[WTLFIA] Mission Statement and Rules

Welcome To What To Look For In A!

Instead of regurgitating principles of conduct, I'll explain how did I get the idea for this.

I am Italian, and I live in Northern Europe. When people ask me for what is a good pasta or a good pesto sauce, it is obviously impossible for me to suggest directly a product, knowing that in most cases the same thing I love home won't be available to them.

Same thing happens to me when I look at products suggested on Reddit and discover that in many cases those brands are available only in the US and Canada.

So I started instead to give and ask for tips in how to recognize a good product for a specific purpose and, especially when giving such tips, I understood that my karma went up indefinitely higher because the other person is now a micro-maven in that particular little topic. And as a receiver, I discovered that in Europe we have most of the products that people suggest on Reddit, just under another brand name or with little differences that don't matter.

WhatToLookForInA is a place where to learn how to buy things so to get you time and your money's worth.

Other two contributions you could make to the subreddit are:

• to spontaneously create a guide to purchasing a product you are an expert of. Add [Guide] at the beginning of the title of such a post.

• Propose yourself as a mentor for a specific kind of purchase. In this case you can also freely vaguely specify your location, so to give the possibility to create local shopping groups. Add [Mentor] at the beginning of the title of such a post.

The Rules are:

• Don't post about specific things you love or hate.

• Try to motivate as much as possible the criteria that you suggest.

• Don't give the link to a specific product as an answer. Also, no referral codes or any affiliates. Of you represent the company that makes a product, please you disclose it in the link or in the comments.

• There is no stupid question. If you think there is nothing you can say about something you can freely ignore the post, but never attack the OP in anyway and, in general, don't waste your comment to say that there is nothing to say.

If you have any questions, reply in this thread or send a message to the mods. Feel free to use the 'report' button on links that do not meet the criteria of WTLFIA. However, explain in the comments of the OP why you think this is not right for WTLFIA.

Happy learning and thank you for your support,

fabriziobianchi