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Hot take: searching Reddit vs. Google for DIY fixes is night and day
My sink started leaking last Tuesday and I googled "kitchen faucet drip fix" - got 5 pages of SEO spam from plumbing companies trying to sell me a $400 service call. Then I searched the same thing on Reddit and within 3 minutes some guy named u/plumber_dad had a 2019 post with a photo of the exact cartridge I needed. I replaced it for $12 at Ace Hardware. Has anyone else ditched Google entirely for specific repair problems?
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lindaw2912d ago
@jones.grace nailed it. Google's first two pages are all paid ads and affiliate blogs now. I had the same thing happen with my dryer - thought I needed a whole new heating element, but a Reddit post from three years ago showed me how to just clean the lint off the sensor. Cost me nothing but ten minutes. Way better than the $200 part I almost ordered.
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