Rate DCUM’s level of helpfulness by category

[Anonymous]

I know many of us take DCUM advise and opinion with a grain of salt, but from time to time, people have actually been helpful!

Family Relationships
60% helpful advice, 40% what in the world—no one talks or acts like this

Health and Medicine
70% helpful advice, 30% huh?

Relationship Discussion
30% helpful advice, 20% “DIVORCE,” 50% um no

Off-Topic
100% entertainment, a mix of good insights, batshyt crazy, and absolute nonsense

[Anonymous]

I think you've accurately portrayed the percentages of the sites that you listed

Pets. Good v Bad advice 60/40

Political gets me heated People are very entrenched in their views. And I'm one of them so what can I say?

[Anonymous]

Health. 80% it’s Covid. 10% eat more protein 10% you have high cortisol

[Anonymous]

Food, Cooking and Restaurants

70% helpful, 25% WTF, 5% “chicken shawarma”

[Anonymous]

Travel 65% helpful 35% annoying

[Anonymous]

Best
health & medicine posts that show people actually have a knowledge of science and education. 50%

Worst
teen & tweens - dmv parents seem to be very hands off, to the point of neglect - 0%

[Anonymous]

I think Religion might be low-key the most useless forum on the website. It's like 15% useful for anything, 85% dumb fighting.

[Anonymous]

Money is like 65% helpful, 20% arguing over whether financial advisors are worth it, 10% some guy saying just day trade and you can double your money every month and 5% people giving wrong tax advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money is like 65% helpful, 20% arguing over whether financial advisors are worth it, 10% some guy saying just day trade and you can double your money every month and 5% people giving wrong tax advice.

Right on the money.

[Anonymous]

Infertility was so helpful for me when I was going through it 10 years ago. Thank you to everyone who helped me, and I tried to keep responding to the board for the few years while everything was still fresh in my mind.

[Anonymous]

Religions is fairly unhelpful. The believers (of all stripes!) seem to have intelligent conversations, as do some of the atheists and agnostics. But all that is drowned out by strident atheists who just love to shout their beliefs over and over and over again rather than engaging - or letting some topics lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Food, Cooking and Restaurants

70% helpful, 25% WTF, 5% “chicken shawarma”

Thanks - you made me laugh and I needed that today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Infertility was so helpful for me when I was going through it 10 years ago. Thank you to everyone who helped me, and I tried to keep responding to the board for the few years while everything was still fresh in my mind.

+1

[Anonymous]

Beauty and fashion
85%WTF 10% those jeans are out 3% coconut oil 1% menstrual cup 1% actually helpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beauty and fashion
85%WTF 10% those jeans are out 3% coconut oil 1% menstrual cup 1% actually helpful

Don’t even bother asking about shoes. It’s all recommendations from people with bunions and bizarre foot disorders who only wear orthopedic shoes.