Where do people go for technical recs these days?

Like, today I want an overview of current Linux distros, but other days it's RSS readers or hardware or whatever. In the past there were reputable forums and review sites. If I didn't know them I could search, skip the obvious ad bait, and next would be the good ones. But now either I can't tell the good from the slop, or it's all slop.

What's the methodology now? Where do you start for high-level tech recs?

Boosts appreciated.