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Show HN: An independent and unbiased database for high-quality products
- rgovostes 7y agoHow are you going to avoid manipulation of scores?
- blueadept111 7y agoAt the top of the page it will say "manipulation of scores is not allowed".
- hubraumhugo 7y agoTo be honest, I can't. Even big tech companies like Google and Amazon are struggling with fake reviews.
- ftio 7y agoWhat does “unbiased” mean in this context? Who am I trusting with a definition of “high quality”?
- hubraumhugo 7y agoUnbiased means that the site is completely independent and non-profit. Since the site is crowdsourced, brands with a declining quality would get a lot of downvotes and negative comments.
- duxup 7y agoI certainly like the idea but at least as far as the subreddit and groups with similar concepts go they tend to creep towards product porn type stuff and a lot of uninformed "this lasted a long time" but fairly unknowledgeable recommendations. Not sure how to avoid that.
- hubraumhugo 7y agoI agree with that. In my opinion "buy for life" is just a marketing term for high-quality and durability.
- Symbiote 7y agoIn the UK, Which? magazine does independent reviews of many consumer products. To remain independent, they purchase the products themselves, so much of the information needs a subscription to see. My parents subscribed to the magazine for years, and based many purchases on it's advice. https://www.which.co.uk/ https://www.which.co.uk/
- sbayona573 7y agoThere are several shoes and coat brands in the 1K plus range that are incredible quality but obviously few people can afford. How would those gain any traction given that the site is based on voting? Seems like only mass market brands have the upper hand.
- hubraumhugo 7y agoGood point. The default sorting is shuffled and not ordered by upvotes. But I definitely want to help people discovering new brands. I will work on that and added it to my backlog.