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Fix typo "povertyfinance post post". 

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@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ There is a subreddit called /r/HailCorporate, whose stated purpose is to point o
The phrase "act as advertisements" is key. Some outsiders visit the subreddit assuming that the purpose of HailCorporate is to identify posts that are actual, paid, what you might call traditional native advertisement posts. Then they see HC users talking about posts which *aren't* traditional paid ads, and assume HC users are idiots for thinking that those posts *are* traditional paid ads. You can see how the logic goes, but it's frustrating how many people don't understand the original premise of HC [footnote_link]. HC is not about thinking that Toasty Bites literally paid someone to take a photo of their pantry, it's that the photographer had no reason to call the cereal by name but did it anyway. Here are some other values we can learn from HailCorporate:
1. You should take pride in what you do, not what you buy. There are a **lot** of posts on reddit that are just pictures of products that the user purchased, still in their boxes, without any subsequent pictures of the products being put to good use. This is sometimes called box posting. People post pictures of unopened hard drives on /r/datahoarder, new and untouched headphones on /r/headphones, unused pens on /r/pens, translations of Harry Potter in /r/languagelearning, etc. Like, wow, you... spent money? Wouldn't it be more personal, meaningful, and interesting to the hobby community to share what you actually make and do with these things, rather than just the fact that you bought them? Here's an [HC post](https://old.reddit.com/r/HailCorporate/comments/gqeb9o) about a [povertyfinance post](https://old.reddit.com/r/povertyfinance/comments/gpstkm/) post in which the OP shares a *screenshot of the store page* for a stove they bought. It's not a box post, it's not even a receipt post, it's just the product listing! How eager for internet affirmation must you be to do this, that you can't even wait until it arrives and is installed [footnote_link]?
1. You should take pride in what you do, not what you buy. There are a **lot** of posts on reddit that are just pictures of products that the user purchased, still in their boxes, without any subsequent pictures of the products being put to good use. This is sometimes called box posting. People post pictures of unopened hard drives on /r/datahoarder, new and untouched headphones on /r/headphones, unused pens on /r/pens, translations of Harry Potter in /r/languagelearning, etc. Like, wow, you... spent money? Wouldn't it be more personal, meaningful, and interesting to the hobby community to share what you actually make and do with these things, rather than just the fact that you bought them? Here's an [HC post](https://old.reddit.com/r/HailCorporate/comments/gqeb9o) about a [povertyfinance post](https://old.reddit.com/r/povertyfinance/comments/gpstkm/) in which the OP shares a *screenshot of the store page* for a stove they bought. It's not a box post, it's not even a receipt post, it's just the product listing! How eager for internet affirmation must you be to do this, that you can't even wait until it arrives and is installed [footnote_link]?
Why do people make these posts? First and foremost it's because buying is easy and doing is hard, and people will make posts that are easy to make. Box posts will make the community regulars groan, but sharing something you've actually made opens the door for people to criticize you and your work and the value of your life. Box posting requires no vulnerability. Everyone in the /r/pens community will like looking at fancy new pens, but they might not like looking at the bad drawings you made with those pens, and that makes box posting the safest option.