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I also have daydreamed about this on and off for the past couple years. In the end, it doesn't look much different from consumer reports, but with broader scope

I also have daydreamed about this on and off for the past couple years. In the end, it doesn't look much different from consumer reports, but with broader scope for both reviewed items and reviewers. Authentication is a hard problem, and I've not really hit on anything that seems feasible besides a paycheck.

abathur 7y ago
Not unrelated to CR, but I'd like to take it further than they do. A more comprehensive effort to cobble together a purchasing block as leverage to encourage better behavior from producers, develop lists of design/production/marketing/sales/support practices that'll earn blacklisting, distribute the costs of trialing new products, hire experts for teardowns, etc.