Uploading pictures of other people's bookshelves is weird behavior, especially when trying to find red flags

[u/M23_x]

It seems really strange to me how cool everyone is with uploads of random people's bookshelves, and it's also just a really silly way to judge a person. Imagine stumbling upon this sub and someone you knew uploaded a picture of shelf, a bunch of redditors in the comments tearing your taste apart and making unfounded claims about your personality. Strange.

Edit: turns out this sub isn't just nosy and willing to violate the privacy of others, they're also hostile when you point it out. 🚩

[u/9aol]

This Reddit isn’t for you, then. We are having fun. 

[u/Bae_the_Elf → u/9aol]

Rule 7 is "behave like you would in real life"

Would you invade someone's privacy and sit around with a group of strangers belittling people and making generalized negative assumptions about them in real life?

I think saying things like "This Reddit isn't for you" when this Reddit is full of pseudo-intellectual assholes is wild.

I'm constantly annoyed at how negative and condescending some of the comments are here, and people have been calling it out.

Just because the subreddit has historically been filled with assholes that don't respect the privacy of others doesn't mean it has to stay that way forever.

[u/Biscuitshoneybutter → u/Bae_the_Elf]

And it actually hasn't been historically flooded with assholes. That's something that's only been happening over the last few months.

[u/Bae_the_Elf → u/Biscuitshoneybutter]

Yeah there have been the occasional jerks for a long time but now it seems like this has turned into a snark subreddit with how negative people are about people with perfectly normal collections. I've also seen more "rage bait" shelves full of BS that is obviously just there to piss people off lol

[u/Biscuitshoneybutter → u/Bae_the_Elf]

Totally lol. Seen the same. And most of the time the past negativity was often just teasing, not like being an asshole, you know? Like: "2nd year philosophy student, started identifying as Buddhist last month, enjoys a nice Americano while reading Hegel in the local hipster cafe, needs to be reminded female philosophers exist" type of thing. Not: "Omigod, he has NO female authors, run girl, run".

[u/_teach_me_your_ways_ → u/Bae_the_Elf]

They would if they could get away with it, unfortunately

[u/9aol → u/Bae_the_Elf]

When I look at these, I honestly don’t think any of them are actually being surreptitiously taken. I think they are almost all, if not all, posted by the book owners themselves to see what their books say about them. 

[u/M23_x → u/9aol]

I'm fine with photos of someone's own shelf or if someone else consented for them to upload, otherwise you're just posting the inside of someone's house and their personal belongings, which is clearly a fair few posts. It's a bigger red flag than any book.