i agree for ppl posting their gear to guide others
but disagree to ppl to show off their gears.. XD
unfortunately, imho, both are the essence of gear pics/list posting. To go deeper into it, lets see things from psychologically point of view.
the idea of posting, in most situation, often boil down to wanting to get some attention. The basic requirement of wanting people to look at it. Unless one can touch the heart and say it loudly and proudly, NO, i dont want people to look at it, but i just want to post! If it make sense, of course that be cool. But how many are like that?
And if we are not like that, then why do we have the gear pic/list so often? Is it that to certain extend that, WE, wanting to show off that lil bit? Of course one can argue that, no, iam not like that, i post the pic coz i want to share and if people saw it and ask question, of course i be glad to help.
And from there, can we say that the posting of gear list/pic often is a process. A process of wanting to show off from the start and along the way, able to help people if they do ask about it? And of course, with the help of emoticons, it can further emphasize on the essence of showing off a bit while wanting to help. Eg, this emoticon at the end of a sentence --->
goot morning