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Any questions that ask which specific X they should buy are off topic,

To quote Kevin,

The reasons that shopping recommendations (note, recommendations, not everything to do with shopping) were barred on the Trilogy in the first place boil down to the following

 
  • They are open-ended
  • They invite spam
  • They will be "utterly obsolete within a year."

and to quote Kate Gregory

The key to a shopping question is that it asks others "please make a subjective decision for me and explain it" or "please list all my possibilities with their strengths and weaknesses".

What we should do with these questions is to either

Any questions that ask which specific X they should buy are off topic,

To quote Kevin,

The reasons that shopping recommendations (note, recommendations, not everything to do with shopping) were barred on the Trilogy in the first place boil down to the following

 
  • They are open-ended
  • They invite spam
  • They will be "utterly obsolete within a year."

and to quote Kate Gregory

The key to a shopping question is that it asks others "please make a subjective decision for me and explain it" or "please list all my possibilities with their strengths and weaknesses".

What we should do with these questions is to either

Any questions that ask which specific X they should buy are off topic,

To quote Kevin,

The reasons that shopping recommendations (note, recommendations, not everything to do with shopping) were barred on the Trilogy in the first place boil down to the following

  • They are open-ended
  • They invite spam
  • They will be "utterly obsolete within a year."

and to quote Kate Gregory

The key to a shopping question is that it asks others "please make a subjective decision for me and explain it" or "please list all my possibilities with their strengths and weaknesses".

What we should do with these questions is to either

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Any questions that ask which specific X they should buy are off topic,

To quote Kevin,

The reasons that shopping recommendations (note, recommendations, not everything to do with shopping) were barred on the Trilogy in the first place boil down to the following

  • They are open-ended
  • They invite spam
  • They will be "utterly obsolete within a year."

and to quote Kate Gregory

The key to a shopping question is that it asks others "please make a subjective decision for me and explain it" or "please list all my possibilities with their strengths and weaknesses".

What we should do with these questions is to either