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> Consumer Reports is unfortunately stuck in an age-old era. There needs to be a more modernized version, with more recent hardware reviews, better discussion f
by samsolomon 7y ago
> Consumer Reports is unfortunately stuck in an age-old era. There needs to be a more modernized version, with more recent hardware reviews, better discussion forums, better community engagement, etc. etc. A combination of Reddit-like discussions, but with a core set of trusted reviewers who can lead the community (and who can be trusted to be "non-shills").
I've been trying to build this over the last couple years with productdork.com. It's somewhere between review site and community. For a long time it was just me, but it's at a point where I'm getting a few new commenters each week.
Long-term I'd love to have representatives from brands/manufacturers commenting as well. Maybe have badges to provide context to other members of the community.
- bdamm 7y agoProduct Dork? Death by a terrible name.
- maxerickson 7y agoYounger people (let's say ~45 or so) don't really associate "dork" with "penis" the way older folks might.
- allannienhuis 7y agoI've only heard of dork to mean 'uncool'. which is bad enough for a product name.
- GeorgeTirebiter 7y agoI wonder who the Yahoo is that named it...