> This is not just a simple list of software with summaries, and after looking at it more it's worse than I thought. And you're right about propagating bad/out of date advice being a problem.
Where we notice this effect is in our subreddit /r/privacyguides and /r/privacy, particularly in regard to browser extensions.
Fortunately through re-nforcement from the Arkenfox, Librewolf and our project we're starting to turn the tide away from "install 100 privacy browser extensions", so I think that's a positive benefit.
> Unfortunately this seems to be the quickest and easiest way to get the most attention. Proper curation takes lots of effort, and is hard to get noticed by people who don't know any better.
Pretty much why we're about quality over quantity with privacyguides.org. People have often asked "why don't we have a section for "this" or "that".
Each section requires research, and not just parroting what someone else says.
Where we notice this effect is in our subreddit /r/privacyguides and /r/privacy, particularly in regard to browser extensions.
Fortunately through re-nforcement from the Arkenfox, Librewolf and our project we're starting to turn the tide away from "install 100 privacy browser extensions", so I think that's a positive benefit.
> Unfortunately this seems to be the quickest and easiest way to get the most attention. Proper curation takes lots of effort, and is hard to get noticed by people who don't know any better.
Pretty much why we're about quality over quantity with privacyguides.org. People have often asked "why don't we have a section for "this" or "that".
Each section requires research, and not just parroting what someone else says.