I always try to find something on a dedicated forum first, then SO, then whatever DDG suggest. Reddit is a last resort, because I suck at reddit. Every time I post something there will be ignorant people who don’t even bother educating themselves, take their “best” shot at you. On more opinionated subs like political subs, those ignorants are well represented on both sides. On the niche tech subs, I also feel like you have to agree with the ongoing mentality of the Sub’s running “cultist” majority.
I’ve never experienced that much politics on the none political subs. I went over to r/90DayFiance out of curiosity just to see how political a sub about foreigners coming to the US to get married would be. I was pleasantly surprised.