here's why I believe that reddit has become a counter-signal for product reccos, with the caveat that I am not the average consumer and I am often looking for a "buy it once" type purchase.

* reddit and hall monitors
subreddits can be good places to find niche info. I sometimes use reddit as a jumping off point to explore a particular vertical or sub-category of product. the issue is that reddit communities attract a certain type of person and this has led to the overbearing "hall monitor" mod culture over there.

most of these users—though not all—are borderline obsessed with what they would call "value." if [product A] is $57 and [product B] is $62, that is an important factor for them. for some this comes down to budget which is totally legitimate, but I would argue that it's more philosophical.

I agreed with him at the time of posting and just got triggered all over again by something I saw so I want to vent in this QT 

Redditors are good people that make me, a known cheap ass, look positively wasteful. They will pinch a penny beyond all logic. It often results in warped recommendations

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I used to feel guilty being annoyed by this because I felt like it made me a snob or disrespectful of those with less. Your post snapped me out of it and I have thought about it so much it’s so TRUE