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If Home Improvement is the only proposal we consider, I think all should be on topic. They are all important topics for people discussing home improvement. Forbidding them would undermine the usefu...
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#2: Post edited
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matthewsnyder
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2023-09-27T04:03:41Z (about 1 year ago)
- If Home Improvement is the only proposal we consider, I think all should be on topic. They are all important topics for people discussing home improvement. Forbidding them would undermine the usefulness of the community.
- However, 2-4 would be a better fit for the [Shopping](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/289770) site instead of DIY. 2 is asking for a *buying guide* or *shopping advice*. 3 is asking for individual product. 4 is asking about localized shopping advice. These are already called out in the shopping proposal, and the shopping community will, over time, develop standardized ways of handling each type of question across numerous product types, not just tools.
- If we consider the Shopping proposal as well, then it makes little sense to post 2-4 on Home Improvement, and users should be gently directed to ask on Shopping instead.
- If Home Improvement is the only proposal we consider, I think all should be on topic. They are all important topics for people discussing home improvement. Forbidding them would undermine the usefulness of the community.
- For many home improvement projects, a tool or specialty part is necessary. The quality of this tool or part can make or break the project. The market for these is huge and full of companies that use predatory sales techniques to prey on inexperienced, uninformed ordinary people just trying to do some basic maintenance on their house without breaking the bank. Someone who is not a contractor with years of experience is not going to automatically know what product is best, and many home improvement tasks are things you have to do once in a while so if your first few purchases fail to work you've already wasted too much money and blown out your budget. The only real solution is to talk with other enthusiasts, so that people who got burned on a certain product can share their experience and save everyone else from repeating their mistake. In fact, this is often better than advice from contractors or professionals, because they have a very different perspective that doesn't always apply to casual DIYers.
- However, 2-4 would be a better fit for the [Shopping](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/289770) site instead of DIY. 2 is asking for a *buying guide* or *shopping advice*. 3 is asking for individual product. 4 is asking about localized shopping advice. These are already called out in the shopping proposal, and the shopping community will, over time, develop standardized ways of handling each type of question across numerous product types, not just tools.
- If we consider the Shopping proposal as well, then it makes little sense to post 2-4 on Home Improvement, and users should be gently directed to ask on Shopping instead.
#1: Initial revision
by
matthewsnyder
·
2023-09-27T03:53:30Z (about 1 year ago)
If Home Improvement is the only proposal we consider, I think all should be on topic. They are all important topics for people discussing home improvement. Forbidding them would undermine the usefulness of the community. However, 2-4 would be a better fit for the [Shopping](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/289770) site instead of DIY. 2 is asking for a *buying guide* or *shopping advice*. 3 is asking for individual product. 4 is asking about localized shopping advice. These are already called out in the shopping proposal, and the shopping community will, over time, develop standardized ways of handling each type of question across numerous product types, not just tools. If we consider the Shopping proposal as well, then it makes little sense to post 2-4 on Home Improvement, and users should be gently directed to ask on Shopping instead.