Maybe this is true, but without any sort of evidence or detail it reads far more like you status signalling how above-it-all you are than a meaningful comment.
Look at frying pans.
Reddit will tell you that cast iron is the only option. Carbon steel is wrong ("home burners don't get hot enough", stainless steel is wrong ("too hard for you to use"), aluminium non stick is wrong ("only good for beginners who don't know what they're doing"), aluminium with ceramic non-stick is wrong (ok, they're right about this one).
Ask about boots, or hammers, or any of dozens of products.
Reddit fetishizes some products and disdains others and there's not much reason to it, it's mostly memetic.
Most redditors don't have the money to buy 8 different pans or 7 different pairs of boots. They tend not to work in these industries, so they can't give that experienced view point. And most redditors are young so they just haven't lived long enough to give a credible review of how long something lasts.
A 40 year old person who works with a tool 8 hours a day, and who's used a wide range of those over the years, will tend to give a better review than a 20 year old who works with a tool for a few hours a week.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/4lnezr/best_option...
You have a point, but this "Reddit will tell you that cast iron is the only option." is not accurate.
That scotch you liked? Reddit doesn't like it because they're bitter. And if reddit does like it, well then its probably great!