WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
New subscribers welcome!
Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.
Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social - a nice modern interface
https://old.wetshaving.social - designed to look like old.reddit.com
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social.
Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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Disclose how the product being reviewed was acquired (e.g., PIF, loan, or purchase). If the product was provided to you directly by the maker or vendor free of charge or at a discount, you must disclose this fact even if the item will later be returned to the maker or vendor.
Rule 4 - Advertising
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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Non-shaving related NSFW/L content is not allowed.
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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It seems that way to me, at least for the time being
Interesting. I said I wouldn’t, but I’m now begrudgingly considering a return to Reddit myself. I liked the idea of moving here, but there’s just not the community engagement I was hoping for. Not just in wetshaving, but all the communities I was in.
Yeah, I get that.
I'm just thinking that the enshittification of Reddit has started, and once started it won't stop. The Reddit investors want their return on their investment and that's that. I don't blame them, but I have no illusions about a rosy future.
In the meanwhile, I want to give this alternative a real chance.
My question goes in that direction, too. I think this may feel more like a community with the weekly threads, which would hopefully feel less empty.
Maybe, but network effects are powerful. Elon Musk, despite his best efforts, has not succeeded in driving away people from X-twitter, and I don't believe that reddit will proceed as radically. There will be more adds, but the frog will be boiled slowly. I don't see myself going back to reddit, but it's more because I'm ideologically committed (I have been using exclusively Linux for 20+ years).
Yes, they are powerful indeed. The fediverse is the first alternative I've seen that has (at least in my mind) the potential to create a stronger network effect that any walled garden, though.
Cheering from a Debian work station
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That’s a good point. I could see having weekly threads make it feel like less of a ghost town around here. I’d be on board with giving it a try.
Regarding the enshittification, I sadly agree. Now that I’ve been gone a little while, I’m wondering if I’ll notice any differences when I go back, or if it’s a slower process.
It’s not a “bustling metropolis” but I think it hasn’t really had enough time to blossom. And I’ve been busy with life so I’ve not been contributing as I would normally either.