Yes those posts and all the grandpa watch posts are the worst.
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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+1 for not allowing "is this fake" posts.
So you just want a sub of bros asking if their PRX 35mm is too small?
I happen to like the “is this watch fake” posts.. sometimes you see some interesting stuff.
I would rather see 10 PRX posts than any more "grandpa passed away" ones
Some are bots as well... just look at their post history - they're all over the place with rando posts/ comments...
Also the response (if they respond at all is almost ai in nature). Kinda of like answering, "I'm fine" to a question that wasn't asked...
Can we also add "fit?" question posts requiring mirror shots or 3rd party shots please
Macro wrist shot making 34mm watches look like pizza pans
But grandpa left this totally legit $90k+ collection of vintage JLC, PP and Rolex after 45 years as gas station attendant
I’ve never been arsed to post about it, but I really hate the choose me a watch. Buy what you want dude.
I like the ones where the person hasn’t even bothered to look much. If a person has looked, they should say so because otherwise, I have no idea what to tell them. Ditto for the gazillion stupid NATO strap threads that could be found with the simplest a search engine searches, ex.: “Reddit best NATO straps”, “watch forum best NATO straps”, etc.
In the past 12 hours there has quite literally been 1 post asking if a watch was fake.
There have been dozens about IDing watches, wrist fits, collections, buying advice, etc.
I fail to see the problem?
Every single sub I’m on has posts complaining about how bad the sub is. Our times are so reductive. It seems popular to look passed all the good to just look for fault.
I don’t think this is unique to our time. People have been complaining about their times since “times” existed
I dunno, this really doesn't bother me. It's pretty easy to scroll past if you don't wanna engage. Same thing with "is this too big."
I sorta prefer to amalgamate topics rather than distribute them all out to n+1 various other subreddits. Just my 2 cents since it was asked
i believe it hasn't been disscused enough.I am a part of many other r/reddit communities in which these same people post the same stuff in all of those too. I am pretty sure there are genuinely some that know nothing about watches and pist because they really want to learn something . bus as of lately there has been an uptick of non genuine replica and or franken watch flippers testing the waters to see if they would be able to pull
also if i might add, alot these posts are of watches that can easily be searched up through google lens and the likes.
Yes please it's dominating the sub
Idk if it’s dominating but I can tell you that it’s definitely noticeable on brand-specific subs like r/Seiko and r/Vostok. I’ve been seeing a recent uptick on those
regulate "is this fake" and "how much is this worth"
The number of people finding watches possibly worth tens of thousands just lying around their house that they don't know are real or not is insane.
At first I was asking "Why would someone buy a $50,000+ watch and just stop wearing it and leave it in drawer for their grandchildren to find" and then I realized they in fact are not doing that and they are finding a fake watch.
I'm also shocked how many people's grandparents bought fake watches a long time ago.
My dad traveled in far east a lot. He had real watches that were kept with boxes and papers and he had some fakes that he jokingly called NOLEX watches. He knowingly bought them as a gag but after he passed they were lying in a drawer in his bedroom. We all knew about it but someone whose kids were not in on it might not know an obvious fake.
Yes please. Seems like only 1 out of 10 is someone who genuinely needs help. The others seem like scammers.
Yes please
Made that separate sub in an effort to redirect those posts, but it didn’t catch on… yet?
Yes. Please also delete the My "grandpa" left me this watch, how much is it worth?
Yes please. These are so fucking annoying.
Also these topics:
“Help me identify”
“What is x celebrity wearing “
“My grandpa left me this”
I don't get why this is such a big deal. I like seeing photos of watches - sometimes these posts, stupid and mala fide as they may be, introduce me to an obscure watch (though possibly fake), or remind me of a pretty watch I've forgotten about. When it's obviously fake, I have a good laugh, cringe inwardly, downvote, read the comments flaming the OP, and have a good day. If I don't care about it, I just scroll past. It's never caused me as much stress and irritation as it seems to cause so many others on this sub!
Strangely, I find my life is not made more agonizing by these types posts. Don't see them as a major problem. Just flick on past them, easy.
pls delete
all these folks should go to a jeweler for an actual answer
Yes please! That or mega thread
They’re not as annoying as the “iS iT tOo bIG 4 mY wRistT?”
Yes, it’s been discussed several times. I absolutely hate those posts. They offer nothing of value and only drive away users. Some days the new post queue is entirely filled with fake and identify posts.
This sub used to be way better.
It's a lot easier said than done.
For reference several years back we did bring in a similar rule (Itentification posts only allowed on a Friday) but it's almost impossible to automate Automod to detect what is / isn't an Identify post, lots of people got really annoyed that they had to wait days to post a simple ID question, and even with the rule in place people find ways to circumvent it.
We're not against updating the rules here - we do make changes based on community feedback, but something like this would be hard to enforce and annoy as many folks as it helps and may even have unintended consequences.
Yes please
Ban this shite
It's a tough call. I hate 90% of the posts on this sub - authentication, size check, recommendations, etc. - but I'm still here, and honestly probably one of the top folks. Guess I'm addicted, ha. It's easy enough to downvote a post and move on, but actually moderating all these posts would be difficult. One suggestion that worked for me is to use the Reddit Enhancement Suite plugin to at least filter out any titles containing the words identify, fake, recommend, real, authentic, size, etc. That gets rid of a lot of junk.