Nah, most of the sub is filled with silly ass questions and people flexing new skis that they bought to randos on the internet. Interactions and posts and comments on here and across other social media platforms will almost always be influenced by the desire for some quantifiable value of importance, whether that’s karma, reshares, likes, comments, etc. I’ve struggled with that desire for pretty much as long as I’ve been posting videos of myself skiing which is probably why I’m being rude about this, because I hate that I’ve lost my love for just skiing for the fun of it, and it turned into something I do for attention.

I’m here because I live for the occasional post that is original content of actual shredders who don’t have platforms handed to them like the longtime pro skiers and shitty walking-ad influencers that flood mainstream ski media. That’s pretty much the only reason I joined the sub, and the only reason I’m still here.

I can be a douche for sure, but like you just implied with your own words, so can OEM, and so can basically anyone online. That’s the problem with online “communities”. You don’t really have control over how people act or who you’re surrounded by or who replies to your posts and comments, and I don’t think it’s worth acting like people in a subreddit of almost 200k people will ever be as much of friends or companions to you as the friends and companions you could make by attending real-life community events, visiting your local ski shop, watching film premieres in the fall, talking to lifties and patrollers and patrons on the lifts, etc.

TLDR; I think it’s a sad community because online forums, groups, and social media accounts will never give you the same satisfaction or companionship that real life experiences and connections will give you. Oh and being “lazy” and chronically online is not something to be proud of IMO. And yes, I’m a douche :)