of the internet and you have a great recipe for people that are more than happy to gatekeep and talk shit as opposed to putting actual effort into more in-depth analysis and discussion.

    • Glemek@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Because you can’t hike on an internet forum, but you can endlessly perseverate about gear.