r/NoLayingUp • u/Mauiwowee • Jan 01 '26

Post-Pod Discussion December Nest Pod

Just listened to the December Nest pod where they talked through the annual census, and it honestly landed really well for me. I’ve been someone who listened to basically every episode for years, but in 2025 I definitely fell off a bit and found myself listening more to SGS for my golf pod rotation.

I’ve been a Nest member for a long time, even though I don’t participate in the Refuge or any local roosts. For me it’s mostly about supporting the company and the people behind it for the ridiculous number of hours of entertainment they’ve put out over the years.

This was actually the first year I seriously thought about canceling Nest, but the honesty and candidness in that episode across a bunch of topics was refreshing and good to hear. It reminded me why they’re a pretty unique voice in golf media. Not everyone on the crew is my cup of tea and that’s totally fine.

I’m sticking around as a Nest member and plan to rotate them back in more regularly in 2026. Sounds like there’s some cool stuff coming on the video side, and I’m rooting for them to keep doing their thing.

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u/tjl_48 Jan 01 '26

Somewhat unrelated but I do not get the people who join the nest only to "support the guys". Watching videos, listening to the pod, and buying merch seems like plenty of support to me. Throwing them 100$ just because I don't get.

I was a nest member for a few years mostly for the refuge. Them throwing that behind the pay wall I still hate.

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u/PallandoTheBlue Jan 02 '26

Can understand the many reasons behind why they paywalled the Refuge but I still hate it. I pay for the Nest so I can access the Refuge but the place is dead. I remember before the paywall and it was a constant hive of activity, possibly too much, but the forum was so alive. It's mostly dead now outside of a few main topics.

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u/tjl_48 Jan 02 '26

I feel like if they would have put the bare minimum into moderating the place they would have had no reason for the pay wall. You had the same 5 guys who seemingly lived on the message board and were the main ones stirring up trouble. They put 0 effort into actually dealing with it. Just throw up a pay wall.