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I avoid presets like the plague. They're ok to start with just so you can familiarize yourself with what the different sliders do, and all the different looks you can achieve...but that's about it.
The problem I have with presets, especially the popular ones is that a) you can usually tell when someone has used something premade, and b) it usually looks exactly like something you just saw 100x the other day on IG, Tumblr, 500px, etc. In other words, it defeats the goal of having your own unique style by basically making you look like every other lazy photographer.
What I usually suggest is at the very least download some as a starting point, then tweak them to your own personal taste.
ETA TL : DR - Nothing wrong with presets that you made yourself, they can be time savers for batch work. I just don't like the idea of using something that will give my work the exact same appearance as the other hundred thousand or so people who downloaded the same presets.
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