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@Mono Loco, I’ll bite. My opinion only. I’m on r/dynavap, same name.
I find that there’s a community here on FC and an agreement/acceptance of a certain community ethos. Congeniality, generosity, helpfulness, humor, flashes of engineering genius. (Dickishness very discouraged.) My own view is that this ethos arose from a combination of factors, the biggest one of which is George himself. Who decided that rather than guarding his patent like a pit bull, he would allow and even encourage artisans to make stems, and then induction heaters. Because it’s a modular product, there’s lots of room for artistic expression in these stems, and George has collaborated with (Ed’s tNT), encouraged, and welcomed folks to do this. (you can look at it as a smart business decision, because how do you stop anyone from selling tubes with 8mm ID, but he *encouraged* it, not just tolerated it.)
Al of this sets a tone. He’s also done the karma vaps for at least a couple of years, a thing that also sets a tone: we’re gonna give you a free, functional product in addition to what you bought, and encourage you to give it away to a friend or vaporist-in-need. People did. And folks who have bought from dynavap over time have received various random fun stuff—specially decorated M stems, for instance—just thrown in with their order. If you read though the FC thread you’ll see that community members have also adopted these values, and send each other stuff that gets thanked for in the forum. I’m on a few other FC threads for excellent vapes, but I don’t find the same community vibe on them.
I’m very grateful for this community because I am a solo, and relatively new, vaporist. Been a medical user for about 3 years and did not smoke before starting to vape.
Regarding reddit, I’ll just say I don’t find a similar vibe there. I look in from time to time, and sometimes comment with a tip, but it ain’t the same. I wouldn’t say there’s a “rivalry”. I’d say reddit is it’s own weird thing, and not home.