Originally posted by: KJW
Originally posted by: Cleaner
A point of order that I was thinking about. If you were looking to buy a part for your computer and looked on ATHD and found one. You would want to know if it is a good deal. Is the item of value. People then put up posts that either confirm or deny the 'hotness' of the deal or the value of said item. You would then know in your own Reward vs. Risk analysis if the item was for you. The same goes for food deals. Telling you that said food item is bad for you and that eating too much of it will lead to your demise is what this community is all about. You wouldn't buy a 'hot' deal heatsink that several members on here tell you will stop working after 3 months and kill your cpu. So why would you put crap into your body that will kill it sooner that it should?
The difference is that, with a particular computer part, opinions help shed light on something that may be unknown to forum members. Indeed, most often posts on a particular product focus on facts (i.e., clock speed or amount of video RAM), or a user's personal experience, which a reader would not otherwise be privy to. Thus, the information is helpful in accessing a deal and deciding whether to make a purchase.
The people posting that McDonalds is bad for you or that obesity is a problem are not providing information that is helpful because it is already widely known. Rather, these morons are imposing their beliefs on people, which is wrong. More importantly, such posts are inappropriate in this forum.