2022-08-06, 15:40 | Link #41 | |
Speedy Sea Cucumber
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In my experience the biggest complaint or frustration when it comes to recommendation threads on Reddit and elsewhere is people who just don't give enough information. OP might be abrasive but at least seems willing to engage and collectively the opinion here seems to be "but not like that!" which is just kind of sad to me and reminds me of why I barely even touch recommendation threads anymore. |
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2022-08-06, 16:58 | Link #42 | |
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People responding to recommendation threads don't generally have a motivation to actually lie (unless they're trolling). If someone follows a misleading recommendation they're still not going to like it anyway, and then they'll just be even more annoyed with those who misled them. A fan of a work may be blind to some of its arguable flaws, but they wouldn't typically try to mislead others about it -- they want others to genuinely like it as they do. No one's going to be "coerced" into liking it. Maybe the other conclusion of all this is just "you're asking in the wrong place," which is certainly possible. But I'd start first with "are you asking in the right way?" and my conclusion after reading the OP's posts (abrasiveness included) is to suspect that this problem is most likely a two-way street. (Of course, this assumes the OP actually wants to solve the problem and get better recommendations in the future, and this thread isn't just about "punching down.")
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2022-08-07, 19:59 | Link #43 | |
Speedy Sea Cucumber
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Anyway, more than asking the wrong way I think he's asking the wrong people. Don't limit yourself to one spot, ask in multiple places to cast the widest net. Even BW seemed to have situations where people CBF to actually read before recommending him stuff. |
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2022-08-08, 16:23 | Link #44 | |
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So anyway, I'm going to lock this thread. If this situation actually happens on our forum, then please report it and the mods will review it. As for things that happen on other forums... I think you really need concrete examples if you want concrete feedback, otherwise everyone's just filling the gap with their own assumptions and giving advice accordingly.
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