I believe most things bring about pros and cons in some way, there’s rarely a situation where it’s all pros. With that being said, it’s accessible and popular. I don’t equate popularity with it being a good thing however. It just means that the likelihood of there being more douches have increased. I’ve literally met people who call themselves competitive powerlifters who go on about how they’ll only use Eleiko bars and calibrated thin metal plates etc. The powerlifting social media boom has brought about these new breed of elitist ass holes who think they’re all hot shit because they happen to lift weights. For the record, most of this people have a Class 1 total at best.
But then again, the social media boom has also gotten a bunch of people off their asses, doing stuff so that’s cool.
Oh and on a side note which might belong on the confessions page instead, I don’t consider anyone who has a below elite total a powerlifter. He/she is just a person who lifts who might’ve competed in a meet or two. The term powerlifter should be a term that has to be earned. Anyone can buy a singlet and pay the registration fee for a meet. You don’t call yourself a chef if you can cook instant ramen, now do you?