Hi everyone, I’m ProdigalFrog, and I’ll be your new moderator for c/Buyitforlife!
I was a regular follower of Buyitforlife back when I used reddit, and generally found it a valuable resource for finding high quality stuffs to reduce waste. So hopefully we can inject some new life into this community and keep it rolling.
That’s a good question. I’m a bit of weirdo in that I’ll actually track down some of that old stuff if it’s not too expensive and can perform better than modern alternatives (a rare combination). But I think you’re right in that the community could quickly just become a place for people to post their old stuff, which isn’t much help for others who are looking for something that’s quality and still easily obrained.
I think I’ll take the stance that this BIFL will be solely focused on things that are still being made, and make that a hard rule (once I get around to editing the sidebar).
Thanks for asking man!
I support this fully.
Though knowing the nature of the crowds, it might make sense to have something like “vintage mondays” or something, and say that posts of things which cannot currently be purchased are restricted to one day per week. Or a periodic sticky post for that content.
I don’t mind the occasional old item since some items are easy to track down used on like ebay. Maybe one day of the week can be for celebrating stuff thats lived a long life and served its owners well? Regardless, I really look forward to the community focusing on currently available items, that used to be a big frustration with the old subreddit
That’s good news! I’ll be contributing later on. Thanks for the answer man.