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> Clearly the reviews of a hardware engineer at Google Not sure if this is an oversight, but Benson identifies himself as a software engineer. I feel divided

> Clearly the reviews of a hardware engineer at Google Not sure if this is an oversight, but Benson identifies himself as a software engineer. I feel divided on this. On the one hand, I'd like to give more weight to his reviews; on the other, why? Being at Google, a software engineer, or working on the Chromebook don't actually make it more likely that his reviews should be better than anyone else's. I feel like most people would take his word because he claims to work at Google -- wouldn't Google be upset with that? It's not like they as a company endorse the product, but his call-out to them makes it sound like he's endorsing them as a Google representative. It just makes me uncomfortable.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
> Being at Google, a software engineer, or working on the Chromebook don't actually make it more likely that his reviews should be better than anyone else's. Of course it does make it significantly more likely. "Being a software engineer at Google" restrict the space of reviewers to the > 100 IQ subspace and further to the "good with tech" subspace. "Working on Chromebook, et al." further cuts the space down to the people who have to deal with USB-C devices at work. Opinion of such selected person should be given much more weight than the average, because basically he most likely knows the shit he's talking about, while average reviewer has no clue about anything. > I feel like most people would take his word because he claims to work at Google I think most people take his word because he cites the USB spec directly. No bullshit, just pointing out the exact problems and their implications.