I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but there is a dark side to collecting that isn't immediately apparent to people. It involves a lot of virtue signaling

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but there is a dark side to collecting that isn't immediately apparent to people. It involves a lot of virtue signaling and snobbery. I've seen so many music forums online ruined by people bickering over releases or resenting each other because they can't afford the same collations as other people. In my experience almost all collecting communities or discussions end up turning toxic. My advice would be if you enjoy collecting something DO NOT get involved in the communities surrounding it. Do it for yourself not the strangers online who will go out of their way to make you feel like whatever you have is lesser than them.