Show & tell: pros and cons — what would you do? [v3]

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Posting this here because the relevant subreddit has gotten too noisy lately.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not.

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks.