Originally Posted by
84fiero
In comparison with other online options, both social and otherwise...For me the pandemic has highlighted some of the negative aspects of FT that I think will continue to have an impact in this regard. For example (with one or two exceptions), most of the threads in the dedicated Coronavirus forum, and related threads elsewhere, have such a horrible signal-to-noise ratio that they're of little practical value...even as travel/travel planning, is rebounding for me. Typically I can find timely answers, topical discussion, and more current information on blogs, other websites, and some social media. And other factors as well.
Some of those bloggers and websites' authors have still been mining FT for information to use during this pandemic.
That FT "noise" is actually valuable for some of those "blogs, other websites, and some social media" that are covering travel during this pandemic. A lot of their operational model is tied to making the "signal" from the "noise" and packaging the "signal" for people who think there is a "horrible signal-to-noise ratio" here and elsewhere. I've noticed nothing new going on on FT during this pandemic that has altered this dynamic or the "signal-to-noise ratio".