Value Signalling
A sibling of virtue signalling, this preening displays the signaller's (perhaps self-perceived) taste and discrimination through the purchases they've made, the long-standing appreciation of some content or producer of content, or the obscurity of their interests.
TWEET: <video of some classic rock song> VS: I saw them in concert in 1986! So good! Lurker (thinking to himself): We get it, you liked them back when. Enough with the value signalling! TWEET: Looking for good books… VS: I've read all of Tom Varney's works, even got several of them signed before he died last year. Lurker (thinking): Yes, yes, you are quite a dedicated fan who appreciated him before he passed away. Oy with the value signalling!
By billbrown